Darul sniffs ‘western plot’ behind Saudi’s Jamaat ban

Days after Saudi Arabia banned the Islamist proselytising movement, Tablighi Jamaat, calling it the gateway of terrorism, top leaders of the Jamaat, the Shura and leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband – the ideological fountainhead of the Jamaat – have reacted with shock and anger, blaming “a western plot” to defame a “puritanical” outfit with global footprint.