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Islamic Extremism
Jamaat-i-Islami
Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, born in India in 1903, became
perhaps one of the most influential writers and thinkers in twentieth
century Islamic politics. Even those who disagree with him are unable
to escape the basic concepts and terminology which he created - for
example, "Islamic movement," "Islamic politics," and "the Islamic
system of life."
His basic goal was to make Islam the supreme organizing principle in
the social and political life of the Muslim ummah. The concept upon
which he based this was iqamat-i-deen, which literally means "the
establishment of religion." According to this idea, all institutions
of civil society and the state must be totally subordinated to the
authority of divine law as revealed in the Qur'an and practiced by
Muhammad.
Thus, it was insufficient for members of society to practice Islam in
their personal lifes, no matter how devoutly and consistently.
Instead, faith must manifest itself in the social, economic and
political spheres of society. In practice, this meant establishing
the shari'a as the basic law of the land which all citizens must
follow, as well as the elimination of man-made civil law as an
abomination to God's sovereignty:
It is neither for us to decide the aim and purpose of our existence nor to prescribe
the limits of our worldly authority, nor is anyone else entitled to make these
decisions for us. ...Nothing can claim sovereignty, be it
a human being, a family, a class, or a group of people, or even the human race in the
world as a whole. God alone is the Sovereign, and His commandments the Law of Islam.
Thus, no ruler who refused to fully institute Islamic law really deserved obedience.
Secular rulers and their secular laws do not have authority over the believer - only
God and God's laws do. Revolution is not simply a r
ight, but is in fact a duty of every Muslim.
For this reason, Muslims must engage in jihad in order to re- create their society and
ultimately the world. He even declared that jihad was a central tenet of Islam, on par
with the traditional Five Pillars of Faith. Mau
dudi became perhaps the first systematic Islamic thinker to to put jihad in such a
central religious position.
In 1941, Maududi founded the Jamaat-i-Islami ("Islamic Party") to give his program an
institutional form and movement. He hoped to reconstitute Indian society based upon
Islamic law, although most members ended up moving
to Pakistan when that new state was created in order to ensure that Pakistan was made
and would stay a Muslim society.
For Maududi, Muslims lived at a time of crisis: Islam was in serious danger of being
destroyed by the power of the West. Because of this, Muslims could not retreat from
political life and leave matters in the hands of sec
ular politicians - they must instead take an active part in politics to ensure the
survival of Islam, and to keep secular politicians from coming to power in the first
place.
Doing this was also designed to help ensure their personal survival, too. Secular
rulers were corrupt and immoral - this is a consequence of preferring the laws of Man
over the laws of God. Instituting Islamic law, howeve
r, would ensure that corrupt rulers would never come to power, and that therefore
society would be just and equitable for all.
Fast-forward 60 years. On October 19th, 2001, the leader of the Jamaat, ameer Qazi
Hussain Ahmad, declared that the Pakistani government should be overthrown if it does
not cease its support of Western governments against
Afghanistan. According to the Jamaat, the conflict between the West and Afghanistan
is not over terrorism, but over religion:
Undoubtedly the real issue - which unfortunately a few understand - is the status of
testimony of the Prophethood of Muhammad. ...Intent to enslave Muslim rulers had
firmly been established now when we see a vast network
of Western army installations in the Middle East, which negotiate nothing besides
weakening the Muslim countries in all respects. ...The Westís fathering the human
rights, the emancipation of women and the like - slogans
raised in the name of civility - seem malicious and reflect religious
bigotry. ...Under the lucrative so-called slogans of human rights,
status of women and democratic governance, etc., this group is
injecting sugarcoated poison in peoples' minds and thus trying to re-
shape the life-style of the Ummah. In course of time, they believe,
unshakable Muslim faith on the absolute truth and the prophethood
shall gradually and automatically terminate this way.
All of the above ideas have their origins in the writings of Maududi.
In 1951, Maududi's works began to be published in Egypt just at the
time when agitation towards increased Islamization was beginning. One
of the people most heavily influenced by Maududi's ideas for
recreating society through Islamic law was Sayyid Qutb.
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