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indian-madarsa

Maulana Tariq Rashid Firangi Mahali on Madarsa Reforms

by Yoginder Sikand

Interview on madarsa syllabus reforms and the institution of Firangi Mahal.

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Madrasa Reforms and the Deobandi Ulema’s Response

by Yoginder Sikand

Recent years have witnessed heated debates on the question of reforms in the system of madrasa education in South Asia. Spurred principally by a chain of political developments, governments, policy making institutions, think tanks, journalists, public intellectuals, social activists as well as the ulema of the madrasas themselves have been discussing the issue, often speaking [...]

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Interview with a Nadvi Maulana

by Yoginder Sikand

Maulana Salman Hussaini Nadvi, Dean of the Faculty of Shariah at the renowned Nadwat ul-Ulama madrasa in Lucknow and member of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board, is a senior Indian Muslim scholar. In this interview, he talks about various aspects related to madrasas in contemporary India.   YS: Today, madrasas in general suffer from [...]

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Indian Muslims and Sects: Interview

by Yoginder Sikand

Waris Mazhari, a leading Islamic scholar, is the editor of the New Delhi-based Tarjuman-i Dar ul-Ulum, the official organ of the Old Boys’ Association of the Deoband Madrasa. In this interview he talks about the problems that mark inter-sectarian relations among the Indian Muslim ulema.   YS: The Quran and Hadith places much stress on [...]

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