From: cczaziz@mips.nott.ac.uk (Zahid Aziz)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Maudoodi's answers at Munir Enquiry
Date: 12 Apr 92 14:44:35 GMT
Organization: Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham
Originator: cczaziz@mips

As promised in my last article, I give below the exact quotation
relating to Maudoodi's reply from the Munir Report.

The Report says:

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     ... if Pakistan is entitled to base its constitution on religion,
     the same right must be conceded to other countries where Muslims
     are in substantial minorities ... We, therefore, asked the
     various ulama whether, if non-Muslims in Pakistan were to be
     subjected to this discrimination in matters of citizenship, the
     ulama would have any objection to Muslims in other countries
     being subjected to a similar discrimination. Their reactions to
     this suggestion are reproduced below:--

     ...
     ...

     Maulana Abul Ala Maudoodi:--
     Q.-- If we have this form of Islamic Government in Pakistan,
          will you permit Hindus [in India] to base their Constitution
          on the basis of their own religion?

     A.--Certainly. I should have no objection even if the Muslims
         of India are treated in that form of Government as shudras and
         malishes and Manu's laws are applied to them, depriving them
         of all share in the Government and the rights of a citizen. In
         fact such a state of affairs already exists in India.

(pp. 227-228)

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The Report makes the following observations about the Jama`at-
i Islami:

     "The Jama`at was, therefore, professedly opposed to the Muslim
     League's conception of Pakistan, and since the establishment of
     Pakistan, which it described as Napak-istan, has been opposed to
     the present system of Government and those who are running it. In
     none of the writings of the Jama`at produced before us there is
     to be found the remotest reference in support of the demand for
     Pakistan, and, on the contrary, these writings which contain
     several possible hypotheses, are all opposed to the form in which
     Pakistan came into being and at present exists."
     (p. 243)

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In his book "Tehrik Azadi-i Hind aur Musalman" Part 2 (published 1972;
8th printing 1987; Islamic Publications Ltd., Lahore), Maudoodi has
compiled his old articles about the founding of Pakistan. In one of
them (reproduced from November 1939), he wrote:

     "Magar afsos kay League kay Qaid-i Azam say lay ker chhotay
     muqtadeeon tak ayk bhi aysa nahin jo Islami zehniyat aur Islami
     tarz-i-fikr rakhta ho aur muamlaat ko Islami nukta-i-nazar say
     daikhta ho. Yeh log musalman kay maani-o-mafhoom aur us ki
     makhsoos haysiyat ko bilkul nahin jantay." (p. 42)

Translation:

     "Regrettably, from the Quaid-i Azam of the Muslim League down to
     its ordinary followers, there is not even one person who
     possesses an Islamic mentality and an Islamic mode of thinking,
     and looks at things from an Islamic point of view. These people
     know nothing whatsoever about the meaning and significance of
     `Muslim' and its distinctive position.

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Please also note that Maudoodi gave the following definition of a
Muslim to the Munir court of enquiry:

     "Q.-- Please define a Muslim?

     A.-- A person is a Muslim if he believes: (1) in tauheed, (2) in
     all the prophets (anbiya), (3) all the books revealed by God, (4)
     in mala'ika (angels), and (5) yaum-ul-akhira (the Day of
     Judgment).

     Q.-- Is a mere profession of belief in these articles sufficient
     to entitle a man to call himself a Muslim and to be treated as a
     Muslim in an Islamic state?

     A.--Yes."

(pp. 215-216 of the Report)


Are members of the Jama`at-i Islami today prepared to accept this
definition given by their own founder, and have it incorporated into
the Pakistan constitution, so that we get to know who IS a Muslim, and
NOT (as at present) who is a non-Muslim!

You now know why the Munir Report is "unavailable" in Pakistan!