Can Ulema save Muslims from Radical
Islamism?
Indian Muslim
Ulema urgently need to introspect: Is it enough to declare Islam a religion of
peace
By Sultan
Shahin
April 8, 2008
The sleepy town of
Deoband, 140 kms east of Delhi, famous around the world primarily for hosting
this premier Muslim religious educational institution, the Darul Uloom, came
alive on February 25, with tens of thousands of Muslims, clerics and ordinary
souls, streaming in from all over the country, to support the historic
anti-terrorism declaration that the Muslim religious community was about to make
in a rare display of unity across the otherwise widening sectarian divide. The
Deobandis, Bareilwis, Wahhabis, Ahl-e-Hadees, in short the Sunnis of all hues
were all there. The Shias had already participated in another get-together
organised by Jamia-ul-ulema for the same purpose in Delhi over a year ago at a
smaller level.
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