Biography of maulana maududi ki

Abul A’la Maududi (1903–1979) was an influential Islamic revivalist, Islamist thinker, prolific author and political activist, and founder of the Jamaat-e-Islami, an Islamist political organization that has profoundly shaped the Islamic character of Pakistan.

Among Islamists globally, Maududi was one of the first to articulate a modern Islamic political vision and to forge a path independent of both traditional Islamic leadership (the ‘Ulama) as well as nationalist leaders. His writing and political life had an important impact on global Islamism, inspiring others across the Muslim world, both Sunni and Shi’a alike.

In colonial India, Maududi sought to unify the disparate elements of the Indian Muslim communities into a single broad community grounded in a shared Islamic identity with a unified political vision. Though initially a nationalist who supported a united India, he reacted to the growth of Hindu nationalist movements by tak