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. About 15,000 fatwas are sought in Darul Uloom Deoband every year, of which 6 to 7 thousand are online. 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. Darul Uloom Deoband started their institutional website journey in 2002 after the arrival of internet facility to towns and cities of India. 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. 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 muftis is 9, Habibur Rahman Khairabadi is the Chief. More information...
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