Maulana Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani is the Mohtamim (Vice-Chancellor) and Shaikh al-Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband in India, having been elected to lead the institution in July 2011. Darul Uloom Deoband stands as the historical and foundational centre of the Deobandi school of thought, serving as a global anchor for traditional Islamic jurisprudence and education, and currently training over 5,000 students. Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani graduated from the seminary in 1967 and was appointed to its powerful Majlis-e-Shura (Governing Body) in 1992. He is the authorised spiritual successor (khalifah) of the eminent Islamic scholar Hadhrat Mufti Mahmood Hasan Gangohi. Highly revered across the Indian subcontinent and globally, Nomani is renowned for his profound erudition in Hadith methodology, text-based Islamic spirituality, and his stable, dedicated stewardship of one of the Islamic world’s most influential and historically significant seminaries.