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Deobandi

Adjective

Meaning

Deobandi (comparative more Deobandi, superlative most Deobandi)

Belonging to a certain revivalist movement within Sunni Islam.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

IS, al-Qaida, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad claim to be practitioners Deobandi: Inspired by scholar Shah Waliullah Dehlawi and native to Indian subcontinent. Source: Internet

Mufti Mahmud, a Deobandi scholar and head of the latter party, was elected as chief minister. Source: Internet

The Taliban were spawned by the thousands of madrasahs the Deobandi movement established for impoverished Afghan refugees and supported by governmental and religious groups in neighboring Pakistan. Source: Internet

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