Noun
(Islam) A religious scholar, especially in Central and South Asia.
(India, Islam, Internet slang, religious slur) A Muslim person in general, especially an extreme conservative.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgIn other words, Islam can never allow a true Muslim to adopt India as his motherland and regard a Hindu as his kith and kin. That is probably the reason why Maulana Mahomed Ali, a great Indian but a true Muslim, preferred to be buried in Jerusalem rather than in India. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
There [is] only one nationalist Muslim in India: Maulana Nehru. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
According to Jamaat and Delhi Police sources, “One of the wanted accused, who has been given a police notice to be sent to Maulana Saad, is presently kept in a quarantine home at a Tughlakabad school.” Source: Internet
As the sound of Azaan wafts in the air, Maulana Sher Mohammed Amini says, “Baccho ko deen or duniya dono ki taleem dena jaruri hai. Source: Internet
His own son, Maulana Mohammad Yusuf Kandhlawi (1917-1965) was associated with the internationalisation of the Tablighi Jamaat. Source: Internet
Because he knew Urdu, he also wrote on (Maulana Abul Kalam) Azad and (Muhammad) Iqbal,” Guha said. Source: Internet