Deobandi

Deobandi (Pashto and Persian:دیو بندی‎‎, Urdu:دیو بندی‎, Bengali:দেওবন্দ, Hindi:देवबन्दी) is a revivalist movement within Sunni (primarily Hanafi) Islam. It is centered in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, has recently spread to the United Kingdom, and has a presence in South Africa. The name derives from Deoband, India, where the school Darul Uloom Deoband is situated. The movement was inspired by scholar Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703–1762), and was founded in 1867 in the wake of a failed revolt against British rule a decade earlier.