Talk:Darul Uloom Deoband

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I tried to NPOV the article. There should be nothing in the article to which a Barelvi, or Salafi, or a non-Muslim would object. I stripped out all the praise and all the locutions that assumed that the Deobandi approach was the proper one. Zora 21:01, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

...including those statements actually on the official website! Perhaps the link to the official website should be deleted too. --Wetman 06:58, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree that it is in need of a major rewrite and there was lots of POV and unnecessary praise - all those quotes and stuff from the website is all unnecessary...but the link to the official website should still remain. There are still a few mistakes and inaccuracies and some of it doesnt make sense, i will expand when i have the time Tanzeel 15:20, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

I myself would like a precis of what's distinctive about Deobandi thought, and how it differs from Barelvi and Salafi traditions. I understand that there is a long-running rivalry between Barelvi and Deobandi, and I'd like to hear more about that. Zora 17:57, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Anonymous attempts to censor this article continue, including sourced text from Deobandi websites. Some honest translating of Deobandi material would improve this article. --Wetman 13:00, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Sourced texts are fine, but you can't use it to support a claim not made by the text. Interpreting whether a text goes "completely against Deobandi tenets" is against WP:NOR. If you can find a reliable published source that makes this interpretation then source that, otherwise it shouldn't be here. --Barastert 18:51, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Background Section needs POV edit

The first two paragraphs either need verifiable citiations or they should be rewritten from a Neutral POV. --- Skapur 15:22, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I have edited the first paragraph. The original statement about the British providing support to Catholics does not make much sense as the British in 1857 were very much Protestent and very much anti-catholic.

There seems to be no mention that there are two Darul Ulooms! After the storming of the original Darul Uloom in 1977 on the day of centennial celebrations by local mafia/anti social elements under the leadership of Darul Uloom alumnus Asad Madani whose son still runs the old one today, a new one was built on the outskirts of Deoband with the same name, by the original founder's great grandson, Muhammad Saalim Qasmi (except with the words "Waqf", or "social trust" in English which Madani's taken over institue has dropped, making it a private university.) This glaring omission from the history of the institution casts doubt over the credibility of the rest of the information as well.

[edit] Terror links

A lot of media reports and evidence with Indian and foreign agencies indicate that this organization is the epicentre and originator of most Islamic terrorism in south Asia. Why is there no mention of that in the article? Sacrificing the truth for the sake of "political correctness" as usual, huh? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.200.95.130 (talk) 00:06, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Addition of unencyclopaedic material

I reverted the addition of a large amount of material, apparently copied verbatim from the Dar ul Ulum website. Apart from anything else, this material was written in an unencyclopaedic manner. Reverted to edit of 20:29, 8 January 2008. Imc (talk) 19:49, 27 March 2008 (UTC)