Al-Islah (newspaper)

Al-Islah (Urdu: الاصلاح)^[1] was an Urdu language official weekly newspaper of the Khaksar movement. It was started in 1934 by the founder of the movement, Allama Mashriqi and continued until it was banned 1947.^[2][3] It was printed and distributed from Lahore, India, and contained Mashriqi's speeches as well as articles that reflected the philosophy and ideology of the Khaksar movement.^[4][5]

Al-Islah

Al-Islah 1938's edition
Type	Weekly newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Founder(s)	Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi
Founded	1934; 89 years ago (1934)
Language	Urdu
Ceased publication	1947 (1947)
Headquarters	Lahore, Pakistan

On 22 February 1940, the Punjab police raided the printing press of the newspaper and seized the copies of the publications.^[6] It was later banned by the government.^[2] It primarily used to publish news of the Indian subcontinent following the independence uprisings besides writing political ideology of the movement.^[7]

References

1. The Indian Sun (27 August 2019). "His Majesty's Opponents: Allama Mashriqi & Subhas Chandra Bose". The Indian Sun. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
2. "Punjab Government Shelves Plan to Build Allama Mashriqi Museum and Library". The News Now. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
3. Yousaf, N. (2004). Pakistans Freedom & Allama Mashriqi: Statements, Letters, Chronology of Khaksar Tehrik (movement) Period : Mashriqis Birth to 1947. AMZ Publications. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-9760333-0-1. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
4. Yousaf, N. (2005). Pakistan's Birth & Allama Mashraqi: Chronology & Statements, Period,1947-1963. AMZ Publications. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-9760333-4-9. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
5. Yousaf, Nasim. "(PDF) Digital Version of "Al-Islah" Weekly (1934-1947). Edited and Compiled by Nasim Yousaf - Nasim Yousaf". Academia.edu. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
6. "The Khaksar Martyrs of March 1940". The Nation. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
7. ہمایوں, خالد (27 December 2015). "خاکسار تحریک الاصلاح کے آئینے میں". Daily Pakistan (in Urdu). Retrieved 21 July 2020.