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The Deobandi movement or Deobandism is a revivalist movement within Sunni Islam that adheres to the Hanafi school of law. It was formed in the late 19th century around the Darul Uloom Madrassa in Deoband, India, from which the name derives, by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, Ashraf Ali Thanwi and Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri after the Indian Rebellion of 1857–58.
Deobandi; Nurcu; Sahwa movement; Wahhabism. International propagation; ... In the eyes of the British Government, the word Wahabi was synonymous with 'traitor' and ...
Following the embargo by Arab oil exporters during the Israeli-Arab October 1973 War and the vast increase in petroleum export revenue that followed, [1] [2] [3] the international propagation of Salafism and Wahhabism within Sunni Islam [4] favored by the conservative oil-exporting Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [1] [5] [6] and other Gulf monarchies achieved a "preeminent position of strength in the ...
Sunni Muslims of the Indian subcontinent comprising present day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh who are overwhelmingly Hanafi by fiqh have split into two schools or movements, the Barelvi and the Deobandi. While the Deobandi is revivalist in nature, the Barelvi are more traditional and inclined towards Sufism.
[183] [184] During this period, Saudi government funded militant Islamic groups, including Salafi as well as various Deobandi organisations. [185] Between 1982 and 1992 an estimated 35,000 individual Muslim volunteers went to Afghanistan to fight the Soviets and their Afghan regime. Thousands more attended frontier schools teeming with former ...
Thus, many activists of Deobandi persuasion view Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab's movement as an example for establishing an Islamic state in contemporary Muslim societies. [ 233 ] [ 234 ] Islamic scholar Yusuf Al-Qārādawī praised Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab as a Mujaddid (religious reviver) of the Arabian Peninsula who defended the purity of Tawhid ...
Starting in the mid-1970s and 1980s (and appearing to diminish after 2017), [1] Salafism and Wahhabism [2] — along with other Sunni interpretations of Islam favored by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [3] [4] [5] and other Gulf monarchies — achieved [a] a "preeminent position of strength in the global expression of Islam."
The initial chapter provides a historical overview of madrasas in the Indian subcontinent, tracing their origins from the early presence of Muslims.It delves into the significant role of madrasas as educational institutions for Muslim clerics and explores the events of the 19th century that compelled the ulama to adopt a defensive position, leading to the emergence of Darul Uloom Deoband.