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Nadavant-ul-Ulma was the synthesis of Ali Garh and Deoband

The institutions Aligarh and Deoband were working apparently different but inwardly for the
same objective to reform the Muslim society and organize them on sound footings. Aligarh
was ultra-modern and their entire thrust was on English education whereas Deoband had
orthodox approach and focused on religious education. The ultra-zeal of these two
apparently different institutions created certain misgivings in the minds of Muslim
intelligentsia.

Moreover, the missionary zeal of certain British officers, to organize missionary schools in
the far and wide of India was also a cause to establish the Madrassah that would be
moderate in training and preparing the students for future challenges. One of the significant
of these institutions was Nadwat-ul-Ulama. It was attempted to bridge up the gulf between
the old and the new ideas. It was started with a conference held on 22nd, 23rd and 24th
April 1894 at the Madrassah Faiz-i-Aam, Kanpur. It brought on one platform the leading
ulema of every school of thought. Beside the Hanfi ulema, Maulawi Ibrahim Arawi and
Maulana Muhammad Hussain from among the Ahill-e-Hadith and Maulana Ghulam-ul-
Hasnain from among the Shiah Mujtahids participated in the session.

The president was the great scholar Mufti Lutfullah, of Aligarh who commanded the
respect of all sections of the participants. Maulana Sulaman Nadwi, the most distinguished
scholar of Nadwah, has well summarized the problems facing the conference. He said:
Thoughtful Muslims were perturbed at the onrush of revolutionary trends and catastrophic
disasters. The old system of Madrassah and Maktabs was breaking down. Muslim boys
were being attracted to English schools and colleges, Christianity had been brought to the
forefront through the influence of government. A network of missionary activities had spread
everywhere. Their orphanages had been established at every place; disputations between
Christians and Muslims had become common: pamphlets were being published by both the
camps and modern European ideas were rushing in like, a flood”.Ulemas was busy in petty
controversies over the matters of no significance and were being estranged from one
another in the process. The methods of instruction in old Muslim institutions had grown
antiquated and were outdated. The founders of Nadwah set themselves the task of finding
remedies for these difficulties. Maulana Shibli was the person who assumed the
responsibility of framing syllabus and chalking out course, outline for Nadwah.

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Objectives of Nadwah

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Comparison of Deoband and Nadwa Teachings

Deoband gave the idea of removing British by giving support to Hindus but on the other
hand Nadwa believed in the unity of Muslims and was against the Congress. Nadwa also
encouraged the English along with Islamic teaching but on the other hand Deoband only
appreciated religious teachings i.e. Quran, Hadith, and Fiqah. Nadwa’s students spread in the
sub-continent and worked for the creation of Pakistan while Deoband’s students were in favor
of Congress motives. Dar-ul-Musannafin, Azamgarh is also branch of Nadwah that served
Indian Muslims intellectually. Significant changes were brought in the contents of instruction
and new disciplines were introduced. In spite of this, Nadwah did not succeed in its primary
objective because it tended to row more and more conservative and thus failed to assimilate
as much of Western knowledge as was necessary; in disciplines it did not prove equal to
Deoband not to the Aligarh. However it succeeded in bringing moderate behavior in Indian
politics.

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