Many of the teachers have qualified from the renowned Al-Azhar University in Egypt, with Masters and PhDs, in addition to their Alim and Hafiz qualifications from their own countries, under the Deobandi system.
Zahir also wrote on the Christian, Jews and the Hindus, as well as on the Deobandi Hanafis,
In addition, it also publishes conservative views of Deobandi Wahhabi scholars such as Maulana Nadeemul Wajidi, and translates opinion pieces from the Urdu press.
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Most madrassas in Pakistan cater to the dominant Sunni sect, having maximum Deobandi schools, with an estimated 4-10% madrassas serving the minority Shia population.
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There are five major governing bodies of Pakistani madrassas and their corresponding schools of thought are: Tanzim-ul-Madaras (Barelwi), Wafaq-ul-Madaras (Deobandi), Wafaq-ul-Madaras (Shia), Wafaq-ul-Madaras (Ahle Hadith) and Rabita-ul-Madaris (Jamaat-e-Islami).
In 1996, Basra, along with Akram Lahori a.k.a. Muhammad Ajmal and Malik Ishaq was a founder of the Deobandi Sunni militant organization Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.