Maududi Ban
THE Bangladesh government has ordered mosques and libraries to be purged of all books written by Abul Ala Maududi. The chief of the state-funded Islamic Foundation has said the late Jamaat-i-Islami founder’s books encourage “militancy and terrorism”. He added that the decision was taken as Maulana Maududi’s works are “against the peaceful ideology of Islam”. It appears there is a political angle to the Awami League government’s decision. Observers have said the government wants to keep a check on the activities of the Bangladesh Jamaat-i-Islami allied with the Awami League’s arch-rival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Maulana Maududi’s works have influenced the ideology of the various chapters of the Jamaat in the subcontinent.
Bangladesh’s state minister for religious affairs told parliament the other day that the government would withdraw books written by persons ‘identified’ as having been involved in ‘war crimes’ and ‘crimes against humanity’ during the 1971 war.
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