The assassinated President of the organization, Molana Showkat Ahmad Shah planned to open a Global university (Trans World Muslim University) but hasn't been able to do so due to opposition of the bill by the then Congress MP of Kashmir Saif ud din Soz in the upper house of the assembly.

[3][4] After the assassination of Molana Showkat Ahmad Shah, the hierarchies of Jamiat Ahlihadith never put forward the demand of the University.

[7] The former president of the organization Showkat Ahmad Shah was killed in a blast when he was approaching the main entrance of Grand Mosque in Gawkadal, Srinagar for Friday prayers.

[10] As of March 2024[update] Dr Abdul Lateef Al-Kindi is its current elected president for a three-year term while Mushtaq Ahmad Wani serves as the general secretary.

The organization operates under the following structure: The organisation has the lowest level as Unit Jamiat which functions as the practical institutions in every locality in Jammu and Kashmir.