Tauqeer Raza Khan is a religious leader of the Bareilvi sect of Sunni Muslims from Uttar Pradesh, India. |
He founded the political party Ittehad-e-Millat Council in 2001. |
His grandfather was Ahmed Raza Khan, the founder of the Barelvi movement. |
Tauqeer Raza Khan is the head of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (Jaded). |
In 2013, Khan resigned from his post in the handloom department of Uttar Pradesh following the Muzaffar Nagar clashes. |
To promote unity among Muslims, Khan visited Deoband in Uttar Pradesh in 2016, which attracted criticism from religious leaders within his own sect. |
In 2001, Tauqeer Raza Khan established the political party 'Ittehad-e-Millat Council' in Uttar Pradesh, winning ten seats in its inaugural municipal elections. |
He joined the Indian National Congress in 2009. |
Khan was arrested by Uttar Pradesh police in 2010 for his involvement in Hindu-Muslim riots in Bareilly. |
In the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Tauqeer Raza Khan supported the Samajwadi Party. |
In 2013, Khan was appointed vice-chairman of the Handloom Corporation of Uttar Pradesh. |
After resigning from the Samajwadi Party, Khan accused them of not safeguarding Muslim citizens in Uttar Pradesh. |
He met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a visit to Delhi in 2013. |
Tauqeer Raza Khan backed the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party in 2014. |
In February 2015, he established the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (Jaded) to ensure personal laws for Barelvi Muslims in India. |
Khan visited the house of a boy arrested on terrorism charges in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh in May 2016. |
In March 2016, Tauqeer Raza Khan criticized the International Sufi Conference. |
He stated at a Social Integration Conference in Bareilly in 2017 that a Hindu woman had five husbands. |
During a rally in Bareilly on 8 January 2022, Tauqeer Raza Khan made threatening remarks towards Hindus while addressing 20 lakh Muslims. |
On 30 January 2022, Khan's daughter-in-law, Nida Khan, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. |