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{{Short description|Pakistani–Canadian Islamic scholar and former politician (born 1951)}}
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| name               = Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
| native_name        = {{Nastaliq|محمد طاہر القادری}}
| image              = Shaykh-ul-Islam-Dr-Muhammad-Tahir-ul-Qadri (3x4 cropped).jpg
| Title              = [[Shaykh ul Islam]]
| founder            = [[Minhaj-ul-Quran International]], [[Pakistan Awami Tehreek]]
| period             = October 1981 – Present
| nationality        = [[Pakistani]]
| citizenship        = [[Canadian]]<br/>[[Pakistani]]<ref name="ET: Pakistani authorities summon Qadri">
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| religion           = [[Islam]] <!-- PLEASE DON'T CHANGE THIS TO SHIA OR SUNNI AS THEY ARE SECTS NOT AS A WHOLE RELIGION -->
| denomination       = [[Sunni]]
| jurisprudence      = [[Hanafi]]
| philosophy         = [[Sufism]], [[Anti-Terrorism]], [[Philanthropy]]
| Sufi_order         = [[Qadiri]]
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1951|2|19}}
| birth_place        = [[Jhang]], [[West Punjab]], Pakistan
| main_interests     = [[Tafsir]], [[Sharia]], [[Fiqh]], [[Hadith]], [[Quran]], [[Usul al-Fiqh]], [[Sufism]], [[History]], [[Aqidah]]
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| party              = [[Pakistan Awami Tehreek]]
| alma_mater         = [[University of the Punjab]]
| website            = {{URL|https://minhaj.org}},
{{URL|https://pat.com.pk}}
{{URL|https://www.minhaj.tv}}
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| child             = yes
| thesis_title      = Punishment in Islam their Classification & Philosophy
| thesis_url        = http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/handle/123456789/3257
| thesis_year       = 1984
| doctoral_advisor  = Bashir Ahmad Siddique
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'''Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|محمد طاہر القادری}}}}&lrm;; born 19 February 1951) is a [[Pakistani Canadians|Pakistani–Canadian]] Islamic scholar and former politician who founded [[Minhaj-ul-Quran International]] and [[Pakistan Awami Tehreek]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jafar |first=Mansoor |date=27 July 2014 |title=Pakistan's Tahirul Qadri: The rise and fall of a revolutionary man |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/perspective/profiles/2014/07/27/Pakistan-s-Tahirul-Qadri-The-rise-and-fall-of-a-revolutionary-man |access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref>

Born in [[West Punjab]], Pakistan, Qadri has served as a professor of [[international constitutional law]] at the [[University of the Punjab]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri Minhaj University Lahore · Board of Governors |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Muhammad-Tahir-Ul-Qadri |access-date=8 February 2024 |website=[[ResearchGate]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://eprints.hec.gov.pk/1475/ |title=PUNISHMENTS IN ISLAM THEIR CLASSIFICATION & PHILOSOPHY – Pakistan Research Repository |publisher=Eprints.hec.gov.pk |access-date=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116110158/http://eprints.hec.gov.pk/1475/ |archive-date=16 November 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He also served as a [[Jurisconsult|jurist consult]] (legal advisor) on [[Islamic law]] for the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan|Supreme Court]] and the [[Federal Shariat Court|Federal Shariah Court]] of Pakistan. Additionally, he has worked as a specialist adviser on Islamic curricula for the [[Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture|Federal Ministry of Education]] of Pakistan<ref name="TheMuslims500" /><ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Muhammad Tahir-Ul-Qadri |url=https://www.weforum.org/people/muhammad-tahir-ul-qadri/ |website=weforum.org |publisher=[[World Economic Forum]]}}</ref> and is the founding chairman of several sub-organizations of Minhaj-ul-Quran International. Qadri has delivered over 6,000 [[lecture]]s<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tahir Al-Qadri |url=https://themuslim500.com/profiles/tahir-al-qadri/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=The Muslim 500 |date=30 May 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri |url=https://soundcloud.com/tahirulqadri |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=SoundCloud |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=International |first=Minhaj-ul-Quran |title=Minhaj.TV by Minhaj-ul-Quran International {{!}} Speeches by Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri |url=https://www.minhaj.tv/english/index.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=www.minhaj.tv}}</ref> and [[author]]ed more than 1,000 [[book]]s in [[Urdu]], [[English language|English]], and [[Arabic]], with over 450 of them published.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri's Struggle Against Radicalism in Islam |url=https://www.usip.org/events/sheikh-dr-muhammad-tahir-ul-qadris-struggle-against-radicalism-islam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311050610/https://www.usip.org/events/sheikh-dr-muhammad-tahir-ul-qadris-struggle-against-radicalism-islam |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 March 2017 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=United States Institute of Peace |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Minhaj Books Islamic Library |url=https://www.minhajbooks.com/english/index.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=www.minhajbooks.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He has been featured in every edition of ''[[The 500 Most Influential Muslims]]'' since its first edition in 2009.<ref name="TheMuslims500">{{cite book |title=The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World |date=2009 |publisher=[[The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre]] |isbn=978-9957-428-37-2 |pages=86, 142 |edition=1 |url=https://themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TheMuslim500-2009-low.pdf |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref> In 2012, it was reported that Qadri was nominated for the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Peace and the prize - M Saeed Khalid |url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-102605-Peace-and-the-prize |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626104908/http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-102605-Peace-and-the-prize |archive-date=2012-06-26 |access-date=2025-06-21 |work=The News International, Pakistan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=International |first=Minhaj-ul-Quran |title=Hassaan bin Thabit Na‘t Research Centre inaugurated in Minhaj University Lahore - Minhaj-ul-Quran |url=https://www.minhaj.org/english/General/tid/52744/Hassaan-bin-Thabit-Nat-Research-Centre-inaugurated-in-Minhaj-University-Lahore.html |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=www.minhaj.org}}</ref>

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==Early life and education ==
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri was born on 19 February 1951 in [[Jhang]], a city in Punjab, Pakistan,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-10 |title=>> Mera Jhang > Famous Jhangvian |url=http://merajhang.com/jhangvian/default.html |access-date=2025-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310094954/http://merajhang.com/jhangvian/default.html |archive-date=10 March 2016 }}</ref> into a [[Punjabi Muslims|Punjabi Muslim]] family with a strong scholarly and spiritual heritage.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nielsen |first=Jørgen S. |author-link=Jørgen S. Nielsen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TVohQNHA48cC&q=tahir+ul+qadri+birth+1951&pg=PA23 |title=Islam in Denmark: The Challenge of Diversity |date=2012 |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=9780739150924 |pages=23 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Minhaj.org |url=https://www.minhaj.org/english/tid/3003/Biography-of-Shaykh-ul-Islam-Dr-Muhammad-Tahir-ul-Qadri.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901155743/https://www.minhaj.org/english/tid/3003/Biography-of-Shaykh-ul-Islam-Dr-Muhammad-Tahir-ul-Qadri.html |archive-date=1 September 2017 |access-date=1 September 2017 |website=www.minhaj.org |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=January 12, 2013 |title=Profile: Dr Muhammad Tahirul Qadri |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/778260&ved=2ahUKEwimkOfEocKFAxV8hf0HHTQ4DG0QyM8BKAB6BAgFEAI&usg=AOvVaw295WgOpEJ0rpLEhcOgwRSL |website=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]}}</ref>  His father, Dr. Farid-ud-Din Qadri, was a respected [[physician]], Sufi poet, and [[religious scholar]] who emphasized both secular and Islamic education for his son.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Candland |first=Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Uv_EAAAQBAJ&dq=tahir+ul+qadri+father+farid&pg=PA199 |title=The Islamic Welfare State: Muslim Charity, Human Security, and Government Legitimacy in Pakistan |date=2024-07-04 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-009-26843-1 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-08 |title=Biography of Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri - Islamic Info Center |url=https://islamicinfocenter.com/muhammad-tahir-ul-qadri/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=islamicinfocenter.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Bhattacharji |first=Shantanu |date=21 May 2013 |title=Who is Tahir-ul-Qadri? |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/who-is-tahir-ul-qadri-113011600209_1.html |access-date=10 February 2021 |work=Business Standard}}</ref>

=== Early Education ===
Qadri’s early education blended religious and secular instruction.<ref name=":4" /> He attended the Sacred Heart School, a Catholic mission school in [[Jhang District|Jhang]], where he learned English and gained exposure to Christianity.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-13 |title=Profile – Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri (Jhang, 1951) |url=https://www.pakimag.com/misc/profile-dr-muhammad-tahirul-qadri-jhang-1951.html |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=Paki Mag |language=en-US}}</ref>

Concurrently, he began formal [[Islamic studies]] under his father at age 10, focusing on classical texts and [[Sufism|Sufi]] practices. At 12, he traveled to [[Medina]], Saudi Arabia, to enroll at Madrasa al-‘Ulum ash-Shar‘iyya, situated in the historic residence of [[Abu Ayyub al-Ansari]], a companion of the [[Prophet Muhammad]]. This institution provided rigorous training in [[Quranic exegesis]] (''tafsir''), [[Hadith]], [[Fiqh|jurisprudence]] (''fiqh''), and [[Arabic language]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2012-03-16 |title=Tahir ul Qadri - Pakistan Times |url=https://www.pakistantimes.com/tahir-ul-qadri/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=www.pakistantimes.com |language=en-PK}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Shaykh-ul-islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-qadri - A Profile (english) [6klz7ryve7ng] |url=https://idoc.pub/documents/shaykh-ul-islam-dr-muhammad-tahir-ul-qadri-a-profile-english-6klz7ryve7ng |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=idoc.pub |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Shaykh-ul-Islam DR Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri - A Profile (ENGLISH) {{!}} PDF {{!}} Hadith {{!}} Quran |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/26755947/Shaykh-ul-Islam-Dr-Muhammad-Tahir-ul-Qadri-A-Profile-ENGLISH |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=Scribd |language=en}}</ref>

He also studied classical [[Islamic sciences]] under eminent scholars around the world, including in [[Makkah]], [[Madinah]], [[Syria]], [[Baghdad]], [[Lebanon]], [[Morocco]], [[India]], and [[Pakistan]], receiving around 500 authorities and chains of transmission in various branches of Islamic knowledge.<ref>{{Cite book |last=D.C |first=Washington |url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2011_0412_islamic_world_forum_program.pdf |title=Islamic World Forum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=forum |first=first |url=https://firstforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Report_13681.pdf |title=Birthplace of a Knowledge Revolution}}</ref> He learned under Mawlana [[Ziauddin Madani]] (d. 1981, aged 107) and studied Hadith from [[Muhaddith]] [[al-Hijaz]] al-Sayyid ‘Alawi ibn ‘Abbas al-Maliki al-Makki (d. 1971). Additionally, al-Shaykh al-Sayyid ‘Alawi's son, the late muhaddith of al-Hijaz, al-Sayyid [[Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki]] (d. 2004), gave Qadri all of his father's [[Ijazah|ijazas]] and [[isnad]]s in written form, which had been previously received verbally, as well as his own chains of transmission.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri {{!}} Pride of Pakistan {{!}} Academics {{!}} PrideOfPakistan.com |url=https://prideofpakistan.com/famedetail.php?id=151 |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=prideofpakistan.com}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

=== Higher Education and Academic Career ===
Returning to Pakistan, Qadri pursued higher education at the [[University of the Punjab]] in Lahore. He earned a [[Bachelor of Laws]] (LLB) in 1974, followed by a [[Master of Arts]] (MA) in [[Islamic studies|Islamic Studies]] in 1972, where he received the university’s [[Gold medal|Gold Medal]] for academic excellence.<ref name="RAndD50">{{Cite book |last1=Clarke |first1=Matthew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTslDwAAQBAJ&q=tahir+ul+qadri+birth+1951&pg=PA50 |title=Religion and Development in the Asia-Pacific: Sacred Places as Development Spaces |last2=Halafoff |first2=Anna |author2-link=Anna Halafoff |date=25 August 2016 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781317647454 |pages=50 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Dr. Tahir Ul Qadri – The Halal Life |url=https://thehalallife.co.uk/scholars/dr-tahir-ul-qadri/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=thehalallife.co.uk}}</ref> He later completed a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in [[Islamic Law]] in 1986, focusing on constitutional and jurisprudential frameworks within Islamic tradition.<ref>{{Citation |last=Mukhtar |first=Najia|editor-first1=John L. |editor-last1=Esposito |title=Tahir-ul-Qadri, Muhammad |date=2022-05-19 |encyclopedia=Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World: Digital Collection |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780197669419.001.0001/acref-9780197669419-e-408 |access-date=2025-01-28 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780197669419.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-766941-9|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-18 |title=Revivalist of the century: Prof Tahir ul-Qadri |url=https://kashmirreader.com/2020/05/18/revivalist-of-the-century-prof-tahir-ul-qadri/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=Kashmir Reader |language=en-US}}</ref>

During his academic tenure, Qadri became the youngest [[professor]] in the university’s history, teaching British, American, and Islamic constitutional law. He also served on the university’s [[Syndicate]], [[Academic senate|Senate]], and [[Academic council|Academic Council]], its highest governing bodies.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=International |first=Minhaj-ul-Quran |title=A Profile of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri - Mustafavi Students Movement |url=https://www.msmpakistan.org/english/tid/8718/A-Profile-of-Shaykh-ul-Islam-Dr-Muhammad-Tahir-ul-Qadri.html |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=www.msmpakistan.org}}</ref>

=== Legal and Scholarly Contributions ===
Before entering academia full-time, Qadri practiced law in Jhang’s [[district court]]s. His expertise in Islamic jurisprudence led to his appointment as a [[Jurisconsult|Jurist Consult]] for Pakistan’s [[Supreme court|Supreme Court]] and [[Federal Shariat Court]], where he influenced landmark rulings on issues such as [[blasphemy law]]s and [[gender equality]] in [[Blood money in Islam|blood money]] (''diya'') cases.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri was the Author of Blasphemy Law? |url=https://tehreek.org/dr-tahir-ul-qadri-author-of-blasphemy-law-pakistan.html |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=tehreek.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=gov.pk |first=FederalShariatCourt |title= |url=https://www.federalshariatcourt.gov.pk/Judgments/Sh.P.No.17%20I%20of%201984.pdf }}</ref><ref name=":1" />

=== Influences and Ideological Foundations ===
Qadri’s intellectual development was shaped by his father’s Sufi teachings and his studies under scholars like [[Tahir Allauddin Al-Qadri Al-Gillani]]'''<ref name="TheMuslims500" />'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Amer |first=M. |url=https://research.vu.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/56329795/complete+dissertation.pdf |title=Purification of Hearts |publisher=VU Research Portal}}</ref> and [[Maulana Ziauddin Madani|Maulana Zia-ud-Din Madani]].

=== Notable Early Works ===
By his late 20s, Qadri had already authored significant texts on Islamic law and theology, including ''[https://www.minhajbooks.com/urdu/book/251/Islamic-Penal-System-and-its-Philosophy/#:~:text=The%20penal%20system%20of%20Islam,of%20an%20absolutely%20clean%20society. Islamic Penal System and its Philosophy]'' (1986), reflecting his early engagement with contemporary [[legal debate]]s.

== Founding of Minhaj-ul-Quran International ==
{{Main|Minhaj-ul-Quran International}}
[[Minhaj-ul-Quran International]] is an organization established on 17 October 1980, with branches in over a hundred countries.<ref name="TheMuslims500" />
The organization states that its mission is to promote religious moderation, effective education, inter-faith dialogue and harmony, and a moderate interpretation of Islam, drawing on methods of Sufism. In March 2011, the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]] granted special [[consultative status]] to Minhaj-ul-Quran International.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://esango.un.org/paperless/reports/report%202011reg%20sess%20(E).pdf |title=Report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations on its 2011 regular session |access-date=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020122757/http://esango.un.org/paperless/reports/report%202011reg%20sess%20(E).pdf |archive-date=20 October 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Political career==

In May 1989, he founded [[Pakistan Awami Tehreek]] (PAT) and successfully contested elections in 1990, becoming a Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]]. However, on 29 November 2004, Qadri announced his resignation from the National Assembly of Pakistan in protest of the [[Counterterrorism|counter-terrorism]] policies of then-President [[Pervez Musharraf]], whom he viewed as [[dictatorial]]. Subsequently, in 2005, he relocated to [[Canada]].<ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/10/tahir-ul-qadri-political-enigma-pakistan-2014102271530973245.html Tahir ul-Qadri: A political 'enigma'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604162654/http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/10/tahir-ul-qadri-political-enigma-pakistan-2014102271530973245.html |date=4 June 2016 }} aljazeera.com</ref>

===Long March 2012===
{{main|Long March (Pakistan)}}
In December 2012, after residing in Toronto, Canada for seven years, Qadri returned to Pakistan and launched a political campaign. He called for a "million-men" march in Islamabad to protest against the government's corruption.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.3news.co.nz/Pakistani-city-prepares-for-clerics-march/tabid/417/articleID/283032/Default.aspx| work= 3 News NZ| title= Pakistani city prepares for cleric's march| date= 14 January 2013| access-date= 14 January 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130130143848/http://www.3news.co.nz/Pakistani-city-prepares-for-clerics-march/tabid/417/articleID/283032/Default.aspx| archive-date= 30 January 2013| url-status= dead| df= dmy-all}}</ref> He demanded the establishment of an independent body to conduct electoral reforms, with the aim of ensuring free and fair elections. Additionally, he stated that if the constitutional requirements were not met, he would reject the upcoming elections.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tanveer|first=Rana|date=2012-12-23|title='Save the state, not politics': Qadri returns, in style|work=The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/483635/save-the-state-not-politics-qadri-returns-in-style |access-date=2021-03-14}}</ref>

On 14 January 2013, a crowd marched down the city's main avenue, with thousands of people pledging to engage in a sit-in until their demands were met.<ref>
{{cite news | url= http://tribune.com.pk/story/494129/long-march-walking-in-the-name-of-revolution/ | title= Long march: Walking in the name of 'revolution' | date= 15 January 2013 | access-date= 17 January 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130116094713/http://tribune.com.pk/story/494129/long-march-walking-in-the-name-of-revolution/ | archive-date= 16 January 2013 | url-status= live | df= dmy-all }}</ref>

When he commenced the long march from Lahore, approximately 50,000 people accompanied him.<ref name="3news.co.nz">{{cite news | url= http://www.3news.co.nz/Pakistanis-protest-corrupt-government/tabid/417/articleID/283057/Default.aspx | work= 3 News NZ | title= Pakistanis protest 'corrupt' government | date= 15 January 2013 | access-date= 14 January 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230630/http://www.3news.co.nz/Pakistanis-protest-corrupt-government/tabid/417/articleID/283057/Default.aspx | archive-date= 2 December 2013 | url-status= dead | df= dmy-all }}</ref> He addressed the rally in front of parliament, stating, "There is no Parliament; there is a group of looters, thieves, and dacoits.. Our lawmakers are the lawbreakers."<ref name="NYT011513">{{cite news|title=Internal Forces Besiege Pakistan Ahead of Voting|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/world/asia/pakistan-high-court-orders-arrest-of-prime-minister.html|access-date=16 January 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=15 January 2013|author=Declan Walsh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115222944/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/world/asia/pakistan-high-court-orders-arrest-of-prime-minister.html|archive-date=15 January 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> After four days of sit-in, the Government and Qadri signed an agreement called the [[Islamabad Long March Declaration]], which promised electoral reforms and increased political transparency.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news |author=Anita Joshua |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/qadris-picketing-ends-with-long-march-declaration/article4316278.ece |title=Qadri's picketing ends with 'Long March Declaration' |work=The Hindu |date=17 January 2013 |access-date=18 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120205129/http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/qadris-picketing-ends-with-long-march-declaration/article4316278.ece |archive-date=20 January 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Critics have alleged that the protests were a ploy by the [[Pakistan Armed Forces]] to delay elections and undermine the influence of the [[civilian government]]. They have pointed to Qadri's close ties to the military, [[dual nationality]], and questionable foreign and Pakistani sources of funding as evidence to support their claims.<ref>[[Arab News]], "Pak crisis deepends: PM arrest ordered as rally shakes capital," front page, Vol. XXXVIII, #45. Wednesday, 16 January 2013</ref><ref>
{{cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Alex |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan-march-20130115,0,688817.story |title=Pakistan 'Long March' protest draws tens of thousands to capital |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=14 January 2013 |access-date=16 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115153327/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan-march-20130115,0,688817.story |archive-date=15 January 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Lawyers for the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]] asserted that Qadri's demands are unfeasible because they conflict with the [[Constitution of Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-154598-Long-march-show-not-in-millions-but-not-a-flop |title='Long march' show not in millions, but not a flop |work=The News International |date=8 January 2013 |access-date=16 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116134515/http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-154598-Long-march-show-not-in-millions-but-not-a-flop |archive-date=16 January 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> ''The Tribune'' reported on 17 February 2013, that Qadri seemed to have capitulated on most of his demands in the Islamabad Long March Declaration.<ref name="tribune">
{{cite web |author=Abdul Manan |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/508510/two-steps-back-qadri-capitulates-on-earlier-demands/ |title=Two steps back: Qadri capitulates on earlier demands |date=17 February 2013 |publisher=Express Tribune |access-date=17 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221091622/http://tribune.com.pk/story/508510/two-steps-back-qadri-capitulates-on-earlier-demands/ |archive-date=21 February 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Long March 2014===
{{main|Inqilab March}}

On 17 June 2014, a violent clash occurred between the Punjab Police and [[Pakistan Awami Tehreek]] activists resulting in the deaths of several protesters from police gunfire.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27885827|title=Pakistan: Eight die as Lahore police clash with Qadri supporters|work=BBC News|date=17 June 2014 |access-date=21 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223125252/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27885827|archive-date=23 December 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/world/asia/pakistan-police-clash-with-qadri-followers.html|title=7 Killed as Pakistan Police Clash With Preacher's Followers|date=18 June 2014|work=The New York Times|access-date=27 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821092416/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/world/asia/pakistan-police-clash-with-qadri-followers.html|archive-date=21 August 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Tahir-ul-Qadri said the police refused to log a [[First information report|First Information Report]].<ref name="Sheikh">{{Cite news|last=Sheikh|first=Idrees|date=5 December 2017|title=Punjab govt makes Model Town report public after court's orders|work=Dawn News|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1374691|access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref> The Baqir Najfi inquiry found that police actively participated in the [[Model Town Massacre|massacre]] to remove barriers that were installed on orders of the High Court.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Haider|first=Arsalan|date=6 December 2017|title=Model Town inquiry report implicates Shehbaz and Rana Sanaullah|work=Daily Times|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/153587/model-town-inquiry-report-implicates-shehbaz-rana-sanaullah/|access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref>

Tahir-ul-Qadri's flight was scheduled to land at Islamabad airport; however, the Pakistani authorities denied landing permission, leading to the plane being diverted to Lahore airport.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 June 2014 |title=Dr. Tahirul Qadri reaches Lahore airport |url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/226398-Dr-Tahirul-Qadri-reaches-Lahore-airport |access-date=15 March 2021 |work=Dunya News}}</ref> Tahir-ul-Qadri expressed concerns about potential harm from the [[Government of Punjab, Pakistan|Government of Punjab]], and was personally escorted by the convoy of the [[Governor of Punjab, Pakistan|Governor of Punjab]] to his residence in [[Model Town, Lahore]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ghumman |first=Khawar |date=22 August 2014 |title=Parliament watch: Sharif's new secret weapon? |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1126954 |access-date=15 March 2021 |work=Dawn News}}</ref>

As of the end of September 2014, the Inqilab March began, with sit-in protests with allied partner [[Imran Khan]], chairman and founder of [[Tehreek-e-Insaaf]] (PTI) and organiser of 2014 Azadi March, in the capital of Pakistan, [[Blue Area|Islamabad]].<ref name="The News International">
[http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-156445-Revolution-march-to-begin-on-August-14:-Tahirul-Qadri "'Revolution March' to Begin on August 14: Tahirul Qadri"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006085306/http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-156445-Revolution-march-to-begin-on-August-14:-Tahirul-Qadri |date=6 October 2014 }}, ''The News International'', 10 August 2014.</ref>

[[Imran Khan]] and Tahir-ul-Qadri did not fully join their protest marches nor decline to support each other.<ref name="dunyanews.tv">{{cite web|url=http://dunyanews.tv/index.php/en/Pakistan/232051-Inqilab-Azadi-march-will-go-together-on-Aug-14-Q|title=Inqilab, Azadi march will go together on Aug 14: Qadri|work=dunyanews.tv|date=14 February 2008 }}</ref> On 10 August 2014, Qadri formally announced that his party's political march, the Inqilab March, would proceed parallel with PTI's Azadi march. Both marches were organised to take different routes, albeit closely mirroring each other. It is apparent that the two parties have similar objectives yet different aims and strategies. The announcement of two parallel marches by parties in opposition gave rise to speculation that a coalition between PTI and PAT was possible. The chiefs of the two parties never clearly stipulated a formal coalition; but an informal agreement to support each other was achieved.<ref name="Dunyan">{{cite web|url=http://dunyanews.tv/index.php/en/Pakistan/232131-I-meant-people-should-kill-me-Imran-Khan-if-retra|title=I meant people should kill me, Imran Khan if retracted from mission: Qadri|work=dunyanews.tv|date=14 February 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Dawn">{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1124603/qadri-to-march-side-by-side-with-imran|title=Qadri to march side by side with Imran|author=Amjad Mahmood|date=11 August 2014 |access-date=26 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006144943/http://www.dawn.com/news/1124603/qadri-to-march-side-by-side-with-imran|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

On 21 August 2014, Qadri said that the government had not been allowing his workers to supply food items and potable water to the participants of the sit-in.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-157467-Qadri-accuses-govt-of-halting-food,-water-supplies-to-dharna|title=The News International: Latest News Breaking, Pakistan News|access-date=26 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129194859/http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-157467-Qadri-accuses-govt-of-halting-food,-water-supplies-to-dharna|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Daily Dawn]]'' of 31 August 2014 claimed that hundreds of people were injured in the federal capital as police battled throngs of protesters led by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Pakistan Awami Tehreek.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1128786/qadri-directs-marchers-to-move-towards-pm-house-peacefully|title=Battleground Islamabad: Imran vows to advance as clashes continue|date=30 August 2014 |access-date=26 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903213006/http://www.dawn.com/news/1128786/qadri-directs-marchers-to-move-towards-pm-house-peacefully|archive-date=3 September 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>{{undue weight inline|date=December 2015}}

Then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appointed [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]] [[Raheel Sharif|General Raheel Sharif]] to act as a mediator.<ref>{{Cite news|date=28 August 2014|title=COAS Raheel Sharif made 'mediator' to end political crisis|work=Dawn News|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1128362|access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref> General Raheel Sharif met with Tahir-ul-Qadri and Imran Khan to end the sit-in.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Abbasi|first=Ansar|title=What happened between Nawaz & two top generals in 2014?|work=The News|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/730727-what-happened-between-nawaz-two-top-generals-in-2014|access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref> It was due to the intervention of General Raheel Sharif that the [[First information report|police report]] was logged. Tahir-ul-Qadri congratuled his supporters in their struggle for justice.<ref name="Sheikh"/>

It was reported that Tahir-ul-Qadri led the Eid prayer at Islamabad's [[D-Chowk (Islamabad)|D-Chowk]]. The congregation was attended by [[Imran Khan]] and other political leaders, including Raja Nasir Abbas Jafary of [[Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen|MWM]].  Animal sacrifies were also offered in the name of [[Allah]] following the [[Sunnah]] of [[Abraham in Islam|Prophet Ibrahim]] and his son [[Ishmael in Islam|Prophet Ismail]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://nation.com.pk/lahore/09-Oct-2014/tahir-blasts-tahir|title= Tahir Blasts Tahir|work= The Nation's Staff reporter|date= 9 October 2014|access-date= 12 October 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141010204637/http://nation.com.pk/lahore/09-Oct-2014/tahir-blasts-tahir|archive-date= 10 October 2014|url-status= live|df= dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/06-Oct-2014/khan-qadri-offer-eid-prayer-at-d-chowk|title= Khan, Qadri offer Eid prayer at D-Chowk|work= Samaa.tv|date= 6 October 2014|access-date= 12 October 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141010065104/http://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/06-Oct-2014/khan-qadri-offer-eid-prayer-at-d-chowk|archive-date= 10 October 2014|url-status= live|df= dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172/1230892/ |title=retrieved: 12 October 2014 |access-date=26 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018135216/http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172/1230892/ |archive-date=18 October 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Events==
===Anti-Terrorism Camp===
In August 2010, Qadri held an anti-terrorism camp for Muslim youth at the [[University of Warwick]] with the aim of tackling extremism in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |last=Casciani |first=Dominic |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10905070 |title=Muslim summer camp preaches 'anti-terror' message |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=8 August 2010 |access-date=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504082811/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10905070 |archive-date=4 May 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He organised the camp under the auspices of [[Minhaj-ul-Quran UK]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Casciani |first=Dominic |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10900478 |title=Muslim group Minhaj ul-Quran runs 'anti-terrorism' camp |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=7 August 2010 |access-date=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017063839/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10900478 |archive-date=17 October 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

=== World Economic Forum ===
[[File:Dr. Muhammad Tahir-Ul-Qadri - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011.jpeg|thumb|261x261px|Qadri while addressing the session 'The Reality of Terrorism' at the Annual Meeting 2011 of the World Economic Forum]]
In 2011, he spoke at the [[WEF]] that took place in Davos, Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-06-18 |title=Islam is a religion of peace as exemplified by its founder, Islamic scholar says |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=54318701&itype=CMSID |access-date=2021-03-14}}</ref>

===Lahore Public Gathering 2014===
Seven days after the Faisalabad Gathering, Qadri made a public gathering in Lahore on 19 October 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://video.dunyanews.tv/index.php/en/mustwatch/8930/I-will-not-take-money-of-Shuhda’s-(martyred)-blood-at-any-cost:Tahir-ul-Qadri-#.VVRcj_BQl9M |title=Dunya News Videos |date=14 February 2008 |access-date=23 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821120128/http://video.dunyanews.tv/index.php/en/mustwatch/8930/I-will-not-take-money-of-Shuhda%E2%80%99s-(martyred)-blood-at-any-cost:Tahir-ul-Qadri-#.VVRcj_BQl9M |archive-date=21 August 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Lahore Clash 2014===
{{Main|2014 Lahore clash}}

The 2014 Lahore Clash,<ref>{{cite news|last=Tanveer|first=Rana|date=20 June 2014|title=Lahore clashes: Will accept only JIT with ISI, IB, MI reps, says Qadri|work=[[The Express Tribune]]|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/724623/qadris-son-calls-punjab-cm-killer-for-lahore-incident/|url-status=live|access-date=21 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621032625/http://tribune.com.pk/story/724623/qadris-son-calls-punjab-cm-killer-for-lahore-incident/|archive-date=21 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="BBCLahoreClash2">{{cite news|date=17 June 2014|title=Pakistan: Eight die as Seikh amir saleem and others clash with Qadri supporters|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27885827|url-status=live|access-date=22 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622012325/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27885827|archive-date=22 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> more commonly known as the Model Town Tragedy ({{langx|ur|سانحہ ماڈل ٹاؤن}}) or the Lahore massacre,<ref name="MinistersSacked2">{{cite news|last1=Tanveer|first1=Rana|last2=Manan|first2=Abdul|date=21 June 2014|title=The axe falls: Heads finally roll over Model Town tragedy|work=[[The Express Tribune]]|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/724894/the-axe-falls-heads-finally-roll-over-model-town-tragedy/|url-status=live|access-date=22 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621233408/http://tribune.com.pk/story/724894/the-axe-falls-heads-finally-roll-over-model-town-tragedy/|archive-date=21 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> was a violent clash that ensued between the [[Punjab Police (Pakistan)|Punjab Police]] and [[Pakistan Awami Tehreek]] activists on 17 June 2014 resulting in several protesters being killed by the police gunfire. Five police officers remain under arrest.<ref name="NYTLahoreClash2">{{cite news|last=Gillani|first=Waqar|date=17 June 2014|title=7 Killed as Pakistan Police Clash With Preacher's Followers|work=[[New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/world/asia/pakistan-police-clash-with-qadri-followers.html?_r=0|url-status=live|access-date=22 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814082724/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/world/asia/pakistan-police-clash-with-qadri-followers.html?_r=0|archive-date=14 August 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The standoff lasted for almost 11 hours when the police's anti-encroachment squad launched an operation to remove the barriers from the road leading to the offices of [[Minhaj-ul-Quran]] and the residence of PAT founder Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri in [[Model Town, Lahore]]. Although, police officials were given a court order by PAT leaders, stating "due to terrorism issues, place security barriers in front of [[Minhaj-ul-Quran]] and the residence of PAT founder Qadri", but the police still attacked.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

The incident was broadcast live on various local news channels<ref name="LiveBroadcast">
{{cite news
|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-257018-PPP-MQM-resolutions-condemn-Lahore-kil
|title=PPP, MQM resolutions condemn Lahore killings
|date=20 June 2014
|work=[[The News International]]
|access-date=22 June 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620080633/http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-257018-PPP-MQM-resolutions-condemn-Lahore-kil
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</ref> and there were conflicting accounts of how the standoff began.<ref name="WSJLahoreClash">
{{cite news
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|last=Nauman
|url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/pakistan-police-clash-with-supporters-of-canada-based-cleric-1403012699
|title=Pakistan Police Clash With Supporters of Canada-Based Cleric
|date=17 June 2014
|work=[[Wall Street Journal]]
|access-date=22 June 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620004813/http://online.wsj.com/articles/pakistan-police-clash-with-supporters-of-canada-based-cleric-1403012699
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</ref> Police claimed that they were attacked by people inside the PAT secretariat, a claim that is denied by party chief Qadri. In the live footage broadcast on television, the policemen were shown firing assault rifles and lobbing tear gas canisters at the protesting masses while the protesters threw stones at the police for defence.<ref name="WSJLahoreClash" />
Qadri strongly condemned the attack and called it the worst form of [[state terrorism]]. Qadri vowed to avenge the deaths of his political workers by bringing about a revolution that would hasten the end of the rule of prime minister [[Nawaz Sharif]] and his brother [[Shahbaz Sharif]].<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-151048-State-terrorism-will-not-be-tolerated:-Qadri
|title=State Terrorism will not be tolerated: Qadri
|date=17 June 2014
|work=[[The News International]]
|access-date=2 July 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620082948/http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-151048-State-terrorism-will-not-be-tolerated:-Qadri
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{{cite news
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|work=The Nation
|access-date=2 July 2014
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===The Day of Martyrs===
Qadri and his party observed Youm-e-Shuhada (Day of Martyrs) at 9 August 2014 in Tehreek-e-Minhaj ul Quran secretariat in Model Town.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dunyanews.tv/index.php/en/Pakistan/231970-PAT-set-to-observe-YoumeShuhada-today | title=PAT set to observe Youm-e-Shuhada today| date=14 February 2008}}</ref> A Country-Wide clash occurred between Police and the Workers of PAT. After the gathering of People, He assured his supporters and the government that the rally on 10 August would be peaceful while requesting his followers to bring their prayer mats for recitation of the Quran.<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/05/national/qadri-accuses-punjab-govt-of-sabotaging-aug-10-youm-e-shuhada-event/ |title=Youme Shuhada, Pakistan Today |date=5 August 2014 |access-date=14 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721154120/http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/05/national/qadri-accuses-punjab-govt-of-sabotaging-aug-10-youm-e-shuhada-event/ |archive-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}
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===Other events===
He has been invited to deliver his lectures by several organisations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=120050&Itemid=2 |title=Associated Press of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency ) – Muslims urged to stand up against terrorism |publisher=App.com.pk |access-date=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016061048/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=120050&Itemid=2 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="usip.org">
{{cite web |url=http://www.usip.org/events/shaykh-dr-muhammad-tahri-ul-qadri-s-struggle-against-radicalism-in-islam |title=Tahir-ul-Qadri's Struggle Against Radicalism in Islam |publisher=[[United States Institute of Peace]] |date=10 November 2010 |access-date=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115034/http://www.usip.org/events/shaykh-dr-muhammad-tahri-ul-Qadri-s-struggle-against-radicalism-in-islam |archive-date=26 August 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
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In July 2011, he gave a lecture on the issues of terrorism and integration at the [[Parliament of New South Wales]] in Sydney, Australia where he was invited by the member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Council|NSW Legislative Council]], Shaoquett Moselmane MLC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hanstrans.nsf/V3ByKey/LC20110805?Open&refNavID=HA8_1 |title=Full Day Hansard Transcript (Legislative Council, 5 August 2011, Corrected Copy) |publisher=Parliament.nsw.gov.au |access-date=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016074209/http://parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hanstrans.nsf/V3ByKey/LC20110805?Open&refNavID=HA8_1 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Qadri also made appearances on Australian media, where he discussed Islam, terrorism and possible troop withdrawals from Afghanistan. On 24 September 2011, Minhaj-ul-Quran convened the "Peace for Humanity Conference" at [[Wembley Arena]] in London where Tahir-ul-Qadri and the assembled speakers issued a [[London Declaration for Global Peace and Resistance against Extremism 2011|declaration]] of peace on behalf of religious representatives of several faiths, scholars, politicians, and 12,000 participants present from various countries. This conference was endorsed by, or received supportive messages from, the Grand Imam of [[Al-Azhar University]], [[Ban Ki-moon]] (Secretary-General of the United Nations), [[Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu]] (Secretary General of the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]]), [[David Cameron]] (British Prime Minister), [[Nick Clegg]] (British Deputy Prime Minister), [[Rowan Williams]] (Archbishop of Canterbury) and others. On 30 November 2011, Qadri delivered a lecture at the "Peaceful Future of Afghanistan" conference in Istanbul, Turkey which was organised by the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution of [[George Mason University]] together with [[Marmara University]] and was attended by more than 120 Afghan leaders.

On 22 February 2012, Qadri visited Delhi for a four-week tour of India.<ref>
{{Cite web |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/coming-pak-islamic-scholar-who-pulls-no-punches-against-terror/914697/ |title=Coming: Pak Islamic scholar who pulls no punches against terror |access-date=25 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203195343/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/coming-pak-islamic-scholar-who-pulls-no-punches-against-terror/914697/ |archive-date=3 February 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} 
</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/28-Feb-2012/qadri-given-honour-in-india |title=Qadri given honour in India |date=28 February 2012 |publisher=Nation.com.pk |access-date=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002124243/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/lahore/28-Feb-2012/qadri-given-honour-in-india |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="The Times of India">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Pakistani-scholar-thanks-Modi-for-security/articleshow/12038134.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511023419/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-26/vadodara/31100857_1_gujarat-godhra-riots-communal-riots |url-status=live |archive-date=11 May 2013 |title=Pakistani scholar thanks Modi for security |date=26 February 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref> Qadri delivered a message of peace and said: "Terrorism has no place in Islam", while addressing the fatwa book launch in Delhi.<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/terrorism-has-no-place-in-islam-sufi-scholar/915599/ |title=Terrorism has no place in Islam: Sufi scholar |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=23 February 2012 |access-date=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313060246/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/terrorism-has-no-place-in-islam-sufi-scholar/915599 |archive-date=13 March 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}
</ref> People gathered to listen to Qadri along with government officials in Gujarat.<ref name="The Times of India"/>
<ref>[http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=10&contentid=2012031120120311015212266fb6744ea Pak scholar debunks Islamic stereotypes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513034342/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=10&contentid=2012031120120311015212266fb6744ea |date=13 May 2013 }} 
</ref> Qadri also urged the Pakistani and Indian governments to reduce their defence expenditures and instead spend money on the welfare of poor people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/stay-away-from-communal-clashes-in-future-pak-islamic-scholar/967422.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709023342/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/stay-away-from-communal-clashes-in-future-pak-islamic-scholar/967422.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2012 |title=Stay away from communal clashes in future: Pak Islamic scholar |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=25 February 2012 |access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref> He also visited [[Ajmer]], where he was given a large reception, at which he gave a lecture on [[Sufism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Pak-scholar-to-speak-on-Sufism-in-dargah/articleshow/12239857.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614084213/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-13/jaipur/31159293_1_pak-scholar-sufism-dargah |url-status=live |archive-date=14 June 2013 |title=Pak scholar to speak on Sufism in dargah |date=13 March 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref>
On 4 January 2015, he declared terrorism as biggest problem of the world.<ref>
{{cite web |author=Samaa TV |url=http://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/04-Jan-2015/tahirul-qadri-terms-terrorism-as-biggest-problem |title=Tahirul Qadri terms terrorism as biggest problem |work=Samaa TV |date=4 January 2015 |access-date=4 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105010001/http://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/04-Jan-2015/tahirul-qadri-terms-terrorism-as-biggest-problem |archive-date=5 January 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}
</ref>
<!-- [[File:Tahir-ul-qadri.jpg|220px|left|thumb|Qadri during [[Al-Hidayah]] in the UK]] -->

===Fatwa on Terrorism===
{{Main|Fatwa on Terrorism}}

The ''[[Fatwa on Terrorism|Fatwa on Terrorism and Suicide Bombings]]'' is a 600-page (Urdu version), 512-page (English version) is an Islamic decree by Qadri which demonstrates from the Quran and Sunnah that terrorism and suicide bombings are unjust and evil, and thus un-Islamic. It was published in London as a book.<ref>
{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/influential-pakistani-cleric-based-in-gta-1.866827 |title=Influential Pakistani cleric based in GTA |access-date=12 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402102656/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/influential-pakistani-cleric-based-in-gta-1.866827 |archive-date=2 April 2010 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}
</ref> This [[fatwa]] is a direct refutation of the ideology of [[al-Qaeda]] and the [[Taliban]]. It is one of the most extensive Islamic anti-terrorism rulings, an "absolute" condemnation of terrorism without "any excuses or pretexts" which goes further than ever and declares that terrorism is [[Kafir|kufr]] under [[Sharia|Islamic law]].<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sheikh-issues-fatwa-against-all-terrorists-1915000.html|title=Sheikh issues fatwa against all terrorists|work=The Independent|date=3 March 2010 |access-date=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912181128/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sheikh-issues-fatwa-against-all-terrorists-1915000.html|archive-date=12 September 2011|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
</ref> The launch was organised by [[Minhaj-ul-Quran UK]]. Qadri said during the launch that "Terrorism is terrorism, violence is violence and it has no place in Islamic teaching and no justification can be provided for it, or any kind of excuses or ifs or buts."

The fatwa received widespread media attention and was positively covered by the international press.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2010/03/02/tahir-ul-qadri-and-the-difficulty-of-reporting-on-fatwas/|title=Tahir ul-Qadri and the difficulty of reporting on fatwas|work=Reuters|access-date=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202011906/http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2010/03/02/tahir-ul-qadri-and-the-difficulty-of-reporting-on-fatwas/|archive-date=2 February 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
</ref>

According to CNN, experts see the fatwa as a significant blow to terrorist recruiting.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/terror.fatwa.analysis/index.html|title=Some experts see fatwa as significant blow to terrorist recruiting|website=[[CNN]] |access-date=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108010752/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/terror.fatwa.analysis/index.html|archive-date=8 November 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
</ref> CNN's [[Amanpour]] show added the fatwa summary to its website and declared it to be fatwa for peace,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/11/fatwa-for-peace/|title=Fatwa for Peace|access-date=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202001936/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/11/fatwa-for-peace/|archive-date=2 February 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> while the [[United States Department of State|US State Department]] declares the fatwa to be significant step in taking Islam back from terrorists.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/03/muslim-leaders-edict-decries-terrorism/|title=Muslim leader's edict decries terrorism – Washington Times|work=The Washington Times|access-date=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106192938/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/03/muslim-leaders-edict-decries-terrorism/|archive-date=6 January 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
</ref>

Before it had been released, [[Douglas Murray (author)|Douglas Murray]] described the Fatwa on Terrorism, in an article in the ''[[Evening Standard]]'', as "potentially important", although he said "A single-fatwa will not change the level of denial and self criticism inherent in so much of modern Islam".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23810140-is-this-a-triumph-for-the-islamic-peacemakers.do|title=Is this a triumph for the Islamic peacemakers?|work=The Evening Standard|access-date=1 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122104015/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23810140-is-this-a-triumph-for-the-islamic-peacemakers.do|archive-date=22 January 2012}}</ref>

[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] news channel questioned the credibility of the fatwa and asks if it was not by the [[British government]] because senior [[counter-terrorism]] officials from [[Scotland Yard]] and [[MI5]] were present at the launch.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/news/fatwa-condemns-terror52128/ |title=Fatwa condemns terror |access-date=12 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606053826/http://www.itv.com/news/fatwa-condemns-terror52128/ |archive-date=6 June 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The 512-page English book version of the fatwa, ''Fatwa on Terrorism and Suicide Bombings'', (London: Minhaj-ul-Quran, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-9551888-9-3}}) has a foreword by [[John Esposito]] and an introduction by [[Joel Hayward]], both of whom share Qadri's scholarly assessment that, regardless of any intention, the evil of terrorism remains evil and must be exposed, opposed and condemned. It also has a certification from the Islamic Research Council of [[Al-Azhar University|Al-Azhar]], Egypt issued on 9 January 2011.

The ''Fatwa on Terrorism and Suicide Bombings'' has been officially endorsed by [[Al-Azhar University]] in Cairo, Egypt. In January 2011, the fatwa was discussed at the [[World Economic Forum]] Annual Meeting 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weforum.org/sessions/summary/reality-terrorism|title=The Reality of Terrorism|work=The Reality of Terrorism – World Economic Forum|access-date=1 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202011617/http://www.weforum.org/sessions/summary/reality-terrorism|archive-date=2 February 2015}}</ref> In June 2011, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] received a copy of the fatwa from representatives of Minhaj Interfaith Relations. The Pope reportedly appreciated that it promoted peace, harmony and interfaith dialogue.<ref>
[https://www.nation.com.pk/24-Jun-2011/minhaj-man-meets-pope Minhaj man meets Pope]
</ref>

The ''Fatwa on Terrorism and Suicide Bombings'' was reviewed positively by Kemal Argon who published a review in the ''Journal of Rotterdam Islamic and Social Sciences'', Vol. 2, No. 1, 2011, pp.&nbsp;149–160. Islamic University of Rotterdam, Netherlands.

===Invitation to OIC===
[[File:Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri - OIC conference.jpeg|thumb|261x261px|Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri addresses OIC conference on The Role of Education in Prevention of Terrorism and Extremism.]]
On 7 April 2019, Qadri addressed scholars at the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|OIC]] meeting in [[Riyadh]] and presented Minhaj-ul-Quran's Counter Terrorism Syllabus.<ref>{{cite news |title=Qadri to address OIC moot in Riyadh |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/454414-qadri-to-address-oic-moot-in-riyadh |work=[[The News International]] |date=7 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==Views==
According to one newspaper pundit, the legal-theological opinion by Qadri in his fatwa on terrorism creates an impression that there is a consensus in Islam on the [[Khawarij]].<ref>
{{Cite web| url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/488064/a-closer-look-at-tahirul-qadris-thesis/| title=a-closer-look-at-tahirul-qadris-thesis| date=2 January 2013| access-date=7 February 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207215417/http://tribune.com.pk/story/488064/a-closer-look-at-tahirul-qadris-thesis/| archive-date=7 February 2015| url-status=live| df=dmy-all}}
</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/19/opinion/pakistan-democracy-qadri/| title=Tahir-ul-Qadri's Vision for a Democratic Pakistan, CNN News| date=20 August 2014| access-date=14 May 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924141703/http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/19/opinion/pakistan-democracy-qadri| archive-date=24 September 2014| url-status=live| df=dmy-all}}
</ref> [[Think Magazine]] (World Religions) cited Dr. Tahir ul Qadri as providing a competing vision of Islam against that of [[Osama bin Laden|Osama Bin Laden]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Robson|first=Roy R|date=2011|title=Conclusion|url=https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/product/Robson-THINK-World-Religions/9780205773626.html?tab=contents|journal=THINK World Religions}}</ref> In November 2017, [[Mandla Mandela]] (the grandson of South African revolutionary leader [[Nelson Mandela]]) visited Pakistan after his conversion to Islam in 2016. He arrived in Pakistan on Tahir ul Qadri's invitation to attend ''Tajdar-e-Khatam-e-Nabuwwat Conference'' in Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news |title=Happy to be here, says Nelson Mandela's grandson after arriving in Lahore |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/170049-nelson-mandelas-grandson-arrives-in-lahore |access-date=29 May 2022 |work=Geo News |date=30 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Grandson of Nelson Mandela arrives in Pakistan on Dr Tahir ul Qadri invitation |url=https://timesofislamabad.com/tag/Mandla%20Mandela |website=timesofislamabad.com |publisher=Times of Islamabad |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=30 November 2017}}</ref>

==Works==
[[File:Islamic Curriculum on Peace and Counter-Terrorism for Clerics, Imams and Teachers.jpg|thumb|Islamic Curriculum on Peace and Counter-Terrorism by Tahir-ul-Qadri]]

He has authored 1000 works<ref name="usiop">{{Cite web |title=Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri's Struggle Against Radicalism in Islam |url=https://www.usip.org/events/sheikh-dr-muhammad-tahir-ul-qadris-struggle-against-radicalism-islam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311050610/https://www.usip.org/events/sheikh-dr-muhammad-tahir-ul-qadris-struggle-against-radicalism-islam |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 March 2017 |access-date=2021-03-14 |website=United States Institute of Peace}}</ref> out of which 550 are published books, including  an "eight-volume, 7,000-page Qur’anic Encyclopaedia in English covering all 6,000-plus verses of the Koran."<ref>[[Bryan Appleyard]], [https://www.thetimes.com/comment/article/the-koran-is-a-work-of-peace-not-violence-nltm2wcr8 "The Koran is a work of peace, not violence"], ''[[The Times]]''. Retrieved 3 October 2019.</ref> He has delivered over 6000 lectures and has been teaching subjects such as Islamic jurisprudence, theology, sufism, Islamic philosophy, law, Islamic politics, hadith, seerah, and many other traditional sciences.<ref name="usiop" /> His works include:

*''Islamic Concept of Crime''<ref>{{cite book |title=Islamic concept of Crime |date=1985 |isbn=978-96-93-20534-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s2fUv165WFkC&q=tahir+ul+qadri|last1=Tahir-Ul-Qadri |first1=Dr Muhammad |publisher=Minhaj-ul-Quran Publications }}</ref> (1985)
*''Islamic Concept of Law''<ref>{{cite book |title=Islamic concept of Law |date=1987 |publisher=Minhaj ul Quran Publications |location=Lahore |isbn=969-32-05-25-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQpCcaLfxQ0C&q=tahir+ul+qadri |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> (1987)
*''Islam and Christianity''<ref>{{cite book |title=Islam and Christianity |date=1999 |publisher=Minhaj ul Quran International |isbn=978-9693203851 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQxBPQAACAAJ&q=tahir+ul+qadri |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> (1999)
*''Peace & Submission''<ref>{{cite book |title=Peace & Submission - Islamic Teachings Series |date=2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dp4avgAACAAJ&q=tahir+ul+qadri |access-date=2 August 2022|last1=t̤Āhirulqādrī |first1=Muḥammad }}</ref> (2011)
*''Muhammad the Merciful''<ref>{{cite book |title=Muhammad the Merciful |date=2014 |isbn=9781908229182 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lz8ZnwEACAAJ&q=tahir+ul+qadri|last1=Tahir-Ul-Qadri |first1=Muhammad |publisher=Minhaj-ul-Quran Publications }}</ref> (2014)
*''Fatwa on Suicide Bombings and Terrorism''<ref>{{cite book |title='''Fatwa on suicide bombings and terrorism''' 》 Table of contents, summary & bibliography |date=2010 |publisher=Minhaj ul Quran International (UK) |location=London |isbn=978-09-55-18884-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TkzJu8eTfb0C&q=tahir+ul+qadri |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> (2014) translated by Shaykh Abdul Aziz Dabbagh
*''Islam on Mercy and Compassion''<ref>{{cite book |title=Islam on Mercy and Compassion |date=2014 |isbn=9781908229175 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7HcngEACAAJ&q=tahir+ul+qadri|last1=t̤Āhirulqādrī |first1=Muḥammad |publisher=Minhaj-ul-Quran Publications }}</ref> (2014)
*''Creation of Man - A Review of Qur'an and Modern Embryology''<ref>{{cite book |title=Creation of Man: A Review of Quran and Modern Embryology |date=2021 |isbn=9789693203929 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lBzPeDwxRmgC&q=tahir+ul+qadri|last1=Tahir-Ul-Qadri |first1=Muhammad |publisher=Minhaj-ul-Quran Publications }}</ref> (2017)
*''Beseeching for Help (Istighathah)''<ref>{{cite book |title=Beseeching for Help (Istighathah) |date=27 May 2017 |publisher=[[CreateSpace|CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]] |isbn=9781546931775 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Td16tAEACAAJ&q=tahir+ul+qadri |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> published by [[CreateSpace|CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]] in 2017

==Criticism==
Tahir Qadri has faced criticism from Islamic scholars and organizations for his unconventional views, such as celebration of Christmas. Some have labeled him as “misguided”,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://5pillarsuk.com/2019/07/05/scholars-in-the-uk-india-and-pakistan-condemn-dr-tahir-ul-qadri-as-misguided/ | title=Scholars in the UK, India and Pakistan condemn Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri as "misguided" | date=5 July 2019 }}</ref> and Indian scholar [[Akhtar Raza Khan]], issued a [[fatwa]] in 2014 declaring him a [[Takfir|disbeliever]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=English - Taajush Shari'ah Unmasking the Minhaji Apostasy |url=https://www.thesunniway.com/ebooks/english/file/130-taajush-shari-ah-unmasking-the-minhaji-apostasy |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=www.thesunniway.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>

The [[Federal government of the United States|US government]] funded broadcaster, [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Radio liberty]] and the German public broadcaster, [[Deutsche Welle]], have issued articles pointing out his contradictions in claiming to be in favour of democracy while also having previously called for the toppling of the Pakistani civilian government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A man of contradictions – DW – 08/12/2014 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/pakistani-cleric-tahir-ul-qadri-a-man-of-immense-contradictions/a-17848131 |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-01-17 |title=Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri: A Complex Man Full Of Contradictions |language=en |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/qadri-pakistan-politics/24840142.html |access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Minhaj-ul-Quran International]]
*[[The Amman Message]]
*[[Contemporary Islamic philosophy]]
*[[London Declaration for Global Peace and Resistance against Extremism 2011]]
*[[Minhaj Welfare Foundation]]
*[[Minhaj University Lahore|Minhaj University]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://minhaj.org/english/tid/8718/A-Profile-of-Shaykh-ul-Islam-Dr-Muhammad-Tahir-ul-Qadri.html A Profile of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri] by ''Minhaj-ul-Quran International''

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