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Mawlana Mawdudi and political Islam : authority and the Islamic state

Mawlana Mawdudi was one of the most influential and important Islamic thinkers of the modern world, whose brand of political Islam has won widespread acceptance in South and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. He was not only an Islamic scholar, but also a journalist and political activist who founded the Jama'at-i-Islami, which has subsequently influenced the development of many Islamic movements and parties throughout the Muslim world. This book is the first to critically engage and assess his career and legacy within the wider context of political Islam. It includes coverage of his
eBook, English, 2011
Routledge, London, 2011
collective biographies
1 online resource (viii, 202 pages)
9780203848722, 9781282913288, 0203848721, 128291328X
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The life and times of Mawdudi
A noble lineage. 1903-1919
"A hidden power within me", 1920-1930
Crisis of the spirit, 1930-1939
The birth of a new party, 1940-1947
The Pakistan years, 1947-1979
Mawdudi and political Islam
The need for "intellectual independence"
The Salafiyyah
Mawdudi's paradigms: the four sources of his Islamic constitution
Theo-democracy (or divine government?)
Jihad and the permanent revolution
Mawdudi's legacy