5-668: Madrasatul Islah is a traditional Islamic institution of learning and a renowned center of oriental and Islamic studies at Sarai Mir in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh . It was started by Mawlana Muhammad Shafi in 1908 along with participation of prominent scholars and religious seminaries of the area. The madrassa was established with a different syllabus and ideology than that of Darul Uloom Deoband and Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama . Shibli Nomani and Hamiduddin Farahi are regarded as chief architects of this madrasa. The foundation stone of
10-557: A number of notable Islamic scholars: This article about a university or college in Uttar Pradesh , India is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sarai Mir Sarai Mir is a town and a nagar panchayat in Azamgarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh . As per the 2011 Indian Census , Sarai Mir had a total population of 19,055, of which 9,760 were males and 9,295 were females. Population within
15-462: A population of 15,526. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Saraimir has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 64%, and female literacy is 52%. In Saraimir, 21% of the population is under 6 years of age. Islam is followed by a little more than half of the population, while almost all of the remaining population follow Hinduism . This Azamgarh district location article
20-560: The age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,040. The total number of literates in Sarai Mir was 13,151, which constituted 69.0% of the population with male literacy of 72.8% and female literacy of 65.1%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Sarai Mir was 82.1%, of which male literacy rate was 86.6% and female literacy rate was 77.4%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 2,740 and 13 respectively. Sarai Mir had 2,384 households in 2011. As of 2001 India census , Saraimir had
25-596: The madrassa was laid by Asghar Hussain Deobandi in 1908. Hamiduddin Farahi was its first chief administrator. Amin Ahsan Islahi remained teaching in the madrassa until 1943. The Madrasa adopted a teaching style of reading the Qur'an text directly with less reliance on commentaries. A newspaper article in 2009 indicated the madrasa has, in common with many others, introduced "modern, progressive syllabi". The madrassa has produced
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