Israr Ahmed was a Pakistan

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i Islamic theologian followed particularly in South Asia

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 and also among the South Asian diaspora in the Middle East

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, Western Europe

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, and North America

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. Born in Hissar, (today's Haryana

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) in India, the second son of a government servant, he is the founder of the Tanzeem-e-islami

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The Tanzeem-e-Islami is an Islamist religious organisation based in Lahore, Pakistan. Founded in 1975 by religious scholar Dr. Israr Ahmed, it advocates the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate in Pakistan and worldwide. The Tanzeem was created after Israr Ahmed split from the Jamaat-e-Islami in...

, an off-shoot of the Jamaat-e-Islami

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. He hosted a daily show on Peace TV

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, a 24 hours Islamic channel broadcast internationally, and until recently on ARY Qtv

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Ahmad was born on April 26, 1932 in Hisar (a district of East Punjab, now a part of Haryana) in India, the second son of a government servant.