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

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

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.

1996-2003 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

• www.minhaj.org, the organizational website of MQI, came into being for the first time in 1994 under the supervision of Mudassar Islam.

1996

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

2001

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

• On October 2, 2001, Shaykh-ul-Islam conferred a shield to Abdus Sattar Minhajian (research scholar) on designing excellent website of the Minhajians.

2002

• Website of monthly Minhaj-ul-Quran was launched on September 1, 2002

• Abdus Sattar 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

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

2004

• On October 28, 2004, Minhaj photos website was inaugurated by Shaykh-ul-Islam.

• Website of monthly Dukhtran-e-Islam was launched on December 1, 2004.

2006

• On February 19, Sahibzada Hassan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri and Sahibzada Hammad Mustafa Qadri jointly inaugurated Urdu website of Irfan ul Quran.

• 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 on December 4.

2007

• Minhajbooks.com was launched in an inaugural ceremony on April 9.

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

• November 26, website of quarterly al-Ulama was inaugurated.

2008

• Inauguration of website of Minhaj College of Shariah and Islamic Sciences on May 20.

• Inauguration of website of Minhaj Education Society on June 2

• Inauguration of Minhaj Publication’s website on August 9.

• On August 23, new Urdu website of MQI was launched.

• On September 4, new Urdu website of Directorate of Foreign Affairs was inaugurated.

• Inauguration of MYL’s website on October 24.

2009

• Inauguration of new website of Minhaj University on January 14.

• Inauguration of English website of Irfan-ul-Quran by Shaykh-ul-Islam on February 19.

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

• Minhaj Encyclopedia was opened for general readers on April 27.

• Minhajbooks.com was made available online with new version and addition of new books on May 25.

• Arabic website of MQI was launched on July 16.

• New version of website of Minhaj Welfare Foundation equipped with modern facilities was launched on August 6 on the blessed occasion of Shab-e-Barat.

• 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 on August 6.

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

• E-learning department was established for online education of a number of courses including Irfan ul Quran course under the banner of Minhaj College of Shariah on December 22.

2010

• New version of deenislam.com, multimedia website of MQI, was launched equipped with new facilities on February 19.

2011

• New website of e-learning department was launched after addition of new facilities on February 14.

• Web site of fatwa online was inaugurated with the help of Farid-e-eMillat Institute on February 19.

• Urdu version of deenislam.com, multimedia website, was launched online on February 19.

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

• Faiz-ur-Rehman Durrani inaugurated the new website of Pakistan Awami Tehreek during CWC meeting of MQI on March 25.

• New version of website of Minhaj Women League was inaugurated simultaneously in Urdu and English languages on April 16.

• New website of Directorate of Minhaj Interfaith Relations was launched simultaneously in Urdu and English languages on April 21.

• New version of website of Itikaf City was launched in Urdu and English languages simultaneously on July 29.

• Mobile version of official website of MQI was launched on August 26.

• English version of MSM’s website was launched on October 19.

• English version of web site of Minhaj College for Women was launched on October 29.

2012

• Mobile Urdu version of official website of MQI was launched on January 19.

• On March 5, new website of Minhaj Education Society was launched in Urdu and English languages.

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

2013

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

• On July 11, new website of Itikaf City was launched in English and Urdu languages.

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

• New website of Muslim-Christian Dialogue Forum was launched in English and Urdu languages on September 4.

• New website of FMRi was inaugurated on September 9.

See More

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