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IS and its condemnation in Hyderabad

Edit The Times of India 14 Apr 2016
A series of conferences in rapid succession by different organisations were conducted in the recent past to condemn the so-called Islamic State in the city ... It was earlier this year that a Barelwi group organised an anti-terror conference in Delhi ... This approach could undermine the efforts of Muslim groups - irrespective of however they slot themselves - Deobandi, Barelwi, Salafi, Sufi or Ahl-e-Hadith - of dealing with the IS problem ... ....

What British Muslims really think about Channel 4's show

Edit The Guardian 14 Apr 2016
We asked British Muslims to review Channel 4’s show. What British Muslims Really Think. Here’s what they said ... We asked British Muslims to watch, and review the show. Here’s what they said. Nazia, 35, West Yorkshire. Rating ... What kind of Muslims did the sample consist of? Sunni, Shia? Hanafi, Hanbali? Deobandi or Barelwi? To use only 1081 Muslims as a sample to represent 3 million Muslims is inflammatory, misleading and dangerous ... Rating ... ....

Muslims divided on PM's Sufi show

Edit The Times of India 23 Mar 2016
The recently concluded World Sufi Forum was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's magnum opus vis-a-vis the Muslim community ... The Sufis or Barelwis gravitating to the Centre as a 'power centre' would make the other Muslim group vulnerable ... While the Congress still courts the Deobandi-leaning Muslims of the Jamiat-e-Ulama Hind, the BJP, on account of the Forum, appears to be extending its support to Sufis and Barelwis ... ....

Community measures to tackle sympathy for IS

Edit The Times of India 31 Dec 2015
The city is in the news again and not for the right reasons. The arrest of three youths re portedly willing to join the so-called Islamic State (IS has ensured this ... There are three common threads he re ... The second would be to bring leaders from all schools of thought including Salafis, Wahabis, Barelwis and Deobandis to one platform so that they issue a joint statement condemning the Islamic State ... The key here is diversity ... ....

Milad-un-Nabi gets colourful, elaborate

Edit The Times of India 24 Dec 2015
The trend holds true, irrespective of religious affiliation ... This was when the Sunni United Forum of India (SUFI), an umbrella organisation of more than 50 religious bodies, primarily from the Barelwi school of thought, collaborated to celebrate Milad ... The preparations when compared to last year are more elaborate ... ....

22 Indians among world’s influential Muslims

Edit The Times of India 11 Oct 2015
The other Indians enlisted in the compilation are all religious scholars, preachers and spiritual leaders ... The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims" 2016 edition, which lists out these influential men in 13 distinct categories ... Only two Indian religious leaders figure in the Top 50 List-- Mufti Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan Qadiri Al-Azhari (Barelwi leader) and Maulana Mahmood Madani (Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind leader) ... ....

Asaduddin Owaisi, AR Rahman among world's top 500 most influential Muslims

Edit Deccan Chronicle 05 Oct 2015
Srinagar. A Jordan-based Islamic research centre has put two Indians Mufti Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan Qadiri Al-Azhari and Moulana Mahmood Madani among the top 50 influential Muslims of the world. AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi and music composer AR Rahman were among the top 500. Mufti Al-Azhari is the great grandson of Ahmed Raza Khan who founded the Barelwi movement in the India and the present leader of the Barelwi Muslims ... Dr ... ....

Different schools of thought

Edit The Times of India 02 Sep 2015
Calls for a boycott and even protest from Muslim groups subscribing to the Barelwi or Sufi schools of thought, grew shriller by the day ... The tug of war between the Ahle Hadith and the Barelwi groups is not new ... An important difference between them and the Barelwis, or Sufis, is that the former are opposed to the concept of intercession between man and God....

Another setback for Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadith in Hyderabad

Edit The Times of India 29 Aug 2015
HYDERABAD ... The meeting was scheduled for Friday. The Ahle Hadith is a sect whose followers subscribe to the orthodox Salafi school of thought ... Interestingly, the Sufi groups, also known as Barelwis, including Anjuman e Quadria and Seerat un Nabi Academy, among others too opposed the granting of permission tooth and nail ... This, they said, could lead to serious law and order problems ... ....

Who will benefit from Owaisis' entry in Bihar?

Edit Yahoo Daily News 29 Aug 2015
It was not long ago when Asaduddin Owaisi and his brother Akbarudin Owaisi romped home to heroes' welcome in Maharashtra. In the assembly elections last year in one of India's most industrialized states, the Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) party won two seats and was runner-up in four places ... On December 28, 1947, S.A. Barelwi and Maulana Ahmad Said, vice president of Jamiatul Ulama, advised Muslims to dissolve communal groups....

Barelwi madrassas to teach how terrorists misuse Islam

Edit The Hindu 08 Aug 2015
Amid the perceived and possible dangers of the terror group like the Islamic State (IS) radicalising and recruiting Muslim youths, the Barelwi sect among Muslims has decided to include a chapter against terrorism in all madrassas functioning under its fold across the country ... Barelwi sect, a prominent religious school of thought among Muslims in the Indian sub-continent, has millions of followers across the country and the world over....

Wahabi versus Sufi: social media debates

Edit The Times of India 18 Jul 2015
Cyberspace is fast becoming a popular battleground for Indian Muslims aligned on both sides of the Sufi vs Wahabi debate. And the online verbal jousting is becoming more acrimonious by the day ... The Wahabi stream exhorts Muslims to adopt the more "puritanical" form of Islam while Sufis - also known as Barelwis - maintain that teachings of saints cannot be ignored ... "No Barelwi mosque has taken over Wahabi or Salafi mosques," he claims ... ....

Curious case of Bihari mullahs

Edit The Times of India 21 May 2015
HYDERABAD. The city has played both host and new found home to lakhs from various parts of the country. It has welcomed with arms wide open, the poet and the pundit; the musician and the muse alike ... But artists and artisans aside, the city has also showered immense respect to Islamic scholars ... It would be pertinent to point out that the city has been a bastion of the Sufis, or those who subscribe to the Barelwi school of thought....
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