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Reading some other threads and history of independence movement, I have found that Deobandis were very extreme in their views towards what they consider outsiders (hindus/sikh/british). But bareilvis only considered britishers as outsiders and had more tolerant approach toward natives of India. One can say they respect the right of hindus and sikhs to worship their own saints, and even considered Guru Nanak, Sarmad or sant Kabir as learned people. Deobandis, despite being part of same Hanafi school of thought, considered sikhs and hindus as subhuman worthy of contempt and slaughter. Hence the movement by Syed Ahmad Shah Bareilvi to destroy Sikh kingdom of Punjab (only native Punjabi kingdom since Raja Porus), and invitation given to Abdali to murder hindu villagers on his way to loot Delhi and back.
The interesting part from recent historical perspective is, we saw during final years of independence, a schism within muslim community. Some deobandi scholars were not in favour of dividing muslims into three parts (India and two wings of Pakistan), hence opposed pakistan movement. However, most bareilvis supported jinnah and understood that if hindus and muslims cannot live together, the land should be divided to live in peace as two separate nations. So one can respect bareilvis much more for not harbouring ill intentions and accepting facts on the ground, whereas deobandis had plans to hold off partition until after british left, so large muslim minority can cause greater havoc, create civil war and possibly once again subjugate a fragmented hindu polity like past centuries.
@Azlan Haider @Sarhang @scorpionx
The interesting part from recent historical perspective is, we saw during final years of independence, a schism within muslim community. Some deobandi scholars were not in favour of dividing muslims into three parts (India and two wings of Pakistan), hence opposed pakistan movement. However, most bareilvis supported jinnah and understood that if hindus and muslims cannot live together, the land should be divided to live in peace as two separate nations. So one can respect bareilvis much more for not harbouring ill intentions and accepting facts on the ground, whereas deobandis had plans to hold off partition until after british left, so large muslim minority can cause greater havoc, create civil war and possibly once again subjugate a fragmented hindu polity like past centuries.
@Azlan Haider @Sarhang @scorpionx