The Deobandi movement or Deobandism is a revivalist movement within Sunni Islam that adheres to the Hanafi school of law. It formed in the late 19th century around the Darul Uloom Madrassa in Deoband, India, from which the name derives, by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, and several others, after the Indian Rebellion of 1857–58. The movement pioneered education in religious sciences through the Dars-i-Nizami associated with the Lucknow-based ulema of Firangi Mahal with the goal of preserving traditional Islamic teachings from the influx of modernist, secular ideas during British colonial rule. The Deobandi movement's Indian clerical wing, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, was founded in 1919 and played a major role in the Indian independence movement through its participation in the Pan-Islamist Khalifat movement and propagation of the doctrine of composite nationalism.
Darul uloom, also spelled dar-ul-ulum, is an Arabic term that literally means "house of knowledge". The term generally means an Islamic seminary or educational institution – similar to or often the same as a madrassa or Islamic school – although a darul uloom often indicates a more advanced level of study. In a darul uloom, Islamic subjects are studied by students, who are known as talaba or ṭālib.
Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama is an Islamic seminary in Lucknow, India. It was established by the Nadwatul Ulama, a council of Muslim scholars, on 26 September 1898.
Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiyya, better known as Darul Uloom Bury, was established in 1979 and is the oldest Islamic seminary in the United Kingdom. Located in Holcombe, Bury, it is based on the Dars-e-Nizami syllabus found throughout the world. It was founded by the late Hadhrat Moulana Yusuf Motala.
The Darul Uloom Birmingham Islamic High School is an Islamic independent high school in Birmingham, England. It was established in 1985 by Jami Masjid and Islamic Centre Birmingham.
Al-Jāmiʿah Al-Islāmiyyah Patiya, better known simply as Patiya Madrasa and formerly known as Al-Madrasah Aḍ-Ḍamīriyyah Qāsim al-ʿUlūm, is a Qawmi Madrasah located in Patiya Upazila of Chittagong District, Bangladesh. It was established in 1938 by Azizul Haq under the direction of Zamiruddin Ahmad. It is also known as an International Islamic University. It has a role in the promotion of Islam in Bangladesh, inclusion of Qawmi Madrasas under one syllabus, providing modern and higher education for scholars.
Darul Uloom Al-Madania is a private Islamic seminary in Buffalo, New York, that is devoted to producing Islamic scholars and Huffaz.
Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn ‘Us̱mānī Deobandī, often referred to as Mufti Muhammad Shafi, was a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar of the Deobandi school of Islamic thought.
Darul Uloom London is an 11–19 boys, Islamic, private boarding school and sixth form in Chislehurst, Greater London, England. It is a Darul uloom that was established in 1988.
Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh is the largest Qawmi madrasa education board in Bangladesh. it was founded in April, 1978 after a seminar of Islamic scholars. This organization of Qawmi Madrasahs of Bangladesh is also known as the "Befaqul Madaris". It is an extension of the process that formed the Wafaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan in 1957. "Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board" is the largest federation of Islamic seminaries in Bangladesh. Qawmi educational system practices originate from the traditional Muslim educational system of Bangladesh. At present, there are more than 65,000 Qawmi Madrasahs in Bangladesh. As of 2013, more than 20,000 Seminaries across the People's Republic of Bangladesh are affiliated with "Befaqul Madaris". It controls all the seminaries which are run by Deobandi School of thought. Deobandi School of thought is supposed to be the most powerful and dominated school of thought in Bangladesh.
Jamiatul Qasim Darul Uloom -il-Islamia is an Islamic seminary in India. The Jamia was established by Mufti Mahfoozur Rahman Usmani, an Islamic scholar of India. in 1989, Indo-Nepal border, in Supaul, Bihar. The Jamia also serves as a center for National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language and National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology.
Jamia Islamia Obaidia Nanupur, popularly known as Nanupur Madrasah, is a famous Qawmi Jamiah. The Jamiah was established by Shah Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri in 1958. It is situated at Nanupur, Fatikchhari, Bangladesh. There are 5000 students at present in the Jamiah receiving education in various subjects and 80 well qualified teachers.
Darul Uloom Zakariyya is a madrasa in Lenasia, South Africa. Opened in 1983 in an agricultural area not far from Johannesburg, it is now surrounded by a suburb which was named in its honor. The institute was initially called Madrasah Zakariyya and was finally changed to Darul Uloom Zakariyya to reflect its true educational purpose as an Institute of higher Islamic learning. Since its inception, the madrasa has expanded and now include a branch in Eikenhof, a locality some 73 km away; catering for the needs of approximately 700 young Hifdh learners – and a Maktab in Mandane, Soweto. The madrasa has produced a wide range of exemplary alumni and community leaders.
Muḥammad Idrīs ibn Muḥammad Ismā‘īl Ṣiddīqī Kāndhlawī was a Deobandi Islamic scholar particularly known as a scholar of hadith and tafsir. He held the post of Shaykh al-Tafsir at Darul Uloom Deoband in India and later migrated to Pakistan where he served as Shaykh al-Hadith wat-Tafsir at Jamia Ashrafia Lahore. Notable among his written works are Ma'ariful Qur'an, a tafsir of the Qur'an, Siratul Mustafa, a sirah (biography) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and at-Ta'liq as-Sabih, an Arabic sharh (commentary) on the hadith collection Mishkat al-Masabih. A graduate of both Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur and Darul Uloom Deoband, he studied under scholars including Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri, Anwar Shah Kashmiri, and Shabbir Ahmad Usmani.
Darul oloom, also spelled darul ulum, dar al-ulum etc., may refer to:
Jamiatul Ilm Wal Huda, also known as Darul Uloom Blackburn, is an 11–25 private, Islamic, boarding and day school for boys in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It was established in 1997 and its name means The College of Knowledge and Guidance.
Madinatul Uloom Al Islamiya (MTU) is an Islamic boarding college in the county of Worcestershire near Kidderminster, England. It was one of the first Islamic seminaries for boys after Darul Uloom Bury, both of which were founded by the late scholar Yusuf Motala. The site was originally founded as a girls boarding college in 1987 and then refounded as a boys college in 1992.
Darul Uloom Pretoria is an Islamic university and seminary located in Pretoria, South Africa following the ideologies of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi. It is regarded as the first fully-fledged Barelvi Madrassah in South Africa. It was opened and founded in 1988 by Mufti Muhammed Akbar Hazarvi in the context of the Barelvi-Deobandi/Tablighi controversy and emergence of religious revivalist movements/organisations in South Africa in the 1970s and 1980s. Hence, Darul Uloom Pretoria was set up as a means of defending and preserving Sufi-Barelvi beliefs and practices among South Africa's Muslim community, and counter the influence of the Deobandi Movement, who attack certain Sufi practices such as Mawlid. The Darul Uloom, like many Barelvi orientated Madrassahs in South Africa, received funding from local Indian Muslim businessmen and donors of the Barelvi persuasion, and many of the teachers in the Darul Uloom are educated in Madrassas in India and Pakistan. The institute have published a variety of Islamic literature, including an English translation of Ahmad Raza Khan's Urdu translation of the Qur'an, Kanzul Iman. The institute has links with Al-Azhar University in Egypt and Jamia Rizwia Zia Ul Uloom located in Rawalpindi, Pakistan and has connections with Ulama from across the world. The Darul Uloom has full time courses, part time courses, and female courses and runs a seven year Alim programme, a three-year Imamat course as well as a Ḥifẓ, elementary education, and secular education that is incorporated with the full time course in particular.
