A deepening rift has surfaced within Bangladesh’s Islamist circles as 101 Deobandi ulema, led by Hefazat-e-Islam chief Muhibbullah Babunagari, ...

Politico-religious parties form a united group with some overt and covert political aims Leaders of 21 politico-religious parties of the Deobandi school of thought -- including two factions of Jamiat ...

Following the Taliban’s rapid taking of power in what it describes as a reestablished “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,” fears of a certain kind of Islamist ideology being brought back have led a large ...

Pakistan, established in 1947 as a homeland for South Asia’s Muslims, occupies a pivotal position in regional geopolitics, navigating complex relationships with neighboring Afghanistan and global ...

Note: This BBC interview can be heard in the Here & Now podcast or with the WBUR app. BBC correspondent Owen Bennett Jones has been exploring the Deobandi school of Islam. It started in India when ...

Pakistan needs to be serious about closing down 600 Deobandi madrassas in the country, an influential US lawmaker has said, underlining that there is a prevailing sentiment in the Congress and Trump ...

Saharanpur (UP): 'Ulemas' (body of Muslim scholars) at Deoband, which is home to one of the largest Islamic seminaries in the country, have questioned Uttar Pradesh government's recent decision of not ...

DEOBAND, India — Hundreds of young men in crisp white tunics and skullcaps sit cross-legged in classrooms ringed with porticoes, poring over Islamic texts. From a marble minaret above them, a dozen ...

Perhaps the most striking feature of the Taliban regime is the ever-growing list of restrictions it has imposed on Afghanistan, arguably making the administration synonymous with bans. While reports ...

A hardline Islamic movement, whose leading UK imam preaches anti-Semitism and calls on Muslims to "shed blood for Allah", is controlling almost half of Britain's mosques, a police report has found.

(The Conversation) — Deobandi Islam, the religious school that the Taliban draw their ideology from, was set up in 19th century India to educate Muslim youth. (The Conversation) — Following the ...