(Successors
of Kukas)
Muslim Socio-Religious Movements
Movement Year Place Founder Aims and
/Institution (s) Significance
Dar-ul-Ulum 1866 Deoband Maulana Its aims were to
Husain resuscitate
Ahmad and classical Islam and
others to improve the
spiritual and moral
conditions of the
Muslims. The
liberal
interpretation of
Islam by its
founders created
political
awakening among
its followers. Some
of them, like
Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad,
played an imprtant
role in the national
movement.
Nadwah-ul- 1894 Lucknow Maulana Its aims were to
Ulama Shibli recast Muslim
Numani and educational to
others develop religious
sciences, to reform
Muslim morals
and put an end to
the logical