Skip to main content

Support WBUR

The Taliban's Ideology Has Surprising Roots In British-Ruled India

06:52
The main entrance to the campus of the Darul Uloom seminary in Deoband, India, where the Deobandi strain of Islam was founded in the 19th century. Among its more recent adherents are the Taliban. (NPR)
The main entrance to the campus of the Darul Uloom seminary in Deoband, India, where the Deobandi strain of Islam was founded in the 19th century. Among its more recent adherents are the Taliban. (NPR)

Related:

Support WBUR

Support WBUR

Listen Live