The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 21
21 THE DEFINITION CONCOCTED BY MAUL A N A MAUD U D I Apart from all these definitions Maul a n a Maud u d i Sahib has come up with a definition of his own. He has not set out this definition in any detail, but has presented its applied version. I would like to present an excerpt from a book of his, so that you can see for yourselves whether a look at the faces of contemporary Muslims in Pakistan would, as is implied by his definition, show the appellations 'Muslim', 'Kafir' written on their faces. Since the present regime is pro- Maud u d i , and the ulema of Wah a b i school of thought presently hold sway over the government, it is necessary to present Maud u d i ’s definition to you at this stage. In his book Musalm a n aur Mauj u da Siy a s i Kashmakash (Muslims and the Contemporary Political Strife) volume 3, Maud u d i Sahib writes: "This gigantic horde that is called "Muslims", in reality 999 out of every thousand of its members neither have any knowledge of Islam nor are they able to distinguish between the truth and falsehood. Their moral viewpoint and mental attitude has also not undergone any transformation under Islam. A grandson inherits a Muslim name from his father just as the father inherited it from his own father—that is the sole reason why they happen to be