Thanvi followers sometimes ignore his categorical judgments on issues, adopting policies dictated by current politics.

Teachings of Manusmriti or Laws of Manu by Deoband followed the division of South Asian Muslim society into castes.

Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, a professional maulvi, can be studied as a product of modern, colonial times.

‘Modern maulvi’ display repugnance towards people aspiring education, improve lives and called them ‘upstarts’.

Supremacy of Sunni theology over Shia or other sects within Islam was and still is,considered as much a settled affair

Gilani wrote a 750-page tome about the conventional system of religious education to counter growing Wahabi influence.

Since prophets quoted in Holy Quran declined economic benefit for the divine task, so too must preachers today.

Haste in collecting booty is attributed by certain historians as a reason for defeat of mujahideen against Sikhs.

Pathan tribal sardars did not accept Syed Ahmad’s as the amirul momineen, instead considered him just a maulvi.

Muslim communities living in northern subcontinent came together as a political entity, including non-shurafa castes.