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| | Darul Uloom Deoband - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | The Darul Uloom, an Islamic madrassa or seminary, located at Deoband, a town in Uttar Pradesh, India is self-described as a cornerstone of "Islamic sciences." It was founded in 1866. |
 | | The founder, Hazrat Nanautavi, turned lack of official support into a virtue, establishing the principle that the religious schools be run with public contributions from "the poor masses alone." |
 | | A center of both the Shariah and the semi-secret Tariqa from the very day of its inception, Darul Uloom has been a force explicitly counter to rationalism and secularism, which are associated with Western culture. |
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