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MAULANA MAUDUDI ON SLAVERY

FACTS:

1. Slavery was banned by Colonial Powers in all Moslim lands under their influence or occupation.

2. None of the Moslims believe in Slavery or making people of a Defeated Country their Slaves though there are Verses in Qoraan that permit doing all that. It means, our Civilization considers those verses obsolete now.

3. Mollaas preach that Islam was the 1st Religion of the world that banned Slavery but that's not true.

4. Slavery was never banned in Islam but a lot Moslims believe it was and there's no Slavery allowed in Islam though history tells us that 2 of the 1st 4 Caliphs died of attacks by their own Slaves.

5. Since Mollaas do not think, any verses of Qoraan can ever be declared obsolete, some modern Mollaas have changed the meanings of those verses on Internet though their in translations of Qoraan in all languages they remain original.

6. MauDooDi didn't consider them obsolete and in his famous Six Volume 'tafseer', 'Tafhimol Qoran' (Urdu), by IDaara Tarjomaanol Qoran, Lahore, November, 1982, what he wrote is being reproduced here below.

The Captive Women:

1:340 means Vol 1 Pg 340. The summary and conclusion of discussion on War Captives, Vol 1 Pg 340:

"Even today, the government must distribute the women war captives among Muslim soldiers and the soldiers should 'use' them. This rule will apply to women regardless of whether they belong to the People of the Book, or any other religion".

(TafhimaT 2:292)

Slavery:

* "A Slave-owner can sell his slave whenever and to whomever he pleases".
* "'The act of kindness' means that the captives be turned Slaves and given into the ownership of (Moslim) individuals".
* "A Bonded-woman given to any man by the rulers is as legal and binding a process as 'Nikah' (marriage)".
* "A Captive of War will remain a Slave even if he or she embraces Islam".
* "If a Slave tries to escape or create mischief, the master has the right to kill him/her".
* "While the Shariah has limited the number of wives to four, it places NO LIMIT to the number of concubines a man can possess. He can have sexual relations with them freely.
There is no reason for any man to feel bad about having sex with these Concubines".

(Ref: Book: Tafhimul Quran 1:340 onwards, and 5 :14 onwards)

Aziz Huq <azizhuq@hotmail.com> wrote:

Yashwant does not understand why any one should consider Maududi a hero. Farida Majid considers him curse for our land. A large number of people all over the world have a different opinion on him.

Maulana Maududi is neither a hero nor a curse. Then what is his place in history?

At home, in my personal library I have six English translations of the Qur'an and two tafseers. One of each (a translation and a tafseer) is the work of Maulana Maududi. I dip into all of these to quench my thirst for knowledge and understanding. I find Maulana Maududi's understanding of the Divine Message very clear and focused. Is he the best or is he perfect? I do not think so. But without any doubt he is one of the greatest Islamic scholar and thinker of our times.

Should one make too much out of the fact that he was arrested by the Pakistani military and sentenced by their tribunal? How did the same military treat Sheikh Mujib?

Robindra Nath Tagore and Nazrul Islam are both Bengali poets loved and adored by millions of Bangalis. Yet one was jailed and the other was decorated with the highest literary award in the world. People who love poetry love both Tagoe and Nazrul.

Millions of Muslims read the translations of Maududi in Urdu, Bangla and English and benefit from his clear understanding of Islam. As I mentioned no man is perfect. As such the people who love Islam love Maulana Maududi for his scholarship as they also love other scholars and thinkers.

Aziz Ul Huq


From: farida_majid@hotmail.com

      Can someone find the Munir-Kayani Report from Pakistani archives and help distribute it as widely as possible?
      The curse of Moududi is the scourge on our land, on our faith and our lives. Please do all you can to battle against this curse and restore sanity and humanity to our people.

         Farida Majid

[Below is a note from a cyber-friend in an Indian forum where I had described the plight of Bangladesh in the hands of Jamaat. He echoes my sentiments]

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It should be pointed out that Maududi's imprisonment and death sentence
was for his role in instigation sectarion riots in Pakistan.

The disturbances were of such magnitude that martial law had to be
imposed.

Maududi contributed greatly to rise of intolerance in Pakistan (and the
rest of the subcontinent as well).

The disturbanced were investigated by a panel of judges 'Punjab
Disturbances Court Of Inquiry', which after a detailed investigation
submitted a 384-page report in 1954. It is sometimes called the
Munir-Kayani report, after the two distinguished Justices who headed the
investigation. I will share some of the sections of the report. It is
a very important document for students of modern history, not just of
Pakistan but of the subcontinent as well.

Maududi cannot be considered to be a hero in a society that values
tolerance.

I cannot understand why the Bihar Anjuman, or any other Indian groups
would regard him as a hero.

Yashwant

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