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10-20-2011, 01:57 PM
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 Deoband Hits Back at Happy Clappies.
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10-21-2011, 01:41 PM
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NEW DELHI: Stung by the charge that the Deoband seminary supports hardline Wahabism and is funded by petro-dollars, Darul Uloom Deoband hit back at its critics saying it did not endorse extremism.
Darul Uloom rector Maulana Abul Qasim Nomani said allegations of the Sunni Sufi organization All India Ulama and Mashaikh Board (AIUMB) were baseless. Speaking to TOI over phone, Nomani said, "Deobandis have no connection with Wahabis. These are lies spread against an organization that has played a stellar role in India's freedom movement." He said the AIUMB was trying to divide Muslims ahead of UP assembly elections. Leaders of AIMUB, a prominent organization of Sunni Sufis, had claimed Wahabi-inspired outfits were feeding on frustration of Muslims and indoctrinating them in radical ideals. "All Muslims should be careful about such anti-national activities in the name of religion," AIUMB general secretary Syed Mohammed Ashraf Kachochavi said. Rubbishing the allegations, Nomani said it was Darul Uloom that issued a fatwa against terrorism two years ago. "After the fatwa, the media's stance on bomb blasts and the Muslim community changed somewhat," he said. He added that allegations that the Deoband seminary was indoctrinating youth in radical ideals were baseless. "I challenge anyone who makes such false charges. Officers of intelligence agencies and police keep coming here. Anybody can come and see what is going on at the seminary," he said. Nomani slammed AIUMB for going soft on Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. The AIUMB president had said, "Sufi Muslims can conditionally accept Narendra Modi. If he says what happened was a mistake and will never happen again. Anybody who is ready to apologise, we will be soft on them." Nomani said, "Who are they to forgive Modi? Ask the Gujarat riot victims... can they forgive Modi? And who will benefit from such statements?" The rector said the Deoband seminary had never accepted funds from any government sources. "It's a false charge that we accept money from Saudi Arabia government or any other government, including India. The seminary's founder Muhammad Qasim Nanawtawi had willed that no government funds should be accepted. For the last 150 years, this has been one of our basic pillars," Nomani said, adding the seminary's accounts were audited and transparent. Nomani said Deobandis were not anti-Sufi. "We worship only Allah. But that does not mean we are against Sufis. We have many teachers who are Sufis," he said, naming Deoband scholars like Ashraf Ali Thanwi, a Sufi saint. |
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10-22-2011, 02:29 PM
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A little humorous diversion. Some Barelwi commented on the news piece on my blog thus:
"biggest joke by nomani......where is shrine of ashraf ali thanvi ???? show one deobandi at ajmer sharif dargah ?? if u r against terrorism say openly that taliban is out from islam..... enlist which deobandi aalim r qadri ??? give list... 20 October 2011 03:25 " I thought that I would put it up here for laughs. 
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11-11-2011, 12:34 PM
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Lucknow: A prominent Muslim 'Sufi' group refused to accept the recent fatwa by Darul Uloom, Deoband in which the Islamic seminary had termed the birthday celebrations including that of Prophet Mohammad as un-Islamic.
Rejecting the fatwa, the All India Ulema and Mashaikh Board (AIUMB)- an umbrella organisations of 'sufi' Muslims, claimed that Deoband seminary is imposing foreign ideology of Saudi Arabia. "We in India are peace loving. We express our joys by celebrating birthdays of our loved ones. Prophet Mohammad's birth day on 12th Rabi-ul-Awwal is celebrated by muslims as Eid-Miladun-Nabi to show their love. There is no harm in celebrating the birthdays," said General Secretary, AIUMB, Maulana Syed Mohammad Ashraf Kichauchhawi. The cleric who was in the city on Thursday claimed that Deoband seminary is imposing Saudi Arabian ideology while most of the Muslims are liberal and adhere to Sufism in India. The cleric even cited from Islamic scriptures for substantiating his claim. He also stated that Muslims everywhere in the world rejoice on Prophet's birthday while 54 muslim countries have declared it as a holiday. "Only Saudi Arabia and Israel do not allow such celebrations and do not observe holiday," he said. The AIUMB during its recent Mahapanchayat at Moradabad has openly opposed Deoband's functioning and its hardline approach towards Islam. Voices of dissent against Deoband seminary are also being raised by several other organisations. One such organisation, All India Mohammadi Mission too has rejected the decree. "The fatwa by Deoband is a move to divide Muslims. The issue is immaterial as muslims have been celebrating Prophet's birthday since ages," said president of the organisation, Syed Ayoob Ashraf. The controversy cropped up when country's biggest Islamic seminary, Darul Uloom, Deoband at Saharanpur, in reply to a question by a student of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) termed the birthday celebrations as un-Islamic. The AMU student had filed the querry over the birthday celebrations of AMU's founder Sir Syed Ahmed Khan at the university. |
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11-11-2011, 08:46 PM
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A little humorous diversion. Some Barelwi commented on the news piece on my blog thus:  Superjokers no doubt.. our jamaat of medicos was once sent to a dargah at Hubli, Karnataka state, a biddati hub those times.. well the preceding jamaats were either beaten or thrown out.. and we made a strategy aka Hazrat bayazeed Bustami  praising the sufiya of the old and stuff.. just for the chief Mujawar / sajjada to announce in between.. aap log ek aisi ba barkat jagah par tashreef rakhte hain jahan ek saans ke badle ek sau haj ka sawab milta hai.. ( u ppl are seated at such a blessed place where the virtue of a single breath is equal to performing 100 hajj).. i myself dont know how many hajj i did tht blessed day.. to speak of Ajmer Shareef.. i went there once while on a tour.. so happy and lucky i was to be greeted by so many Mujawars.. one came forward asking me whether i knew the adaab of ziarat.. i asked him to explain .. said i should place a Chadar costing about Rs 400 then few hundred to the big Handi (bowl).. then a handful hundreds at the badi deg.. ( the huge cauldron)..and few more for the flowers.. i told the guy that i have my own adaab so he needent bother me.. and the guy goes to his chums saying Chaubees number ka lagta hai.. ( he seems to be a 24 number ie a slang used for deobandees/ wahabees) trust me these guys have made a huge racket out there.. spoiling the name of sufiya and Muslims.. wa assalam |
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11-12-2011, 12:48 PM
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11-12-2011, 01:40 PM
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Yes. These dargahs are major dens of every kind of corruption, including the flesh trade. it is so sad to see and hear about the corruption done by people related to these kind of dargahs. sharam in ko magar nahi aati... may Allah give them hidayat |
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11-14-2011, 12:11 PM
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