Who were Ulama? What did they fear? What did thy do to counter their fear?
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The ulama in Sunni Islam , they are the guardians,transmitters and interpreters of religious knowledge, of Islamic
doctrine and law. [2]
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Ulamas were the legal scholars of islam and shariat...
They feared-:
1. The colonial rulers would force their conversion and change the muslim laws.
2.The muslim dynasties would collapse gradually.
To counter their fear:
1. They used cheap lithographic presses and published the holy scriptures by translating them in Persian and Urdu.
2. The Deoband Seminary passed around 1000 fatwas telling the muslim readers how to conduct themselves in their everyday life and explajned the Islamic doctrines.
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