Timeline : Ideologies
The Islamic teachings that dominated or gained popularity in every decade that I have lived through.
|| 70s : Berlavi
The whole country was behind shrines, spiritual music and saints. I would assume 95% of the population in BD followed the Berlavi ideologies at that time. Milad was regularly arranged at one home or other in the community.
|| 80s : Spread of Deobandi
By this time the Deobandi teachings caught on with the general population. And Berlavi fiqh started to lose traction. Most of the Imams in mosque by this time where Deobandi educated. Milad lost popularity and became rare.
|| 90s : Rise of Ahle Hadith
Ahle hadith teachings started to spread within the educated community. There wasn't any Internet still. And communication was performed person to person and through booklets. The spread was more prominent on the west side of BD. Debates and arguments on differences were frequent and could be watched anywhere people were talking.
|| 2000s : Saudi Salafia
The salfiya movement caught on in BD by this time. Spread by large number of scholars returning from Medina university, satellite channels, and the internet. At one point it seemed to me that salafi teaching will take over Deobandi.
|| 2010s : Return of Deobandi
By this time we saw a revival of Deobandi teaching. Pumped by Deobandi scholars now becoming media aware and bracing it, which they were mostly avoiding before this time. And the arguments from the Salafi scholars becoming more tolerant toward the Deobandi teachings.
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