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Record Nr.

UNINA9911026005003321

Autore

Moj Muhammad

Titolo

The Deoband madrassah movement : countercultural trends and tendencies / / Muhammad Moj

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Anthem Press, , 2015

ISBN

1-78308-390-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 245 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Diversity and Plurality in South Asia

Disciplina

297.8/3

Soggetti

Deoband School (Islam)

Islam and politics - Pakistan

Islamic religious education - Pakistan

Islamic fundamentalism - Pakistan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Dec 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Deoband madrassah movement (DMM): research context -- Origin of the DMM: seeds of a counterculture -- The DMM in united India: activist countercultural trends -- The DMM in Pakistan: countercultural politics and extremism -- Deobandi Islam: countering folk Islam and popular custom -- The DMM versus mainstream society: viewpoints of Deobandi journals and students.

Sommario/riassunto

This innovative book analyses the growth of Deobandi Islam, a religious sect whose followers include extremist groups, through the frame of a counterculture in conflict with mainstream Muslim society. Due to its relationship with the Taliban, close links to al-Qaeda, and worldwide reach through the 'Tablighi Jamaat' (Proselytization Group), the Deoband Madrassah Movement has come to acquire global significance. In Pakistan, Deobandi schools have increasingly been associated with the rise of an intolerant and militant strain of Islam linked with terrorist activities.