31 Facts About Mahmood Madani

Mahmood Madani formerly served as the general secretary of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, and as member of the Rashtriya Lok Dal party in the Rajya Sabha in the state of Uttar Pradesh from 2006 to 2012.

Mahmood Madani is ranked 27th on the list of The 500 Most Influential Muslims.

Mahmood Madani attended the Darul Uloom Deoband Islamic seminary, where he graduated in 1992.

Mahmood Madani joined the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind religious organisation, where he served as the organising secretary in 2001.

Mahmood Madani was appointed as the general secretary of the organisation later that year, a position which he held until 2008, whereupon he served as the general secretary of the organisation's Mahmood faction until 27 March 2021.

Mahmood Madani was later appointed as the interim president of Mahmood faction of the JUH on 27 May 2021 following the death of his predecessor Usman Mansoorpuri.

Mahmood Madani was elevated to the position of president on 18 September 2021.

Mahmood Madani is ranked 27th on the list of The 500 Most Influential Muslims, which is published by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre.

Mahmood Madani led JUH relief and advocacy efforts in the aftermath of the 2001 Gujarat Earthquake and the subsequent period of ethno-religious violence in 2002.

Mahmood Madani later led a march of over 10,000 protestors to the Prime Minister's Residence in Delhi on 15 October 2002 to protest against ethno-religious violence inflicted upon the Muslim community.

Mahmood Madani was active in the leadership of the Ganaunnayan Janadhikar Sangram Committee during the period of civil unrest in Nandigram in 2007.

Mahmood Madani launched an anti-terrorism campaign through the JUH in 2008, which involved the issuing of a Fatwa by his alma mater Darul Uloom Deoband in May 2008, which condemned terrorist activity as anti-Islamic.

Mahmood Madani conducted several other anti-terrorism conferences and rallies in various Indian cities.

Mahmood Madani sponsored the release of commemorative postal stamps on the Silk Letter Movement and Hussain Ahmad Mahmood Madani.

Mahmood Madani responded to the 2013 period of ethno-religious violence in Muzaffarnagar and Rajasthan by directing criticism towards the governments of these states, comparing the scale of violence with that of Gujarat.

Mahmood Madani wrote to then-prime minister Manmohan Singh, demanding the dismissal of then-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav.

In December 2013, Mahmood Madani organised conferences in Deoband and Delhi as part of the Silk Letter Movement Centenary Celebrations.

Mahmood Madani organised protests against ISIL in November 2015 through the JUH.

Mahmood Madani organised protests through the JUH against the visit of then-Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in November 2016, the United States' recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel in December 2017, and the visit of then-prime minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu in January 2018.

Mahmood Madani protested against the August 2017 Supreme Court ruling on triple talaq, a form of Islamic divorce, which led to the introduction of the Muslim Women Act, 2019 that criminalised triple talaq.

Mahmood Madani criticised the ruling and subsequent legislation, stating that it would cause injustice against Muslim women.

Mahmood Madani led protests in Pune in August 2017 against ethno-religious violence in India, as part of a wider nationwide peace movement that was launched by the JUH in approximately 800 cities in India.

Mahmood Madani led demonstrations in support of the Rohingya refugees at the Jantar Mantar observatory in Delhi on 21 September 2017, where he condemned deportations of refugees and demanded that the Indian government handle the refugee crisis on a humanitarian basis.

In July 2018, Mahmood Madani established the Jamiat Youth Club, which was modelled after the Bharat Scouts and Guides organisation.

Mahmood Madani expressed his intentions to expand the Jamiat Youth Club gradually through expanding membership by 1.25 million each year, with a target membership of 12.5 million across 100 districts by 2028.

On 6 October 2019, Mahmood Madani criticised Amit Shah for his role in the National Register of Citizens, and the Citizenship Act, 2019.

Mahmood Madani called for nationwide protests against the CAA, which were held nationwide at over 1000 locations in December 2019.

The JUH, under Mahmood Madani's leadership, called for a complete boycott of the NRC process.

Mahmood Madani led relief and advocacy efforts for the victims of the 2020 Delhi Riots.

In February 2021, Mahmood Madani launched the Jamiat Open School through the JUH in order to provide secondary and higher secondary education to Madrassa students.

Mahmood Madani has a brother, Masood Mahmood Madani, who is a politician.