Taliban's religious ideology – Deobandi Islam – has roots in colonial India
- Written by Sohel Rana, PhD Student, Indiana University
Students on the campus of Darul Uloom, the Deoband school of Islam located in a small town, Deoband, in the northern Indian state of Uttar PradeshSajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty ImagesFollowing the Taliban’s rapid taking of power in what it describes as a reestablished “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,” fears of a certain kind of...
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