| Islamic Ideology | |
| 22 Sep 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| Maldivian Government Endorses Deobandi Islam, the Religion of the Taliban | |
By Azra Naseem |
It is the fundamentalist Deoband Dar-ul-Uloom brand of Islam that inspired the Taliban movement. Many of the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan and in Pakistan are graduates of the Deobandi-influenced seminaries in Pakistan. Mullah Omar, for example, attended the Deobandi Darul Uloom Haqqania madrasa in Peshawar. The mission of the Deoband is to cleanse Islam of all Western influences, and to propagate their teachings with missionary zeal. Increasingly, the Deobandi movement has been funded by the Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia, leading to the former being co-opted by the latter. The Deoband HQ has recently sought to distance itself from violent extremism. For the powers that be in the War on Terror, what matters is the graduation from extremism to violence. But, for societies such as the Maldives, and for the people who have to live under its precincts, what matters more is the oppression that extremism imposes on daily life. This is the reality that a Maldivian people living under the Religious Unity Regulations will have to face. --Azra Naseem http://newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamIslamicIdeology_1.aspx?ArticleID=5535 | ||
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