Deobandi  (English, Paperback, Source Wikipedia)

Chapters: Darul Uloom Deoband. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Darul Uloom Deoband (Urdu: ) is an Islamic school propagating Sunni Islam in the Indian Subcontinent., and is where the Deobandi Islamic movement was started. It is located at Deoband, a town in Uttar Pradesh, India. It was founded in 1866 by several prominent Islamic scholars (ulema), headed by Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi. The other prominent founding scholars were Maulana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi and Haji Syed Abid Hussain. The institution is highly respected across the Indian subcontinent, particularly Pakistan and Bangladesh, and other parts of the world. Some of the scholars at the Darul Uloom Deoband had opposed the establishment of a state established along sectarian lines, particularly the demands of Muhammad Ali Jinnah's Muslim League for the Partition of British India into Muslim and non-Muslim sections. But, many other scholars trained in this seminary had also supported the creation of Pakistan, and formed 'Jamiat-Ulema-e-Islam' under the leadership of Shabbir Ahmad Usmani. Some prominent Deobandi ulema who supported the creation of Pakistan were: Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, Maulana Zafar Ahmad Usmani and many others. Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani and many other Deobandi scholars opposed the idea of Pakistan. Maulana Husain Ahmad Madni was also Sheikh-ul-Hadeeth (Chief of Hadeeth department) of Darul Uloom Deoband and led the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, an organization of the ulema, that saw nothing Islamic in the idea of Pakistan. He said: "All should endeavor jointly for such a democratic government in which Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and Parsis are included. Such a freedom is in accordance with Islam." In 1857, the British East India Company put down with a heav...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=355923