Introduction & History

Introduction & History

Introduction

Welcome To Islami Jamiat Talba EME

Islami Jamiat Talba (IJT) is a largest student organization in Pakistan. It is an independent organization of youth. Also known as the Jamiat ("jam-ee-at"), it is one of the oldest student organizations in Pakistan, founded on 23 December 1947 in Lahore, Pakistan. The organization has attempted to increase the decency among the public and glorify the image of Islam specially in colleges and university campuses across Pakistan. Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba is one of the very few organization in Pakistan that doesn't base itself on Cast or Race. Islami Jamiat Talba has made many sacrifices for Islam and Pakistan. Islami Jamiat Talba Believes in the Oneness of God (Allah) and that Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W) was the last prophet of Allah. Islami Jamiat Talba through his movement, succeeded to declare the Ahmadis (Qadianis) the non-Believers in the national law of Pakistan. Islami Jamiat Talba Pakistan is working in Pakistan to eliminate the non-Islamic factors and the secularism from the curriculam and techings of the educational institutions of Pakistan. Islami Jamiat Talba has its 5 points programme Allah is Our Lord Muhammad(P.B.U.H) is our leader Quran is our constitution Jihad is our way Islamic Revolution is our destination

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History

Foundation -Story as being told by Zafarullah Khan, 1st Nazim-e-Aala of IJT Pakistan
According to Zafarullah Khan, the importance of an Islamic student body was being realized through all over the subcontinent before Partition. In 1945 ,he himself organized fifty students ,literate them by making them study Islamic books and made them work under the banner of student body named “Majlis-e- Tameer-e-Afkaar-e-Islami” In May,1947 the students from all over the subcontinent (Indo-Pak) gathered in Darusalam , Pathankot and after discussion , and was decided that in the vacation of August , an All India convention of Islamic minded students would be arranged in Delhi and a new organization would be formed but on 3 rd June, 1947 Partition plan was announced and it was not possible to organize such organization in such circumstances.
After the creation of Pakistan , in November, 1947 he and his companions decided to organize the student body and contacted many students through out the country. And later it was announced through newspapers that on 21 st December, 1947 the Islam loving students would gather in Lahore . As a result twenty five students attended the convention. And Islami Jamiat Talaba was formed on 23 rd December, 1947.
The first Convention
The first Convention continued till three days (21 st December to 23 rd December). In this convention, the participants told their past performance as they were already working in their colleges for Islamic cause. They told each other that how they were working and after long discussions, the future program was decided. In this convention, Maulana Syed Abu-al-Aala Maududi, Naeem Siddique, Abdul Majeed Qureshi addressed to participants and explained them the various aspects of Islam and also the role of the students for Islamic cause. On the last day of the convention, the formation of new student organization named Islami Jamiat Talaba was announced.
The Name (Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba)
On the last day of founding convention, the last speaker was Maulana Syed Abul Ala Maududi. Before his address, the topic of discussion was the “Name” of future organization. The question was asked before Maulana Maududi and his reply was that the name may be “Anjuman –e- Naujawanan-e-Islam”. But the participants did not accept this proposal and discussion about the name proceed. During this discussion, Maulana Nasrullah Khan Aziz (Late) asked about the problem. Participants told him about the problem and said that the name should be such that in it “talaba(student)”, “Ijtimayat(organization)” and Islam, all three must appear. He replied that then the name should be “Islami Jamiat Talaba” and all the participants accepted it with joy and then it was decided that all the participants of the convention would be the members of newly born organization.