Abul A'la Maududi
Sayyid Abul Ala al-Maududi (Urdu: سيد ابو الاعلى مودودی, Arabic: سيد أبو الأعلى المودودي; alternative spellings of first and last names: Syed, Maudoodi, and Mawdudi; often referred to as Maulana Maududi and Imam Maududi) (September 25, 1903 – September 22, 1979) [1] Maududi founded the Jamaat-e-Islami (The Islamic Party).
Islam and Politics
Maududi formulated a concept of a "theo-democracy," [2] in which three principles: tawhid (unity of God), risala (prophethood) and khilafa (caliphate) underlie the Islamic political system. [3] [4] [5]
Mawdudi asserts that Islamic democracy is the antithesis of secular Western democracy which bases hakmiya (sovereignty) on the people. [6] In an Islamic democracy the sovereignty of God and sovereignty of the people are mutually exclusive. [7]
Maududi maintains that an Islamic government must accept the supremacy of Islamic law over all aspects of political and religious life. [8]
Outside observers compare his ideology and theology to Nationalism blended with Islamic Fundamentalism, in many ways in opposition to the teachings of the Fiqh against Nationalism. Mawdudi's aim was not to build a non-existent state, but seize power from a well-established state structure and replace them with Sharia law controlled Islamic states. His methods have been compared to that of Mussolinis Fascist movement in Italy.[9]Mawdudi was known for his admiration for Hitler and Nazi Germany. In 1977 Mawdudi wrote
German Nazism could not have succeeded in establishing itself except as a result of the theoretical contributions of Fichte, Goethe and Nietzsche,coupled with the ingenious and mighty leadership of Hitler and his comrades[10]
References
- ^ Short Biography of Abulala Maududi
- ^ Abu al-A'la al-Mawdudi, "Political Theory of Islam," in Khurshid Ahmad, ed., Islam: Its Meaning and Message (London: Islamic Council of Europe, 1976), pp. 159-61.
- ^ Abu al-A'la al-Mawdudi, Islamic Way of Life (Delhi: Markazi Maktaba Islami, 1967), p. 40
- ^ Esposito and Piscatory, "Democratization and Islam," pp. 436-7, 440
- ^ Esposito, The Islamic Threat, pp. 125-6; Voll and Esposito, Islam and Democracy, pp. 23-6.
- ^ Abu al-A'la al-Mawdudi, Political Theory of Islam (Lahore: Islamic Publications, 1976), pp. 13, 15-7, 38, 75-82
- ^ Abu al-A'la al-Mawdudi, "Political Theory of Islam," in John J. Donahue and John L. Esposito, eds., Islam in Transition: Muslim Perspective (New York: Oxford University Press, 1982), p. 253.
- ^ Muhammad Yusuf, Maududi: A Formative Phase (Karachi: the Universal Message, 1979), p. 35.
- ^ Choueri, Y.M. (1993). "Theoretical paradigms of Islamic Movements". Political Studies. 41 (1): 108–116. Retrieved 04-13-2007.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Ala - Mawdudi, Sayyid Abdul (1977). "1". Minhaj al-inquilab al-Islami (The method of Islamic Revolution) (in Arabic (Translated by Mas'ud al-Nadwi)). Dar al-Ansar. pp. p 19.
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