Muslim Socio Religious Reform Movement
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Movement/ Organisation |
Year | Place | Founder | Objectives |
Faraizi or Faraidi Movement |
1804 | Faridpur, Bengal | Haji Shariatullah and dadu Miya | To rid the Muslim society of non Islamic social customs, rituals and practices. Antilandlord and antiBritish movement. |
Taayuuni Movement |
1839 | Dacca | Karamati Ali Jaunpur | Opposed to the Faraizi movement and supported the British rule. |
Dar-ul-ulum (A school of Islamic | 1867 | Deoband | Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi | To improve the spiritual and moral conditions of |
Theology at Deoband, Sharanpur, U.P.) | Ahmad Gangohi | Indian Muslims. This movement supported the INC and was opposed to the pro-British Aligarh movement. | ||
Aligarh Movement |
1875 | Aligarh | Sir Syed Ahmad Khan | Liberalisation of Indian Islam and modernisation of Indian Muslims through religious reinterpretation, social reform and modern education. |
Ahmadiya Movement | 1889-90 | Qadiani Punjab | Faridkot Ahmad of Qadiyan | Mirza Ghulam be lieved in the universal religion of all humanity, opposed to Islamic orthodoxy and spread of western liberal education among Indian Muslims. |
Nadwatul Ulama | 1894-95 | Lucknow | Maulana Shibli | To reform the tra- ditional Islamic system of education, to strengthen Hindu-Muslim unity and to arouse nationalism among Indian Muslims. |