Founding the Jamaat-e-Islami Main entrance of the House of Syed Abul A'la Maududi 4-A, Zaildar Park, Ichhra, Lahore In 1941, Maududi founded Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in  British India  as a religious political movement to promote Islamic values and practices. JI was against the creation of Pakistan. Presented with a  fait accompli  after the