RELIGST 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Autocracy, Purdah, Hudud

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 3CC3
• Professor: Liyakat Takim

Document Summary

Seen as a revivalist influenced many thinkers in muslim world. Felt that islam needed revival from the past. Like sayyid al-qutb, albani & other fundamentalist thinkers. Studied also with deobandi ulama (particular views on islam) Around 1925 wrote a book on jihad in islam response to criticism that. Mawdudi saw a decline of islam due to corruption of islam by local customs. These had changed the true teachings of islam. Wanted to reform rather than eradicate sufism. Wanted to cut all cultural, social and political ties with hindus. 1932 published a journal called tarjuman al- quran; published for 47 years. 1941 founded jamaat islami islamic party. Mawdudi wrote tafhimu"l quran momentous work on quran that took him 30 years. 1947 partition with india jamaat islami moved to pakistan with. Mawdudi"s ambition was to turn pakistan into a true islamic state" based on the sharia. He began to lay down the foundations of what came to be known as.