Silk Letter Movement
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Mahmud Hasan Deobandi
PersonThe first student of Darul Uloom Deoband, who taught there for forty years and led it from 1890. Known as Shaykh al-Hind, he organised the Silk Letter Movement, was imprisoned in Malta, and laid the foundation stone of Jamia Millia Islamia.
South Asian IslamShaykh al-Islam Husain Ahmad Madani: Scholar of Hadith and Advocate of Composite Nationalism
PersonHusain Ahmad Madani (1879-1957) was an Indian scholar of hadith who taught in Medina, was interned by the British on Malta, and led Darul Uloom Deoband as Shaykh al-Hadith. His 1938 work Muttahida Qaumiyat aur Islam made him the foremost scholar opposing the demand for Pakistan.
Modern Era