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Detailed explanation-1: -Deoband school, Arabic Dār al-ʿulūm (“House of Learning”), also spelled Darul Uloom, the leading Muslim theological centre (madrasah) of India. It was founded in 1867 by Muḥammad ʿĀbid Ḥusayn in the Sahāranpur district of Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Deoband Madrasa is one of the most influential reform movements in modern Islam. It was established in the North Indian town of Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, in 1867 by a group of prominent Indian Muslim scholars (’Ulama’). More specifically, the charismatic scholars Rashid Ahmad Gangohi (d. 1906) and Qasim Nanautvi (d.

Detailed explanation-3: -Founders of the Deobandi school, Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, were inspired by the Sufi-religio-political doctrine of Shah Waliullah but also by Wahhabi ideology, amongst other sources of inspiration.

Detailed explanation-4: -In order to develop religious leaders for the Muslim community, Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi (1832–80) and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi (1828–1905) launched the Deoband Movement in 1866 at the Darul Uloom (or Islamic academic centre) in Saharanpur district (United Provinces).

Detailed explanation-5: -At its heart, Deobandi Islam was an anti-colonial movement designed to revitalize Islam. This school of Islamic thought had a very particular understanding of the faith. The Deobandi brand of Islam adheres to orthodox Islamism insisting that the adherence to Sunni Islamic law, or sharia, is the path of salvation.