British captured Delhi in 1803. Islamic clerics were already disturbed by the marauding Sikhs and Marathas. Among Muslim elites and ulama, there was was a certain degree of acceptance of British rule which did not appear detrimental to their interests.
#Deobandi cleric Shah Abdul Hayy and #Shia cleric Didar Ali declared India Darul-Islam but pronounced Calcutta Darul-Harb. Faraizis of Bengal declared India Darul-Harb but Hajji Shariatullah did not preach jihad against the British.
During the Revolt of 1857, many Islamic clerics issued fatwas of jihad and fought against the British even though some of them, including #Barelvi cleric Fazl-i-Haq Khairabadi, had earlier pledged allegiance to the British.
In 1867, Muftis of Makkah issued fatwa declaring British India Darul Islam.
In 1870, North Indian ulama declared hostility to the British govt illegal. #Salafi clerics Nawab Siddiq Hassan Khan and Hussain Batalwi affirmed that India was not Darul Harb.
#Barelvi cleric Ahmad Raza was also against considering India Darul Harb. #Deobandi cleric Ashraf Thanvi called India Darul Islam. #Shia and #Ahmadi ulama also believed that India was Darul Islam and loyalty to the British was in order.
Protests erupted in Hyderabad, #India after suspended #BJP MLA Raja Singh after he was released on bail after he was arrested for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad in a YouTube video. Islamist groups call for his execution. #Blasphemy
#Deobandi#JUIF activists in Bannu District, KP province hold a rally demanding the closure of Jinnah Family Park for women as it would promote "obscenity and nudity".
#Deobandi#JUIF activists in Bannu District, KP province hold a rally demanding the closure of Jinnah Family Park for women as it would promote "obscenity and nudity".
#Deobandi#JUIF activists in Bannu District, KP province hold a rally demanding the closure of Jinnah Family Park for women as it would promote "obscenity and nudity".
Mirpur, Pakistan-administered Kashmir
Students of Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST) call for the arrest and #blasphemy trial of a student named Muhammad Faizan for allegedly insulting Umayyad Caliph Muawiya on Facebook.
Mirpur, Pakistan-administered Kashmir
Students of Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST) demand arrest and #blasphemy trial of a student named Muhammad Faizan for allegedly insulting Umayyad Caliph Muawiya on Facebook.
Mirpur, Pakistan-administered Kashmir
Students of Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST) subject fellow student Muhammad Faizan to "rooster punishment" and force him to apologize for insulting Umayyad Caliph Muawiya on Facebook.
Maulvi Faqir Mohammed and other #TTP leaders at the funeral of the slain TTP commander Omar Khalid Khorasani in #Kunar, Afghanistan.
#TTP commander Omar Khalid Khorasani and his son-in-law Ali Hassan Momand were laid to rest in Kunar, Afghanistan.
Ali Hassan Momand was the bodyguard and son-in-law of Omar Khalid Khorasani #TTP commander Omar Khalid Khorasani. He was also an amateur Pashto poet, and used to share his poetry on his Telegram channel.
UN Report: The foremost division within the #Taliban is between moderate & hardline blocs. The moderate bloc consists of Mullah Baradar, Abbas Stanekzai, Padshah Khan & Shahabuddin Delawar who believe the Taliban must integrate with foreign partners.
The hardline bloc consists of Hassan Akhund and other senior leaders from #Kandahar. It takes a more ideological view of jihad and sharia, with less emphasis on international relations. Haqqani Network is independent from either bloc, closer to the hardliners but pragmatic.
#Kandahari (Durrani) #Taliban are in the ascendancy among the Taliban’s leadership. This hierarchy has taken shape at the expense of non-Pashtun groups within the Taliban.
Iraqi #Shia demonstrators burn offices of deviant #Shia cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi who denounced fellow Shias as "grave worshippers" and called for demolishing shrines of Shia Imams.
Iraqi #Shia demonstrators in Al-Qasim city, Babil province, stormed and burned down local office of deviant #Shia cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi who called for demolishing shrines of Shia Imams.