Minhaj Internet Bureau

Minhaj Internet Bureau is responsible for designing and developing websites of MQI. It has so far created more than 50 websites. The list is given here.

Objects

Launch of Irfan-ul-Quran on February 19, 2009 by Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Minhaj-ul-Quran International is working on sound footings for propagation of Islamic teachings at a wider level and protection of faith of the young generations along scientific lines. In order to achieve this purpose, all the offices located within the central secretariat of MQI have been connected to one another through a state of the art computer network aimed at enabling them to benefit from the modern information technology on the one hand. Minhaj Internet Bureau (MIB) was set up, on the other hand, with a view to addressing apprehensions, misperceptions and misunderstandings about Islam globally, promote real and original teachings of Islam and knit the diverse Muslim communities in a single unified whole.

MIB seeks to attain a leading role for MQI in the cyber world as promoter of interfaith dialogue, harmony and peace. The Bureau continues to work with utmost dedication to allay misperceptions about Islam by apprising the world about real Islamic teachings. Various websites, developed and published online by MIB, are the examples of the Bureau’s work. These sites owned by MQI are found to be reliable and authentic source of information and hence grouped into leading category.

Historical background

Inauguration of Minhaj photos on October 28, 2004 by Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

1994 to 1996 - The central organizational website of MQI namely www.minhaj.org emerged online under the supervision of Mudassar Islam (Holland) between 1994 and 96. It was the time when even the educated class was not much aware of internet and its usage.

1996 to 2003 - A self-contained department, meant to propagate and highlight the MQI’s services and contributions in the realm of peace, interfaith harmony, dialogue and peaceful coexistence among various communities, came into being by the name of Minhaj Internet Bureau. Thus www.minhaj.org had the unique honour of being the first website officially launched by any organization in Pakistan.

2003 to date - MIB launched a new number of websites and kept on updating www.minhaj.org in accordance with the latest technological advances despite limited manpower and resources. These websites have immense new features and services for the web users. This initiative not only enabled people to familiarize themselves with the real Islamic teachings but also added hundreds of thousands of internet users on monthly basis, which is not less than an honour for any website.

Departments

Functions and tasks performed by MIB have been divided into a number of sub-sectors/departments for efficient service delivery and improved management and performance.

Department of Planning & Supervision

The planning and supervision of all projects of MIB is the responsibility of this department. Moreover, coordination with lower departments and distance volunteers falls within its domain. It also takes care of donation and advertisement related matters.

Department of Web Development

Development of all central websites takes place locally and all phases of programming are completed under the direction supervision of this department. Various softwares are also designed by this department in accordance with the needs of the Bureau. See the list of central website for more information.

Department of Web Designing

Designing of layouts of all websites and graphics is undertaken at this department. In addition to this, designing of various advertisements to be posted on social media is also carried out here.

Department of Web Updating

This department of MIB is responsible for regularly updating the following material on the main websites.

News & Activities from Markaz News & Activities from Abroad Pakistan News & Activities from Pakistan Newspapper Cuttings Press Release Articles / Interviews Schedule Leaders of MQI

Irfan-ul-Quran English & Urdu Tilawat Quran Majeeed Speeches by Shaykh-ul-islam MP3 Audio updates on deenislam.com High Quality updates on YouTube, Vimeo and Dailymotion, etc.

Books by Shaykh-ul-Islam Images Format Unicode Format PDF Format Monthly Minhaj-ul-Quran Monthly Dukhtran-e-Islam Monthly Newsletter

Department of Social Media

In addition to managing regular updates on official accounts of MQI and Shaykh-ul-Islam on all social media including Twitter and Facebook , this department holds practical workshops for training of volunteers.

View the list of social media contacts for further information.

Department of Server Management

This department is responsible for backup and maintenance of domain accounts, hosting server, and email accounts.

Department of I.T Support

This department looks after the efficient working of hundreds of computer systems in various offices of central secretariat and is responsible for their installation, troubleshooting, networking and provision of internet. It also conducts training programmes for the staff from time to time to update their computing skills etc. It also provides technical support to Minhaj TV for arrangement of video conferencing and scholar online program.

College of Shariah and Islamic Sciences gets the technical assistance of this department for its eLearning program. The maintenance of photo archive is also responsibility of this department.

Staff

Present staff members	Former contributors	Remote contributors
AbdulSattar Minhajian (Director) Muhammad Sanaullah (Deputy Director, Network Administrator) Sabir Hussain (Senior Webmaster) Shahzad Ahmad (Web Programmer) Muhammad Yameen Mustafvi (Web Designer) Rashid Shahzad (Social Media Coordinator) Syed Shahid Hussain Kazmi (Multimedia Webmaster) Asim Ilyas (Webmaster) Muhammad Nazakat (Assistant Webmaster) Muhammad Saleem pakistani (Urdu Editor) Amanat Ali Ch. (English Editor)	Mustazhar Saeed Naushahi Sajjad-ul-Aziz Qadri Imran Bashir Shahid Mursaleen (UK) Faisal Hussain (UK) Abdul Rehman Siddiqi Imran Nazir Tanveer Ahmad Wahid Naeem mughal Rehan-ul-Hassan Gillani	Mudassar Islam (Holland) Ahmad Nawaz Malik (Canada) Sajid fayyaz (France) Ahsan Irshad (Canada) Naveed Ahmad Andalusi (Spain) Basir Ahmad (Canada)

Step by Step

1994

• 1994 - minhaj.org, the organizational web site of MQI, came into being for the first time under the supervision of Mudassar Islam.

1996

• 1996 - Minhaj Internet Bureau was established at the central secretariat of MQI.

2001

• August 14, 2001 - Minhajbooks.com was launched in FMRi for online publication of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri’s books.

• October 2, 2001 - Shaykh-ul-Islam conferred a shield to AbdulSattar Minhajian (research scholar) on designing excellent web site of the Minhajians.

2002

• September 1, 2002 - web site of Monthly Minhaj-ul-Quran was launched.

• October 24, 2002 - AbdulSattar Minhajian (research scholar) got a shield from Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri on quality designing of Minhaj books and monthly Minhaj-ul-Quran magazine.

2003

• February 19, 2003 - Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri inaugurated the first multimedia web site of MQI.

2004

• October 28, 2004 - Minhaj photos web site was inaugurated by Shaykh-ul-Islam.

• December 1, 2004 - web site of Monthly Dukhtran-e-Islam was launched.

2006

• February 19, 2006 - Dr Hassan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri and Sahibzada Hammad Mustafa Qadri jointly inaugurated Urdu web site of Irfan-ul-Quran.

• December 4, 2006 - Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri declared gold medal for Sajid Fayyaz, vice president of Minhaj Youth League (France), on distance technical assistance.

2007

• April 9, 2007 - MinhajBooks.com was launched in an inaugural ceremony.

• October 16, 2007 - MIB team was awarded a distinction shield in the Itikaf City due to excellent online coverage of MQI.

• November 26, 2007 - web site of Quarterly al-Ulama was inaugurated.

2008

• May 20, 2008 - Inauguration of web site of College of Shariah and Islamic Sciences (COSIS).

• June 2, 2008 - Inauguration of web site of Minhaj Education Society.

• August 9, 2008 - Inauguration of Minhaj Publication’s web site.

• August 23, 2008 - New Urdu web site of MQI was launched.

• September 4, 2008 - New Urdu web site of Directorate of Foreign Affairs was inaugurated.

• October 24, 2008 - Inauguration of MYL’s web site.

2009

• January 14, 2009 - Inauguration of new web site of Minhaj University.

• February 19, 2009 - Inauguration of English web site of Irfan-ul-Quran by Shaykh-ul-Islam.

• April 28, 2009 - Certificate awarding ceremony among the staff of central secretariat on completion of computer training course.

• April 27, 2009 - Minhaj Encyclopedia was opened for general readers.

• May 25, 2009 - MinhajBooks.com was made available online with new version and addition of new books.

• July 16, 2009 - Arabic web site of MQI was launched.

• August 6, 2009 - New version of web site of Minhaj Welfare Foundation (MWF) equipped with modern facilities was launched on the blessed occasion of Shab-e-Barat.

• August 6, 2009 - The speech of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri was broadcast through video conferencing from UK for the first time on the occasion of Shab-e-Barat.

• September 20, 2009 - The keynote addresses of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri were telecast live from Canada through video conferencing during Itikaf.

• December 22, 2009 - ELearning department was established for online education of a number of courses including Irfan-ul-Quran course under the banner of COSIS.

2010

• February 19, 2010 - New version of deenislam.com, multimedia web site of MQI, was launched equipped with new facilities.

2011

• February 14, 2011 - New web site of elearning department was launched after addition of new facilities.

• February 19, 2011 - Web site of fatwa online was inaugurated with the help of Farid-e-Millat Research Institute (FMRi).

• February 19, 2011 - Urdu version of deenislam.com, multimedia web site, was launched online.

• February 23, 2011 - The web site of world graduates of Al-Azhar University Pakistan was launched in Urdu, English and Arabic language simultaneously.

• March 25, 2011 - Faiz-ur-Rehman Durrani inaugurated the new web site of Pakistan Awami Tehreek during CWC meeting of MQI.

• April 16, 2011 - New version of web site of Minhaj-ul-Quran Women League was inaugurated simultaneously in Urdu and English languages.

• April 21, 2011 - New web site of Directorate of Interfaith Relations was launched simultaneously in Urdu and English languages.

• July 29, 2011 - New version of web site of Itikaf City was launched in Urdu and English languages simultaneously.

• August 26, 2011 - Mobile version of official web site of MQI was launched.

• October 19, 2011 - English version of MSM’s web site was launched.

• October 29, 2011 - English version of web site of Minhaj College for Women (MCW) was launched.

2012

• January 19, 2012 - Mobile Urdu version of official web site of MQI was launched.

• March 5, 2012 - New web site of Minhaj Education Society was launched in Urdu and English languages.

• October 25, 2012 - A ceremony was held to celebrate the one hundred thousand hits of like option on the official face book page of Shaykh-ul-Islam.

2013

• May 26, 2013 - Training camp was held for training of social media volunteers in Sialkot.

• July 11, 2013 - New web site of Itikaf City was launched in English and Urdu languages.

• July 31 to August 31, 2013 - 9-day training workshop was held for training of social media volunteers.

• September 4, 2013 - New web site of Muslim-Christian Dialogue Forum (MCDF) was launched in English and Urdu languages.

• September 9, 2013 - New web site of FMRi was inaugurated.

See More

• List of Web Sites by Minhaj Internet Bureau
• List of Web Sites from Abroad Pakistan
• List of Social Media Links