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Deoband School

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Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Indian Religions ((EIR))

Synonyms

Dār al-‘Ulūm Deoband; Deoband; Deobandī; Deobandīs

Definition

Originating with the founding of the Dār al-‘Ulūm Deoband madrasa in 1867, the Deoband School is a traditionalist, reform-minded intellectual and educational movement in Sunni Islam with thousands of affiliated madrasas around the world.

Introduction

“Deoband School” can denote the Islamic seminary (madrasa), known as Dār al-‘Ulūm Deoband, located in the north Indian city of Deoband, as well as the global Sunni reformist movement that emerged from that institution. The Dār al-‘Ulūm Deoband has been the institutional and spiritual center of what is today one of the most influential and important Muslim reformist movements in the world, the central node in a global network of thousands of institutions based on its curriculum and teachings, stretching across South Asia, Southeast Asia, southern Africa, and parts of Europe, North America, and the Caribbean [20].

The Deoband School has combined a traditionalist approach...

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  1. Department of Religious Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Brannon Ingram

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  1. Pomona College Religious Studies, Claremont, CA, USA

    Zayn R. Kassam

  2. Rollins College Jewish Studies Program, Winter Park, FL, USA

    Yudit Kornberg Greenberg

  3. World Zoroastrian Organization, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Jehan Bagli

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Ingram, B. (2018). Deoband School. In: Kassam, Z.R., Greenberg, Y.K., Bagli, J. (eds) Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1267-3_802

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