Editing Deobandi movement (section)

===Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam===
[[Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam]] ({{langx|ur|مجلس احرارلأسلام}}), also known in short as '''Ahrar''', was a conservative Deobandi political party in the [[Indian subcontinent]] during the [[British Raj]] (prior to the [[Partition of India|independence]] of [[Pakistan]]) founded 29 December 1929 at [[Lahore]]. [[Chaudhry Afzal Haq]], [[Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari]], [[Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi]], [[Mazhar Ali Azhar]], [[Zafar Ali Khan]] and [[Dawood Ghaznavi]] were the founders of the party.<ref>Ahmad, Syed N. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=wzm36rEol3sC Origins of Muslim consciousness in India: a world-system perspective]''. New York u.a: Greenwood Press, 1991. p. 175</ref> The Ahrar was composed of Indian Muslims disillusioned by the [[Khilafat Movement]],<ref name="Barbhuiya2020">{{cite book |last1=Barbhuiya |first1=Atiqur Rahman |title=Indigenous People of Barak Valley |publisher=Notion Press |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-64678-800-2 |quote=Muslim politics in India opened a new chapter after the formation of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind in 1919 A.D. under the initiative of [[Ulema]] of [[Deoband]]. It was founded by the dedicated freedom fighter Sheikh-Ul-Hindi Maulana Mahmudul Hasan of Darul-Uloom, Deoband. Jamiat played a very active role in India's freedom struggle.}}</ref><ref name="McDermottGordonEmbreeDalton2014">{{cite book |title=Sources of Indian Traditions: Modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-231-13830-7 |editor1-last=McDermott |editor1-first=Rachel Fell |edition=3rd |series=Introduction to Asian Civilizations |volume=2 |location=New York |page=457 |chapter=To Independence and Partition |jstor=10.7312/mcde13830.15 |editor2-last=Gordon |editor2-first=Leonard A. |editor3-last=Embree |editor3-first=Ainslie T. |editor4-last=Pritchett |editor4-first=Frances W. |editor5-last=Dalton |editor5-first=Dennis |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8qJAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA457}}</ref><ref name="Ali2011" /> which cleaved closer to the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]].<ref name="jaf">Christophe Jaffrelot. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9sI_Y2CKAcC&q=militia&pg=PA243 A history of Pakistan and its origins]''. Anthem Press, 2004. {{ISBN|978-1-84331-149-2}}</ref>{{page needed |date=August 2014}} The party was associated with opposition to [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] and against establishment of an independent [[Pakistan]] as well as criticism of the [[Ahmadiyya]] movement.<ref>{{cite book |first=Kalim |last=Bahadur |title=Democracy in Pakistan: crises and conflicts |page=176 |publisher=Har Anand Publications |year=1998}}</ref> After the [[Partition of India|independence]] of [[Pakistan]] in 1947, Majlis-e-Ahrar divided in two parts. Now, Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam is working for the sake of Muhammad{{vague|date=February 2014}}, nifaaz '''Hakomat-e-illahiyya''' and Khidmat-e-Khalq. In Pakistan, Ahrar secretariat is in [[Lahore]] and in India it is based in [[Ludhiana]].