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THE ROLE OF MAWLANA ASHRAF ALI THANVI IN SOCIAL REFORM

Abstract

Muslims of south Asia encountered numerous challenges in the areas of social, cultural, religious, educational and economic domains by the hands of British rule and Western educated Muslims. The traditional Islam was under the threat of degeneration due to these elements; meanwhile, the personality of Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanvi emerged as a reformer in the different domains of religion. His academic and intellectual efforts are multi-dimensional in their nature and scope, which skirt the realms of Islamic Tasawwuf, Social etiquettes, politics, education and Tabligh (propagation of Islam). This research study will focus on the role of MawlanaThanvi in the social reform of South Asian Muslims

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