The Darul Uloom, (dārul ulūm devband in Hindi and Urdu) is an Islamic madrassa (seminary) famous for being the inception place of the Deobandi Islamic movement. It is located at Deoband, a town in Uttar Pradesh, India. Darul uloom (Arabic: دار العلوم) also transliterated dar al-`ulum, darul ulumetc. ... Hindi (Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is one of the official languages of the Union government of India. ... (اردو), historically spelled Ordu, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Indo-Iranian branch, belonging to Indo-European family of languages. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( â–¶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... A Madrasah complex in Gambia Ulugh Beg Madrasa, Samarkand, ca. ... The Deobandi (Hindi: देवबन्दि, Urdu: دیو بندی) is an Islamic revivalist movement in South Asia which has more recently also spread to other countries, such as Afghanistan, South Africa and the United Kingdom. ... Deoband (the Latinised name, from Devband or Devaband in Hindi and Urdu) is a small city located in Saharanpur district in the upper Doab region, in Uttar Pradesh. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: ‎, translation: Northern Province, IPA: ,  ), also popularly known by its abbreviation U.P., is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Republic of India. ...

It was founded in 1866 by several prominent ulema, headed by Al Imam Mohammad Qasim Nanotwi. The other prominent scholars were Maulana Rashid Ahmed Gangohi, Haji Syed Abid Hussain, etc. 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Ulema (, translit: , singular: , translit: , scholar) (Islamic clergy) refers to the educated class of Muslim scholars engaged in the several fields of Islamic studies. ... Hadhrat Moulana Muhammed Qasim Nanautavi was the founder of Darul Uloom Deoband. ... Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi (d. ...

Background

In 1857, the British East India Company put down a rebellion by disparate north Indian forces, conducted in the name of the otherwise powerless Bahadur Shah Zafar. Emperor Zafar became the last Mughal Emperor, as he was deposed the following year and exiled to Burma, with many of his sons -- princes of the decayed dynasty -- put to death. This marked a seminal moment for Indo-Islamic consciousness, specifically for the established Muslim elites of north India, who tended to view 1857 as the end of their political predominance and the beginning of what could be a dark period of Muslim history.

In this situation, 'Hujjatul Islam Al-Imam Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotwi established the Darul Uloom Seminary in the town of Deoband, north of Delhi, from which many Muslim elites had fled. The pedagogical philosophy of Deoband was focused on teaching revealed Islamic sciences, known as manqulat, to the Indian Muslim population. Following in the Hanafi tradition, Nanautavi established a seminary which instituted modern methods of learning -- classrooms, fixed schools, exam periods, prizes, a publishing press -- but which consciously divorced itself from political participation and shunned English-language education. Instead, Deoband instructed its students primarily in Urdu, and then in Arabic and Persian, helping to cement the growing association of the Urdu language with the (north) Indian Muslim community. Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotwi was the founder of Darul Uloom Deoband. ...

Deoband's curriculum is based on the 17th-century Indo-Islamic syllabus known as Dars-e-Nizami. Its over 15,000 graduates have gone on to found many other maddrassas across modern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and farther afield. The school of the Islamic religion promulgated here is often described as Deobandi, and has had great influence on the Taliban of Afghanistan. Deobandi thought has often been likened to Salafism, but the Deobandi movement is distinct from Salafism, for example in its association with Sufi orders and its adherence to the Hanafi school of thought. Dars-i-Nizami is a study curriculum used in a large portion of madrasahs (Islamic religious school) in South Asia. ... The Deobandi (Hindi: देवबन्दि, Urdu: دیو بندی) is an Islamic revivalist movement in South Asia which has more recently also spread to other countries, such as Afghanistan, South Africa and the United Kingdom. ... Public execution of a woman by Taliban at Ghazi Sports Stadium, 1999. ... The Deobandi (Hindi: देवबन्दि, Urdu: دیو بندی) is an Islamic revivalist movement in South Asia which has more recently also spread to other countries, such as Afghanistan, South Africa and the United Kingdom. ... This article is on an Islamic movement. ... The Deobandi (Hindi: देवबन्दि, Urdu: دیو بندی) is an Islamic revivalist movement in South Asia which has more recently also spread to other countries, such as Afghanistan, South Africa and the United Kingdom. ...

Description

The Dars-e-Nizami curriculum followed by Darul Uloom Deoband teaches Islamic law (shariah), Islamic jurispridence (Fiqh), traditional Islamic spirituality, known as tasawwuf, which is the practice of Sufism, as well as several other fields of Islamic study. The current syllabus consists of four stages. The first three stages can be completed in a total of eight years. The final stage is a post-graduate stage where students specialise in a number of advanced topics, such as the sciences of Hadeeth, Fiqh etc. Sharia (Arabic شريعة also Sharia, Shariah or Syariah) is traditional Islamic law. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sufism is a mystic tradition that found a home in Islam and encompasses a diverse range of beliefs and practices dedicated to Allah, divine love and the cultivation of the heart. ... The Hadith (الحديث, pl. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Its students have gone on to found many other maddrassas across modern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and farther afield: as its official website proclaims, 'the whole of Asia is redolent with the aroma of this prophetic garden.' Its only rival in influence has been the Al-Azhar University, Cairo. The school of the Islamic religion promulgated here is often described as Deobandi. Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo Egypt Al-Azhar University (Arabic: الأزهر الشريف; al-Azhar al-Shareef, the Noble Azhar), is a premier Egyptian institution of higher learning, world-renowned for its position as a center of Islamic scholarship and education. ... The Deobandi (Hindi: देवबन्दि, Urdu: دیو بندی) is an Islamic revivalist movement in South Asia which has more recently also spread to other countries, such as Afghanistan, South Africa and the United Kingdom. ...

Many Islamic schools throughout the Indian subcontinent, and more recently, Afghanistan, the UK and South Africa, are affiliated or theologically linked to Darul Uloom Deoband, such as Nadwatul Ulama (Lucknow), Madrassa Inaamiya (South Africa) and Darul Uloom Karachi (Pakistan) as well as hundreds of others, notable and small, throughout the world. // Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama is an Islamic institution at Lucknow, which draws large number of Muslim students from all over the country. ... Darul Uloom Karachi is an Islamic seminary located in Karachi, Pakistan. ...

See also

• Deobandi
• Barelvi

The Deobandi (Hindi: देवबन्दि, Urdu: دیو بندی) is an Islamic revivalist movement in South Asia which has more recently also spread to other countries, such as Afghanistan, South Africa and the United Kingdom. ... A name given to the Sunni Muslims of the Indian subcontinent. ...

External links

• Official website of Darul Uloom Deoband
• Deobandi Islam
• "Traditionalist" Islamic Activism: Deoband, Tablighis, and Talibs

Coordinates: 29°41′32″N, 77°40′39″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...