Ahl-e Sunnat wa Jama'at, a religious movement led by a section of the Sunni Muslim 'ulama', and its prolific leader Maulana Ahmad Riza Khan are the central focus of this book. During the formative period of this movement, between the 1880s and 1920, the debates in which the Ahl-e Sunnat 'ulama' engaged with other north Indian 'ulama' did not deal with politics. The issues which concerned the Ahl-e Sunnat pertained mainly to religion. The 'ulama' tried to ...
