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A Deobandi (Urdu: دیو بندی) is an individual who follows the methodology (manhaj) of the Deoband Islamic movement that began at Darul Uloom Deoband (a madrasah) in Deoband, India when its foundation was laid on May 30, 1866[1] by its six notable founders (Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi, Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi, Shah Rafi al-Din, Sayyid Muhammad Abid, Zulfiqar Ali, Fadhl al-Rahman 'Usmani and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi)[2]. The Deobandi movement significantly gained traction in the early 1900s mainly due to the activities of its graduates. They, in many instances, played a key role in establishing similar institutions in other parts of the Indian subcontinent. Deobandis are considered to be within the confines of Sunni Islam (Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘ah). They follow the Ash'ari and Maturidi schools of aqidah (creed). In fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) they primarily follow the Hanafi school of law while they accept the validity of the remaining three schools of Sunni Islam, namely the Shafi`i, Maliki and the Hanbali schools. The Deobandi thought, which originated in a north Indian town, has eventually reached many countries, such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Since the 1920s the Deobandi apolitical stance has taken shape in the transnational movement Tablighi Jamaat, but Islamist trends such as those of Pakistan's Jamiatul Ulama-i Islam and Afghanistan's Taliban have also emerged from the ranks of the Deobandis. [3]
[edit] HistoryGradually, through organisations such as Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and Tablighi Jamaat, their influence began to spread, and hundreds of schools and Darul ulooms affiliated with Deobandi sprouted. Notable Deobandi seminaries include:
Early Deobandi scholars include Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi, Maulana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, Husain Ahmed Madani, Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi, Ubaidullah Sindhi, Hakeem Mian Ghulam Jilani and Muhammad Zakariya al-Kandahlawi. Other prominent adherent of the past include Shabbir Ahmad Usmani and Waheed uz-Zaman. [edit] Notable Deobandi movements[edit] Dawah (Tableeg)[edit] Education
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[edit] Present[edit] Prominent scholars[edit] Prominent adherentsMawlānā Tariq Jameel from Pakistan, is a well-known and prominent member of Tablighi Jamaat, a movement founded by Darul Uloom Deoband's Mawlānā Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi. Others include, London born Iman, Tahir Anwar, a Deobandi scholar currently residing in the San Francisco Bay Area, Azizul Huq, a scholar and a member of Islami Oikya Jote (a political party in Bangladesh), Mufti Ebrahim Desai, a mufti from Camperdown, near Pietermaritzburg, South Africa who is well known for running a popular fatwā website, Fazlul Huq Amini, a scholar and former member of parliament in Bangladesh and Mufti Husain Kadodia a scholar and teacher of Sharia (Islamic Law) from South Africa. [edit] In the United KingdomAccording to The Times, about 600 of Britain's nearly 1,400 mosques are run by Deobandi affiliated scholars, and 17 of the country's 26 Islamic seminaries follow Deobandi teachings, producing about 80% of all domestically trained Muslim clerics.[7][8][9] [edit] See also[edit] References
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