April 23, 2009 · Filed under :: From Others · Tagged dawah movement, islam in africa, khuruj, tabligh, tablighi jamaat
Muhammed Haron
Department of Theology & Religious Studies
University of Botswana
Abstract
Much has been written to date about Islam in Southern Africa (Amara 2001, Tayob 1999, Mandivenga 1991) and more particularly about South Africa (Haron 1997). However, whilst general social histories have been penned about the region and specific states located in this vast region, not much has been written about the Dawah movements nor about the Sufi Tariqas, which have either reinforced its earlier brotherhoods that had been established during the early part of the 20th century – if not earlier, or the new orders which saw this part of the world as a safe haven and potential growth area. Read the rest of this entry »
June 16, 2008 · Filed under :: From Others · Tagged tableegh, tabligh, tabligh & media, tablighi jamaat, yoginder sikand
By Yoginder Sikand
The Milli Gazette Online
19 August 2006
In the wake of recent reports about an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic planes in Britain, several newspapers have splashed stories about the possible involvement in this of the Tablighi Jamaat (TJ), the largest Islamic movement in the world, with its global headquarters in New Delhi. That, as numerous other sources are now claiming, the alleged plot may have actually been masterminded by government intelligence agencies, backed by their political masters, in Britain, America and Pakistan, is something that is completely missing in these reports. But what is even more appalling is how the alleged plot is being used to target the TJ by writers who have little or no understanding of the movement. Read the rest of this entry »
June 12, 2008 · Filed under :: Ulama · Tagged :: Ulama, abul hasan ali nadwi, ali mian, ali nadwi, nadvi, nadwatul ulum, tabligh, tablighi jamaat
Examplar of IslamicLiving, Exponent of Islam, Defender of Islamic Identity (1914 – 31 December, 1999)
During the twentieth century, Muslim India has produced great Islamic theologians,interpreters of the Quran, scholars of Hadith, Islamic jurists, historians, propagators of the faith, social reformers and educationists, but one cannotname another Islamic scholar whose concerns covered the entire spectrum of the collective existence of the Muslim Indians as a living community in thenational and international context, who, for decades, enjoyed universalrespect, and who was accepted by the non-Muslims, at the highest level, as the legitimate spokesman for the concerns and aspirations of the entire community. Read the rest of this entry »
June 9, 2008 · Filed under :: Ulama · Tagged inamul hasan, kandahlawi, kandhalawi, kandhlavi, nizamuddin, tablighi jamaat, third ameer
When Allah Ta’aala favors some one He makes unseen arrangements for all the necessary things. The learned say that there are two things which play an important role in making a person’s personality. One of the two things is one’s family because the family traditions and virtues are transmitted from one generation to another. Read the rest of this entry »
June 9, 2008 · Filed under :: Ulama · Tagged hayatushshahabah, kandahlawi, kandhlavi, kandhlawi, life of sahabah, nizamuddin, second amir, tablighi jamaat, yusuf
Sheikh Muhammad Yusuf Al-Kandhlawi was born on 25 Jumada I, 1335 H, corresponding to 20 March 1917 at Kandahla in India. His family was well-known for its Islamic scholarship and total devotion. His father, Sheikh Muhammad Ilyas Al-Kandhlawi (d. 1943), played an important role in the reform movement led by two scholars, Ahmad ibn Irfan and Muhammad Ismaeel, both of whom were to be martyrs. The reform movement aimed to remove all deviation from people’s beliefs and return them to the pure Islamic faith. Several scholars in his family studied under Sheikh Abd Al-Azeez ibn Ahmad ibn Abd Al-Raheem Al-Dahlawi, a highly reputable scholar of Hadith. Indeed the family produced a long line of famous scholars who were devoted to the study of Hadith and Fiqh, as well as other Islamic studies. Read the rest of this entry »
June 9, 2008 · Filed under :: Ulama · Tagged first amir, kandahlawy, kandhlawi, maulana ilyas, mewat, nizamuddin, tablighi founder, tablighi jamaat
Early Days
On the outskirts of Delhi, near the tomb of Khwaja Nizamuddin, there lived, some seventy years ago, a godly person in the house on top of the red gate of the historical building called Chaunsath Khamba. His name was Maulana Mohammad Ismail. Read the rest of this entry »
May 26, 2008 · Filed under :: From Others · Tagged deoband, europe madrasah, islam in europe, muslim britain, muslim french, tablighi jamaat
The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism;
Editor Antoine Sfeir;
Translator from French;
Columbia University Press2007;
Pp430; Available in bookstores in Pakistan
This dictionary is a French angle on the whole idea of Islamism, which is trying to not only to observe the personal rituals of Islam but to seek to impose it on others. One of the contributors is Olivier Roy, which guarantees that there will be new insights that the Americans have either ignored or don’t believe are true. The book has personal entries that you would like to know about. Read the rest of this entry »
May 18, 2008 · Filed under :: Karguzari · Tagged :: Karguzari, barbara d metcalf, dakwat, maulana ilyas, tablighi jamaat
BARBARA METCALF
Professor of history at the University of California, DavisT July 588
The extensive Islamic missionary movement of Tablighi Jamaat, which originated in colonial India but is now worldwide, encourages participants to go out on small group tours to invite others, primarily nominal Muslims, to return to faithful adherence to Islamic teachings, above all the canonical prayer. At the conclusion of a tour, participants should report back, orally or in writing, their experiences to the mosque-based group (local, regional, or national) from which they set out. A sample of these reports, called karguzari, are the basis of this article. The reports reflect two discourses: one of jihad, in the sense of the nonmilitant “greater jihad” focused on self-discipline; and one of Sufism, embedded in the efforts of the charismatic group rather than in institutional tasawwuf. Read the rest of this entry »
May 18, 2008 · Filed under :: From Others · Tagged jaulah, karkun, tabligh, tablighi jamaat, yoginder sikand
Yoginder Sikand
The twentieth century witnessed the emergence of a number of movements forreligious revival, revitalization and reform among Muslims all over the world. One of these, probably the largest Islamic movement in the world today, is the Tablighi Jama’at (TJ). Although it has its roots in the South Asian Muslim environment, with which it is still closely identified, the TJ is now said to be active in almost every country with a significant Sunni Muslim presence. Its founder, the charismatic alim, Maulana Muham-mad Ilyas (1885-1944) , believed that Muslims had strayed far from the teachings of Islam. Hence, he felt the urgent need for Muslims to go back to the basic principles of their faith, and to observe strictly the commandments of Islam in their own personal lives and in their dealings with others. This alone, he believed, would win for Muslims the pleasure of God, who would then be moved to grant them ‘success’ (falah) in this world and in the life after death. Read the rest of this entry »
May 18, 2008 · Filed under :: Ulama · Tagged fadhail a'mal, fazaail a'maal, mazahirul ulum, saharanpur, tablighi jamaat, zakaria, zakariyya
In the last century, India has undoubtedly become an important center for the study of hadith, and the scholars of India have become well-known for their passion for religious knowledge. Read the rest of this entry »
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