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**didrexx** · 02-14-2012, 11:49 AM

...It may seem like all hanafis are one or the other, but thaqt is mainly because most hanafis are from the indo-pak region, and they bring this deobandi/barlawi rivalry with them - and if you live in the region or you surround yourself with people from the region, you begin to live in a bubble, where you see every muslim you meet as falling into one of these (made up) categories.

The funny thing is if you ask an Arab or an Indonesian, or a Western Muslim which category they fall into, they usually have no idea what your talking about. I for one was Muslim for a good 8 or 9 years before I joined this forum, and for those 8 or 9 years I followed hanafi fiqh and had no idea what a deobandi or a barlawi was until you guys taught me - however learning about this divide really opened up my eyes and made a lot of things clear for me on why certain hanafi sufi Muslims had an idealogical beef with other sufi inclined hanafis.

So true! I had no idea about this divide between the two groups. Just as we are learning about deobandis and barlewis, they are learning about the possibility of other-than 'isms - could it be that the internet is what slowly 'unites' Muslims, evening out differences? (not so much a question as it is an observation).

02-14-2012, 11:49 AM	#30
didrexx Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 481 Senior Member	...It may seem like all hanafis are one or the other, but thaqt is mainly because most hanafis are from the indo-pak region, and they bring this deobandi/barlawi rivalry with them - and if you live in the region or you surround yourself with people from the region, you begin to live in a bubble, where you see every muslim you meet as falling into one of these (made up) categories. The funny thing is if you ask an Arab or an Indonesian, or a Western Muslim which category they fall into, they usually have no idea what your talking about. I for one was Muslim for a good 8 or 9 years before I joined this forum, and for those 8 or 9 years I followed hanafi fiqh and had no idea what a deobandi or a barlawi was until you guys taught me - however learning about this divide really opened up my eyes and made a lot of things clear for me on why certain hanafi sufi Muslims had an idealogical beef with other sufi inclined hanafis. So true! I had no idea about this divide between the two groups. Just as we are learning about deobandis and barlewis, they are learning about the possibility of other-than 'isms - could it be that the internet is what slowly 'unites' Muslims, evening out differences? (not so much a question as it is an observation).
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