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Abul A'la Maududi — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1903–1979 · Pakistan · Theorist & founder

Abul A'la Maududi

The Islamic state, theorised

Sovereignty belongs to God alone.

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The influential theorist who systematised the modern idea of an Islamic state under divine sovereignty, founding a movement that shaped Islamist politics across South Asia.

social

Comprehensive religious-traditional ordering of society.

economic

An economy governed by religious law and prohibition of interest.

governance

The state as the instrument of divine sovereignty.

Notable for
  • Founded Jamaat-e-Islami
  • Theory of divine sovereignty (hakimiyya)
  • Vast theological-political corpus
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