{{Short description|Islamic website}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox website | name = Darulifta-Deoband.com | logo = Darulifta-Deoband (website) logo.png | logo_size = 200px | logo_caption = | screenshot = Darulifta-Deoband website (screenshot) 3 February 2022.jpg | caption = Screenshot of homepage on 3 February 2022 | url = {{url|https://darulifta-deoband.com/en}} | commercial = No | type = [[Islam|Islamic]], [[Hanafi]], <br> Legal/Religious | country_of_origin = [[India]] | author = | reg = Required | launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2007}} | current_status = Active | revenue = }}
'''Darulifta-Deoband.com''' is a bilingual (Urdu and English) [[fatwa]] website maintained by the Online Fatwa Department of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]. As of 2016, it is the world's largest bilingual fatwa website.<ref name=":0">{{Cite thesis |last=Ullah |first=Mohammed |title=The Contribution of Deoband School to Hanafi Fiqh A Study of Its Response to Modern Issues and Challenges |publisher=Centre for Federal Studies, [[Jamia Hamdard]] |year=2018 |page= |location=India |language=en |hdl=10603/326073 |degree=PhD |pages=105–106}}</ref> About 15,000 fatwas are sought in Darul Uloom Deoband every year, of which 6 to 7 thousand are online.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hashmi |first=M. Riyaz |date=10 November 2017 |title=Uttar pradesh: Darul Uloom Deoband's fresh decrees revive debate over relevance of fatwas |work=[[India Today]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20171120-darul-uloom-deoband-fatwas-eyebrows-posting-pictures-uttar-pradesh-1083409-2017-11-10}}</ref> In January 2022, India's [[National Commission for Protection of Child Rights]] recommended the government to shut down the website, citing its content as violating the country's laws.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=16 January 2022 |title=NCPCR asks UP government to probe Darul Uloom Deoband portal for 'unlawful' fatwas |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ncpcr-asks-up-government-to-probe-darul-uloom-deoband-portal-for-unlawful-fatwas-7726261/lite/}}</ref>
== History == Darul Uloom Deoband started their institutional website journey in 2002 after the arrival of internet facility to towns and cities of India.<ref name=":0" /> After the launch of the website and email communication, Darul Uloom Deoband's fatwa department or Darul Ifta started answering questions from the world over the [[internet]]. Thus, due to the increase in online queries and other requirements, Darul Uloom Deoband established Online Fatwa Department in 2005 and a bilingual (Urdu and English) website named Darulifta-Deoband.com was launched in 2007. As of December 2016, the website has about thirty thousand selected fatwas in Urdu and English sections, making it the world's largest bilingual fatwa website.<ref name=":0" /> As of January 2022, the website has 9,181 fatwas in the English section and 32,812 fatwas in the Urdu section. The number of respondent [[Mufti|muftis]] is 9, [[Habibur Rahman Khairabadi]] is the Chief.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://darulifta-deoband.com/en/about |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=darulifta-deoband.com}}</ref> == Criticism == Considering a complaint under 13 (1) (j) of the [[Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005|Protection of Child Rights Act]], The [[National Commission for Protection of Child Rights]] (NCPCR) said that the explanations and answers given on Darul Uloom Deoband's fatwa portal were not in accordance with the laws and regulations of the country. Such comments violate children's rights and harm them with free access to the Internet, the commission claimed. They have recommended to the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] to ban access to the website until such content is removed.<ref name=":1" />
The [[Students Islamic Organisation of India]] referred to this as "another attempt to undermine the madrassa".<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 January 2022 |title=NCPCR Asks UP Govt To Investigate Darul Uloom Deoband Portal For 'Unlawful & Deceptive' Fatwas |work=[[ABP News]] |url=https://news.abplive.com/news/india/ncpcr-asks-up-govt-to-investigate-darul-uloom-deoband-portal-for-unlawful-deceptive-fatwas-1506784/amp}}</ref> [[Abul Qasim Nomani]], VC of Darul Uloom Deoband said in response to the complaint that "those who seek fatwas in the light of the Sharia are only answered in the light of the Sharia. There is no obligation here."<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 January 2022 |title=Controversy on Fatwas: Know what Mohtamim said on the order of investigation of the portal of Darul Uloom Deoband |work=The India Print |url=https://www.theindiaprint.com/up-news-english/controversy-on-fatwas-know-what-mohtamim-said-on-the-order-of-investigation-of-the-portal-of-darul-uloom-deoband-163933 |archive-date=2 February 2022 |access-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202204542/https://www.theindiaprint.com/up-news-english/controversy-on-fatwas-know-what-mohtamim-said-on-the-order-of-investigation-of-the-portal-of-darul-uloom-deoband-163933 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
It was banned in India on 7 February 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 February 2022 |title=Darul Uloom's portal banned |work=[[ThePrint]] |url=https://theprint.in/india/darul-ulooms-portal-banned/823824/}}</ref> == See also == * [[Askimam]]
== References == {{Reflist}} == Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |last=Razavian |first=Christopher Pooya |chapter=Deoband's Conservatism: The Dār al-Iftā', Nadwatul Ulama and Muftī Muhammad Taqi Usmani |date=2018 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/modern-islamic-authority-and-social-change-volume-1/deobands-conservatism-the-dar-alifta-nadwatul-ulama-and-mufti-muhammad-taqi-usmani/FB564A11A892ADC865A2295BB727694B |series=Modern Islamic Authority and Social Change |volume=1 |title=Evolving Debates in Muslim Majority Countries |pages=252 |editor-last=Bano |editor-first=Masooda |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-1-4744-3324-2}} {{Darul Uloom Deoband}} [[Category:Publications of Darul Uloom Deoband]] [[Category:Internet properties established in 2007]] [[Category:Sunni Islamic websites]] [[Category:Deobandi websites]] [[Category:Indian websites]] [[Category:Islamic websites]] [[Category:Fatwas]] [[Category:Question-and-answer websites]]