Traditionalist' Islamic Activism:Deoband, Tablighis, and Talibs

Barbara D. Metcalf

Leiden Repository (Leiden University) · 2002 · 118 citations · 0 references

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This essay is based on the lecture I delivered at that occasion.2 .An example of the typically imprecise discussion of 'Deobandism' is: 'a sect that propagates [] a belief that has inspired modern revivals of Islamic fundamentalism'.John F. Burns, 'Adding Demands, Afghan Leaders Show Little Willingness to Give up Bin Laden', The New York Times,