By Tufail Ahmad
On October 17, 2008, Muslims in India and Pakistan celebrate the 191st birth anniversary of the great Indian reformer Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (1817-1898), but few grasp the meaning of Islamic reform as he did.
Two Responses to the Same Crisis of Islam in India after Its Occupation by the British in 1857
After the 1857 War in which Muslims lost power to the British, two intellectual movements emerged. One group of scholars attributed the Fall of Delhi to moral decline among Mughal kings, rejected the West and its message of reform, and revived basic Islamic teachings. Led by Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, they established Darul Uloom Deoband, the largest center of Islamic learning after Cairo's Al-Azhar University. A second group of scholars, under Sir Syed, foresaw a bright future for Muslims in rejecting religious orthodoxy and in embracing Western sciences. They founded the Aligarh Muslim University, India's largest center of modern education for Muslims today, near Delhi. Read more ...
On October 17, 2008, Muslims in India and Pakistan celebrate the 191st birth anniversary of the great Indian reformer Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (1817-1898), but few grasp the meaning of Islamic reform as he did.
Two Responses to the Same Crisis of Islam in India after Its Occupation by the British in 1857
After the 1857 War in which Muslims lost power to the British, two intellectual movements emerged. One group of scholars attributed the Fall of Delhi to moral decline among Mughal kings, rejected the West and its message of reform, and revived basic Islamic teachings. Led by Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, they established Darul Uloom Deoband, the largest center of Islamic learning after Cairo's Al-Azhar University. A second group of scholars, under Sir Syed, foresaw a bright future for Muslims in rejecting religious orthodoxy and in embracing Western sciences. They founded the Aligarh Muslim University, India's largest center of modern education for Muslims today, near Delhi. Read more ...
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