Deoband–Aligarh relations

The Deoband–Aligarh relationship refers to the historical and ideological tensions that existed between the Deobandi and Aligarh movements in British India during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Darul Uloom Deoband and Aligarh Muslim University are two influential Islamic educational institutions in India that have played significant roles in the country's history.

Aligarh Muslim University, primarily Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, on the other hand, is a modernist Islamic institution that was founded in 1875 and has focused on modern education and the promotion of rationalism, science, and social reform.

The Aligarh movement, on the other hand, was influential in the development of a modern and secular Muslim identity in India, and played a significant role in the political and cultural life of the country.

Syed Ahmad Khan wrote booklet Reasons of Indian Revolt just for overcome the tension among Muslims and the British.

[2][3] Syed Ahmad affirmed that British educational system have so many faults that if it was adopted over all then national identity and Islamic civilization will be destroyed in all over the India.

For escaping Muslims from the drawbacks of British educational system and adopting its good attributes, Syed Ahmad took several steps which are considered to be a part of Aligarh movement under his ideology.

This institution is still running since 1866, which generated great Muslim philosophers like Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, Ubaidullah Sindhi, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, Ilyas Kandhlawi, Hussain Ahmed Madani and Ashraf Ali Thanwi.

Even Pakistan has gotten independence and at that time, the basic objective of both the school of thoughts and their movements was to get a free homeland for the Muslims of Subcontinent.

Syed Ahmad Khan's work "Ilmul-kalaam" which is also called "New Theology" or "Islamic Modernization" changed the way of thinking in the Muslims of Subcontinent.

Pakistan got independence but this school of thought left an inspired group which is still working on that rational approach that was introduced by the Syed Ahmed Khan.