Maulana maududi daughter

NameMaulana Abu'l a'la Maududi (1903-1979)Also Known AsAbdul Ala MaududiBiographyPakistani Abu'l a'la Maududi was an extremely important figure in the development of radical Salafi Islam in the 20^th Century.

Although his influence has often been overlooked, Maududi provides the missing link between the relatively vague programme of Hassan al-Banna'sIkhwan al-Muslimin (Muslim Brotherhood, MB) and the sophisticated ideology evidenced by the later works of Sayyid Qutb.Although both Maududi and al-Banna recognised the importance of science and technology, they concurred that technology could only profitably be harnessed by Islamic, not Western methods, as they believed the Qur'an and Sunnah provide a guide to all aspects of life, inlcuding government.¹¹ Esposito, Unholy War, pp52-53.Maududi's assumptions and methodology were quintessentially Salafist, presupposing that the contemporary, mainstream understandings of Islam were unreliable becau