Murder in the Name of Allah — Page 49
CHAPTER 5. THE MAUDUDIAN LAW OF. APOSTASY. Surely, this is a reminder; so whoever wishes may take the way that leads to his Lord. . Quran, 76. 30. In our domain we neither allow any Muslim to change his religion nor allow any other religion to propagate its faith. . Maulana Maududi¹. Maulana Maududi's desire for political power knew no bounds. The law of apostasy which he evolved was an extension of his dictatorial and intolerant personality - it had nothing to do with Islam. Dr Israr Ahmad, who worked closely with Maududi, said that Maududi borrowed the principles of his movement from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and the. Khairi brothers and the style of his presentation from Niyaz Fatehpuri. . But he was so egocentric that he never acknowledged that his ideas came from anyone but himself. ². Similarly, the Maulana's ideas on apostasy, though originating from an interpretive error of early Muslim jurisprudence (fiqh) are, in fact, based on medieval Christianity. The Deoband school,³ which was on one hand collaborating with a predominantly Hindu political organisation the Indian National Congress and on the other fighting a rearguard action against the shuddi campaign, provided the gloss to Maududi's thoughts on the subject. The influence of Marxist writings, which the. Maulana seems to have read when a young and impressionable editor, is markedly noticeable in his thinking. The Tahrik-i Jamaati Islami is a curious blend of medieval Christian practices, Deobandi/Wahabi intolerance and Marxist incitement to disruption. . As we saw in the first chapter of this book, the concept of religious 49