Sunni Dawat-e-Islami is a non-political Sunni movement to propagate the Quraan and Sunnah

Sunnah

The word literally means a clear, well trodden, busy and plain surfaced road. In the discussion of the sources of religion, Sunnah denotes the practice of Prophet Muhammad that he taught and practically instituted as a teacher of the sharī‘ah and the best exemplar...

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Foundation

Sunni Dawat-e-Islami was founded by Maulana Shakir Ali Noori in 1991 in India. Hazrat Mufakkir-e-Islam Allama Qamaruzzaman Azmi

Qamaruzzaman Azmi

.Allama Maulana Qamaruzzaman Azmi is a prominent scholar in the Ahle sunnah wal jamah and Sufism. Millions of people across the Indian Sub-Continent, Middle East, Europe, America and Canada revere and respect him...

 who is a prominent scholar in the Ahle sunnah wal jamah is "the chief mentor and guide of Sunni Dawate Islami and regularly attends the Annual International Ijtema in Mumbai and also other Ijtemas in India and the UK".

Activities

Nearly one lakh

Lakh

A lakh is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand . It is widely used both in official and other contexts in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and is often used in Indian English.-Usage:...

 muslim women,mostly from Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, Thane

Thane

Thane , is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane district. On 16 April 1853, G.I.P...

, Bhiwandi

Bhiwandi

Bhiwandi is a city, in the district of Thane, in the western state of Maharashtra, in India, located 20 km to the north-east of Mumbai and 15 km to the north-east of Thane city...

 and Nasik, attended its October 2009 ijtima.

Annual Ijtemas

A three day Annual Ijtema is held every year in Azad Maidan, Mumbai. Nearly 4 lakh people attend this ijtema along with higher authorities from politics, Police and Municipal corporation.
Also, such kind of ijtemas are held in several other cities of India including Nashik and Malegaon.

SDEI holds a series of meetings across India to discuss possible solutions to the present-day socio-economic and political problems in the context of Islam, and clarifying the importance of prayer and social obligations.