Religion and Politics in the Undivided India: An Estimate of Jama'at-i-Islami's views about Pakistan Movement and Indian Partition

This study deals with the political activities of Jama'at-i-Islami during the Pakistan Movement. The religio-political sentiments arose in Maulana Maududi after the failure of Khilafat Movement and later between 1938 and 1941. In these circumstances Maulana Maududi decided to give an organizational shape to his ideas. Thus he founded Jama'at-i-Islami in 1941. The Jama'at was founded in such a time when Pakistan Movement was on its full swing under the umbrella of Muslim League's leaders. Right from its creation, the Jama'at supported the Muslim Nationalism but along this its bitterly criticized the Muslim League and its leaders including Quaid-i-Azam. The Jama'at and Maududi rejected the League's idea of Pakistan in line with their own ideas whatever they have. When the creation of Pakistan become certainty, Maududi stated that he would tried to Mould the public opinion in Muslim majority areas in favor of Pakistan because it demanded on the name of Islam and its should an Islamic state.