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Old 07-08-2012, 11:31 PM   #10
ENGINESSQ

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2) in my research I found the inward looking Deobandi outlook to be a product of cololonaism. Sure not to blame it all on colonialism but due to the experience of the Indian Scholars against the British they did become inward looking as in let's care of our own house, our own Muslims, we need to preserve Islam in the lives of Indians. That was the main objective of establishment of deoband and TJ. Sure TJ has expanded beyond that and newer, younger Scholars from the Deobandi tradition have been moving from that inward looking mold into a more outward, big picture examination. It's a slow process and the colonial damages to the Indian Muslim community still linger on. It wasn't all that long ago. Their experience and conditions were not conducive towards establishing dawat into the nonmuslim community. Primary objective was self-preservation. What other option was there when thousands of scholars were being killed.
Also I bet this inward looking habit has saved a lot of people from bidah and verge of kufr. Because such practices are rampant in the sub-continent. Also amr bil ma'aroof nahiyaanil munkar is what this is all about. Its as important as dawah, I think.
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