Jamia Hafsa
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For the Lal Masjid Mosque, see Lal Masjid, Islamabad.
Jamia Hafsa (Urdu: جامعہ حفصہ, Arabic: جامعة حفصة) is a madrassa adjacent to the Lal Masjid mosque in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. The mosque and its seminaries are overseen by cleric Abdul Aziz Ghazi.
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Jamia Hafsa | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
Rite | Deobandi |
Leadership | Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi |
Location | |
Location | Islamabad, Pakistan |
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Founder | Maulana Abdullah Ghazi |
Completed | Constructed – 1992 Rebuilt– 2010 |
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The seminary and the adjoining Lal Masjid were owned by two brothers and clerics, Maulana Abdul Aziz and Abdul Rashid Ghazi,[1] until the Lal Masjid siege started; in the ensuing struggle, Abdul Aziz was arrested and Rashid Ghazi was killed.
The seminary is conservative in nature.[2][3]