Tagged: Deoband

Correcting “History” – one bit at a time

Yesterday morning, while reading Jamiat has undone its past good work by Javed Ansari, I got stuck at the very first sentence: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind is one of countless organisations that claim to represent...

On Deoband Fatwa, Jihadi Roots and Terrorism

Excerpts from a great article by Prof Walid Phares, “The Deobandi Fatwa Against Terrorism Didn’t Treat the Jihadi Root” underscoring some of the points I had made in an earlier post (Thanks to Krishen-ji for...

When is it OK to shut down a place of worship?

Apparently, when it becomes a training ground for Jihad. Chinese authorities have…closed down 41 “illegal” places of worship (in the Muslim dominated Xinjiang province). These places of worship were used as training ground for...

Of Saudi Arabia, Petro-dollars and Terrorism

I recently came across this interesting admission by a senior US government official putting it on record that: Saudi Arabia today remains the location where more money is going to terrorism, to Sunni terror...