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65-490: The project is sponsored by Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan . The system has branches in all four Pakistani provinces, including Kashmir , FATA and Gilgit-Baltistan . The system offers education ranging from preschool to secondary level in addition to a program of preparatory courses towards the completion of a Secondary School Certificate . Hira Schools maintain low tuition fees to allow low-income students to enroll. Tanzeem-e-Asatiza Pakistan (Teachers Association of Pakistan),

130-474: A circumscribed "Muslim state". Maududi agitating instead for an "Islamic state" covering the whole of India – this despite the fact, Muslims made up only about one quarter of India's population. Jamaat-e-Islami thus actively opposed the partition of India , with its leader Maulana Abul A'la Maududi arguing that concept violated the Islamic doctrine of the ummah . The Jamaat-e-Islami saw the partition as creating

195-509: A few years) were among the founders of Jamaat-e-Islami along with Syed Abul Ala Maududi. Maududi saw his group as a vanguard of Islamic revolution following the footsteps of early Muslims who gathered in Medina to found an Islamic state. JIP was and is strictly and hierarchically organised in a pyramid-like structure, working toward the common goal of establishing an ideological Islamic society, particularly though educational and social work, under

260-502: A major section of the province's religious leadership as a result of the rise in interest in pan-Islamic issues during the years leading up to 1919. Support for broader Islamic concerns during this period was directly associated with the gradual erosion of the barriers which had isolated the Sindh region from developments taking place. The movement is noted to have played a role in boosting unity among Hindus and Muslims. The Congress supported

325-472: A modernising agenda and opposed the encroachment of religion into politics. He banned political parties and warned Maududi against continued religio-political activism. JIP offices were closed down, funds were confiscated and Maududi was imprisoned in 1964 and 1967. JIP supported the opposition party, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). In the 1964–1965 presidential elections, JIP supported

390-876: A national war of independence with support from the Ottoman Empire. Abdul Hamid II was forced to restore the constitutional monarchy , marking the start of the Second Constitutional Era by the Young Turk Revolution . He was succeeded by his brother Mehmed V (1844–1918) but following the revolution, the real power in the Ottoman Empire lay with the Young Turks . The movement was a topic in Conference of London (February 1920) ; however, nationalist Arabs saw it as threat of continuation of Turkish dominance of Arab lands. The Ottoman Empire , having sided with

455-689: A nationwide campaign of mass, peaceful civil disobedience . Some also engaged in a protest emigration from North-West Frontier Province to Afghanistan under Amanullah Khan . The movement also saw donations by Indians to help in this movement. A committee was also started for sending funds to help Ankara government of Mustafa Kemal. The non-cooperation campaign was at first successful. The programme started with boycott of legislative councils, government schools, colleges and foreign goods. Government functions and surrender of titles and distinctions. Massive protests, strikes and acts of civil disobedience spread across India. Hindus and Muslims joined forces in

520-487: A teacher wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, introduced the Hira educational project in the late 1990s. It operates 215 schools and 10 colleges across the country. The system employs 2,045 male and 1,415 female teachers who provide instruction to the 32,000 male and 28,700 female students. The Hira Educational Foundation organizes all the branches, develops curriculum, conducts faculty training and inspects schools. The curriculum

585-623: A temporal border that would divide Muslims from one another. Jamaat-e-Islami was founded in colonial India on August 26, 1941 at Islamia Park in the city of Lahore , before the Partition of India . JIP began as an Islamist social and political movement. Seventy-five people attended the first meeting and became the first members of the movement. Maulana Amin Ahsan Islahi , Maulana Naeem Siddiqui , Maulana Muhammad Manzoor Naumanai and Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (although he left after

650-618: Is a " vanguard party ", whose members are intended to be leaders spreading party beliefs and influence. Supporters not thought qualified to be members may become "affiliates", and beneath them are "sympathizers". The party leader is called an " ameer ". Although, it does not have a large popular following, the party is quite influential and considered one of the major Islamic movements in Pakistan, along with Deobandi and Barelvi (represented by Jamiat Ulema-e Islam political party and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan party respectively). Jamaat-e-Islami

715-466: Is also noted for promoting Hindu-Muslim unity. It ended in 1922 after the end of the non-cooperation movement. Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842–1918) launched his pan-Islamist program in a bid to protect the Ottoman Empire from Western attack and dismemberment and to crush the democratic opposition at home. He sent an emissary, Jamaluddin Afghani , to India in the late 19th century. The cause of

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780-584: Is an educational body that includes 63 Baithak schools. Rabita-ul-Madaris Al-Islamia supports 164 JIP madrasas . JIP also operates the Hira Schools (Pakistan) Project and Al Ghazali Trust. The foundation administers schools, women's vocational centres, adult literacy programs, hospitals and mobile chemists and other welfare programs. In this respect, JIP interacts with the general market. Khilafat Movement Political Militant [REDACTED] Islam portal The Khilafat movement (1919–22)

845-544: Is provided by the Association For Academic Quality (AFAQ) and includes AFAQ's Sun Series and AFAQ's Iqbal Series of textbooks. Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Political Militant [REDACTED] Islam portal Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan ( JIP ), is a Pakistani Islamist political party. It is the Pakistani successor to Jamaat-e-Islami , which was founded in colonial India in 1941. JIP

910-442: The 1977 election , JIP won nine of the 36 seats won by the opposition Pakistan National Alliance . The opposition considered the election rigged (Bhutto's PPP won 155 out of 200 seats) and Maududi, who had been arrested, called on Islamist parties to commence a campaign of civil disobedience . The Sunni -led government of Saudi Arabia intervened to secure Maududi's release from prison warning of revolution in Pakistan. JIP assisted

975-646: The Ahmadiyya , who the JIP believed should be declared non-Muslims. In March 1953, riots in Lahore started leading to looting, arson and the killing of at least 200 Ahmadis and the declaration of selective martial law . The military leader, Azam Khan had Maududi arrested and Rahimuddin Khan sentenced him to death for sedition (writing anti-Ahmadiyya pamphlets). Many JIP supporters were imprisoned during this time. The 1956 Constitution

1040-658: The Bangladesh liberation war , JIP members may have collaborated with the Pakistani army. In 1968, Maulana Maududi took leave from Emarat of the Jamaat and Maulana Naeem Siddiqui became the Ameer of Jamat e Islami for one year. In 1969, Maulana took Charge of the Jamaat again. In 1972, Maududi resigned citing poor health, and Maulana Naeem Siddiqui refused to become the Ameer of the Jamaat due to his research activities. Thus, in October 1972,

1105-701: The Bonus Share Scheme allowing factory workers to own shares in their employers' companies); and a policy of strong relationships with the Muslim world . Just prior to the election, Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan left the alliance leaving JIP to run against the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Awami League . The party had a disappointing showing when it won only four seats in the National Assembly and four in

1170-560: The Central Powers during World War I , suffered a major military defeat. The Treaty of Versailles (1919) reduced its territorial extent and diminished its political influence but the victorious Europe powers promised to protect the Ottoman sultan's status as the caliph. However, under the Treaty of Sèvres (1920), territories such as Palestine , Syria , Lebanon , and Iraq were severed from

1235-658: The Khilafat Movement ; Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 's ascension at the end of the Ottoman Caliphate ; and the impact of Indian Nationalism , the Indian National Congress and Hinduism on Muslims in India. He supported what he called "Islamization from above", through an Islamic state in which sovereignty would be exercised in the name of Allah and Islamic law ( sharia ) would be implemented. Maududi believed politics

1300-616: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. JIP continued its opposition to the War on terrorism, particularly the presence of American troops and agencies in Pakistan. JIP also called for restoration of judiciary. In 2006, JIP opposed the Women's Protection Bill saying it did not need to be scrapped but instead, be applied in a fairer way and be more clearly understood by judges. Ahmed said, Samia Raheel Qazi, MP and daughter of Ahmed stated, At least during

1365-519: The Majlis-e-Shoura (council) elected Mian Tufail Mohammad (1914–2009) as the new leader of JIP. Naeeem Siddiqui was chosen as the general secretary. After Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1973–1977) was elected, the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami ( Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba ) burned effigies of him in Lahore and declared his election a "black day". In early 1973, the amir, of the JIP even appealed to

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1430-496: The Pakistan National Alliance (PNA) to oust Bhutto and met with Zia-ul-Haq for ninety minutes on the night before Bhutto was hanged. Initially, JIP supported General Zia-ul-Haq (1977–1987). In turn, Zia's use of Islamist rhetoric gave JIP importance in public life beyond the size of its membership. According to journalist Owen Bennett-Jones , JIP was the "only political party" to offer Zia "consistent support" and

1495-530: The Taliban . JIP condemned the events of 11 September 2001 , but equally condemned the US when Afghanistan was invaded . Some members of Al-Qaeda , for example, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , were arrested in Pakistan. In the 2002 election , JIP made an alliance of religious parties called Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) ( lit.   ' United Council of Action ' ) and won 53 seats, including most of those representing

1560-470: The elections . Ahmad declined to stand for re-election due to health issues, and Syed Munawar Hassan was elected as the ameer. On 30 March 2014, Siraj-ul-Haq , serving as senior minister in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and the party's deputy chief, was elected as the new ameer. He replaced the incumbent Munawer Hasan and the party's general secretary, Liaqat Baloch . 25,533 office bearers of

1625-930: The All India Khilafat Committee. The organisation was based in Lucknow, India at Hathe Shaukat Ali, the compound of Landlord Shaukat Ali Siddiqui. They aimed to build political unity amongst Muslims and use their influence to protect the caliphate. In 1920, they published the Khilafat Manifesto, which called upon the British to protect the caliphate and for Indian Muslims to unite and hold the British accountable for this purpose. The Khilafat Committee in Bengal included Mohmmad Akram Khan , Manruzzaman Islamabadi , Mujibur Rahman Khan and Chittaranjan Das . In 1920 an alliance

1690-545: The Congress. The Ali brothers joined Muslim League. Up to the turn of the 20th century, the British system of political control was effective in Sindh. During the Khilafat movement, however, the British dealt with another major challenge to their rule. The Khilafat movement represented the first occasion on which a major number of Sindhi pirs came together on a common platform to oppose British policy, and their involvement showed

1755-604: The Islamic Research Academy, Karachi, Idara Taleemi Tehqeeq, Lahore, the Mehran Academy, and the Institute of Regional Studies . Its print media publications number 22, including the daily Jasarat , weekly Friday Special , weekly Asia , monthly Tarjumanul Quran and fortnightly Jihad-e-Kashmir , with Jasarat in particular having a circulation of 50,000. The Islami Nizamat-e-Taleem, led by Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed ,

1820-455: The Jamaat split into two organisations, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (the Indian wing). Other wings of Jamaat include Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir , founded in 1953, Jamaat-e-Islami Azad Kashmir founded in 1974, and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami , founded in 1975. Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan came under severe government repression in 1948, 1953, and 1963. During the early years of

1885-533: The Jamaat-e-Islami was spearheading a major "campaign for the protection of ideology of Pakistan," which it believed was under threat from atheistic socialists and secularists. JIP participated in the 1970 general election . Its political platform advocated political freedom of the provinces and Islamic law based on the Quran and Sunnah. There would be separation of the powers (judiciary and legislature); basic rights for minorities (such as equal employment opportunities and

1950-727: The Muslims of India, the prospect of being conscripted to fight against fellow Muslims in Turkey was anathema. To its founders and followers, the Khilafat was not a religious movement but rather a show of solidarity with their fellow Muslims in Turkey. Mohammad Ali and his brother Maulana Shaukat Ali joined with other Muslim leaders such as Pir Ghulam Mujaddid Sarhandi, Sheikh Shaukat Ali Siddiqui, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari , Raees-Ul-Muhajireen Barrister Jan Muhammad Junejo , Hasrat Mohani , Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari , Mohammad Farooq Chishti , Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Dr. Hakim Ajmal Khan to form

2015-474: The Ottoman monarch evoked religious passion and sympathy amongst Indian Muslims. Being the caliph, the Ottoman sultan was nominally the supreme religious and political leader of all Sunni Muslims across the world. However, this authority was never actually used. A large number of Muslim religious leaders began working to spread awareness and develop Muslim participation on behalf of the caliphate . Muslim religious leader Maulana Mehmud Hasan attempted to organize

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2080-741: The Restoration of Democracy . JIP also supported Zia's Jihad against the Soviet–Afghan War and its sister party Jamiat-e Islami led by Burhanuddin Rabbani became part of the Peshawar Seven that received aid from Saudi Arabia, United States and other jihad supporters. Such conundrums caused tension in JIP based on conflict between ideology and politics. In 1987, Mian Tufail declined further service as head of JIP for health reasons and Qazi Hussain Ahmad

2145-500: The Senate on 27 September and announced the start of a long march against Benazir Bhutto 's government. The protest started on 27 October 1996 by Jamaat-e-Islami and opposition parties. On 4 November 1996, Bhutto's government was dismissed by President Leghari primarily because of corruption. JIP then boycotted the 1997 election , and therefore, lost representation in Parliament . However,

2210-573: The army to overthrow Bhutto's government because of "its inherent moral corruption." JIP "spearheaded" the anti-Bhutto political movement under the religious banner of Nizam-i-Mustafa (Order of the Prophet). Bhutto attempted to suppress JIP through the imprisonment of JIP and Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba members. There were electoral irregularities at the 1975 elections with JIP members being arrested in order to prevent them from lodging their nomination papers. However, by 1976, JIP had 2 million registrants. In

2275-607: The caliphate emerged across the Muslim world, the most prominent activities took place in India. A prominent Oxford educated Muslim journalist, Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar had spent four years in prison for advocating resistance to the colonial government and support for the caliphate. At the onset of the Turkish War of Independence , Muslim religious leaders feared for the caliphate, which the European powers were reluctant to protect. To some of

2340-499: The caliphate to Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi , on the condition that he reside outside Turkey; Senussi declined the offer and confirmed his support for Abdulmejid . The title was then claimed by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and Hejaz , leader of the Arab Revolt , but his kingdom was defeated and annexed by Ibn Saud in 1925. Although political activities and popular outcry on behalf of

2405-478: The campaign, which was initially peaceful . Gandhi, the Ali brothers and others were swiftly arrested by the colonial government. Under the flag of Tehrik-e-Khilafat, a Punjab Khilafat deputation comprising Moulana Manzoor Ahmed and Moulana Lutfullah Khan Dankauri took a leading role throughout India, with a particular concentration in the Punjab (Sirsa, Lahore, Haryana etc.). People from villages such as Aujla Khurd were

2470-531: The empire. Within Turkey, a progressive, secular nationalist movement arose, known as the Turkish national movement . During the Turkish War of Independence (1919–1923), the Turkish revolutionaries , led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , abolished the Treaty of Sèvres with the Treaty of Lausanne (1923). Pursuant to Atatürk's Reforms , the Republic of Turkey abolished the position of the caliphate in 1924. Atatürk offered

2535-472: The execution of Qadri. Hafiz Naeem Ur Rehman was elected the Ameer of Jamaat e Islami on 4 April 2024. JIP provides unions for doctors, teachers, lawyers, farmers, workers and women, for example, Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT), Jamiat Talaba Arabia and Islami Jamaat-e-Talibaat (its female branch) a Students' union and JI Youth Pakistan , a youth group. The party has a number of publications from affiliated agencies such as Idara Marif-e-Islami, Lahore,

2600-468: The first ameer. Since the early 1980s, it has also developed close links with Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir and acted as the vanguard of the armed insurgency in that province. Jamaat-e-Islami's founder and leader until 1972 was Abul A'la Maududi , a widely read Islamist philosopher and political commentator, who wrote about the role of Islam in South Asia. His thought was influenced by many factors including

2665-546: The leadership of its emirs (commanders or leaders). As a vanguard party, its fully-fledged members ( arkan ) are intended to be leaders and devoted to the party, but there is also a category of much more numerous sympathizers and workers ( karkun ). The emir is obliged by the party constitution to consult an assembly called the shura . The JIP also developed sub-organisations, such as those for women and students. JIP began by volunteering in refugee camps; performing social work; opening hospitals and medical clinics and by gathering

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2730-592: The main contributors to the cause. Although holding talks with the colonial government and continuing their activities, the Khilafat movement weakened as Muslims were divided between working for the Congress, the Khilafat cause and the Muslim League . The Khilafat leadership fragmented on different political lines. Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari created Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam with the support of Chaudhry Afzal Haq . Leaders such as Dr. Ansari, Maulana Azad and Hakim Ajmal Khan remained strong supporters of Gandhi and

2795-579: The movement as part of his opposition to the British Empire , and he also advocated for a wider non-cooperation movement at the same time. Vallabhbhai Patel , Bal Gangadhar Tilak and other Hindu and Congress figures also supported the movement. Generally described as a protest against the sanctions placed on the Ottoman Empire after the First World War by the Treaty of Sèvres , the movement

2860-493: The movement in response to the divide and rule strategy by the British. The period of 1919-1922 is widely seen as the heyday of Hindu-Muslim unity. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk had thanked the Congress for its sympathy, and hoped that it would soon gain Swaraj . The movement is described as a milestone in the growth of the Muslim nationalism and the history of civil disobedience in India. For example, Muhammad Ali Jinnah , who had at

2925-802: The newly formed All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) which promotes the independence of Jammu and Kashmir from India. Prior to this, JIP had allegedly set up the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen , a Kashmir liberation militia to oppose the Kashmir Liberation Front which fights for the complete independence of the Kashmir region. Ahmad left his position in the Senate in protest against corruption. On 20 July 1996, Qazi Hussain Ahmed announced to start protests against government alleging corruption. Qazi Hussain resigned from

2990-462: The opposition leader, Fatima Jinnah , despite its opposition to women in politics. In 1965, during the Indo-Pakistani war , JIP supported the government's call for jihad , presenting patriotic speeches on Radio Pakistan and seeking support from Arab and Central Asian countries. The group resisted Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Maulana Bhashani 's socialist program of the time. By the end of 1969,

3055-546: The party out of a total of 31,311 voted in these elections. It was the first time that the party had voted out an ameer after just one term. He, therefore, resigned from his role as senior minister. This coincided with a drone attack on a madrassa in Bajaur Agency . In 2016, Siraj-ul-Haq led funeral prayers for Mumtaz Qadri , who had been executed for assassinating Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer while serving as his bodyguard. Siraj-ul-Haq called for nationwide protests against

3120-465: The party remained politically active, for example, protesting the arrival of the Indian Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee , in Lahore . In 1999, Pervez Musharraf took power in a military coup . JIP, at first, welcomed the general but then objected when Musharraf began to make secular reforms and then again in 2001, when Pakistan joined the war on terror , alleging Musharraf had betrayed

3185-578: The provincial assemblies after fielding 151 candidates. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto won the 1970 election campaign and was strongly opposed by JIP who believed he and his socialist ideology were a threat to Islam. JIP opposed the Awami League East Pakistani separatist movement. Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba organised the Al-Badar to fight the Mukti Bahini (Bengali liberation forces). In 1971, during

3250-537: The regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , Jamaat-e-Islami's position improved and it became seen as the "regime's ideological and political arm", with party members at times holding cabinet portfolios of information and broadcasting, production, and water, power and natural resources. In 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War , JIP opposed the independence of Bangladesh. However, in 1975, it established Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh with Abbas Ali Khan as

3315-403: The significant influence of the pirs and the considerable support which they attracted for the Khilafat cause, the system of control proved its credibility by reducing the threat posed to British rule to one of manageable proportions. The British system of control was seriously threatened by the involvement of Sindhi pirs in the Khilafat movement. The concerns of the movement appealed strongly to

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3380-518: The skins of animals sacrificed for Eid-ul-Azha . During the prime-ministership of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (September 1956 – October 1957), JIP argued for a separate voting system for different religious communities. Suhrawardy convened a session of the National Assembly at Dhaka and through an alliance with Republicans, his party passed a bill for a mixed voting system. In 1951, it ran candidates for office, but did not do well. JIP found it

3445-425: The skins of animals sacrificed for Eid-ul-Azha . JIP had a number of unique features. All members, including its founder Mawdudi, uttered the shahadah – the traditional act of converts to Islam – when they joined. This was a symbolic gesture of conversion to a new Islamic perspective, but to some implied that "the Jamaat stood before Muslim society as Islam before jahiliyah ", (pre-Islamic ignorance). After Pakistan

3510-525: The time been a force for Hindu-Muslim unity in the aftermath of the 1916 Lucknow Pact , left the Congress after his words of caution against the entangling of the secular independence movement with the religious nature of the Khilafat movement were not heeded; later on, he became a key leader of the Pakistan Movement . Critics, however, argue that the Khilafat movement was not nationalist or anti-imperialist, but rather that its religious rhetoric concealed

3575-538: The time of Ahmad, the position of JIP on revolutionary action was that it was not ready to turn to extra-legal action but that its objectives are definite ( qat'i ) but its methods are "open to interpretation and adaptation ( ijtihadi )" based on the "exigencies of the moment". On 23 July 2007, Qazi Hussain Ahmad tendered his resignation from the National Assembly to protest against the Army operation at Lal Masjid . In 2008, JIP and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf again boycotted

3640-441: The way in which they were being gradually involved in the issues of the broader Indian Muslim community. Similar to their co-religionists elsewhere, many of these pirs were affected due to the rise in pan-Islamic sentiment and also by the changing awareness of the position of Muslims in South Asia. Their participation in the agitation severely threatened to undermine the position of the British colonial rule in Sindh. Yet, regardless of

3705-399: Was "an integral, inseparable part of the Islamic faith, and that the Islamic state that Muslim political action seeks to build" would not only be an act of piety but would also solve the many (seemingly non-religious) social and economic problems that Muslims faced. Maududi opposed British rule but also opposed the Muslim nationalist movement (nationalism being un-Islamic) and their plan for

3770-498: Was a political campaign launched by Indian Muslims in British India over British policy against Turkey and the planned dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire after World War I by Allied forces. Leaders participating in the movement included Shaukat Ali , Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar , Hakim Ajmal Khan , and Abul Kalam Azad who organised the movement to redress the grievances of Turkey. Mahatma Gandhi had supported

3835-446: Was adopted after accommodating many of the demands of the JIP. Maududi endorsed the constitution and claimed it a victory for Islam. In 1958, JIP formed an alliance with Abdul Qayyum Khan (Muslim League) and Chaudhry Muhammad Ali ( Nizam-e-Islam Party ). The alliance destabilised the presidency of Iskander Mirza (1956–1958), and Pakistan returned to martial law. The military ruler, the president Muhammad Ayub Khan (1958–1964), had

3900-588: Was elected. In 1987, when Zia died, the Pakistan Muslim League formed the right-wing alliance, Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI). In 1990 when Nawaz Sharif came to power, JIP boycotted the cabinet on the basis that the Pakistan Peoples' Party and the Pakistan Muslim League were problematic to equal degrees. In the election of 1993 , JIP won three seats. In this year, JIP was a member of

3965-461: Was formed, it forbade Pakistanis to take an oath of allegiance to the state until it became Islamic, arguing that a Muslim could in clear conscience render allegiance only to God. Following the Partition of India, Maududi and JIP migrated from East Punjab to Lahore in Pakistan. There they volunteered to help the thousands of refugees pouring into the country from India – performing social work; opening hospitals and medical clinics; and by gathering

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4030-415: Was founded in Islamia Park , Lahore , British India in 1941 by the Muslim theologian and socio-political philosopher, Abul Ala Maududi , who was widely influenced by the Sharia based reign of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb . At the time of the Indian independence movement , Maududi and the Jamaat-e-Islami actively worked to oppose the partition of India . In 1947, following the partition of India ,

4095-407: Was made between Khilafat leaders and the Indian National Congress , the largest political party in India and of the nationalist movement. Congress leader Mahatma Gandhi and the Khilafat leaders promised to work and fight together for the causes of Khilafat and Swaraj . Seeking to increase pressure on the colonial government, the Khilafatists became a major part of the non-cooperation movement —

4160-472: Was more successful in promoting its cause in the streets. The election also occasioned a split in the party with the JIP shura passing a resolution in support of the party withdrawing from politics but Maududi arguing for continued involvement. Maududi prevailed and several senior JIP leaders resigned in protest. All this strengthened Maududi's position still further and "a cult of personality began to grow up around him." In 1953, JIP led "direct action" against

4225-404: Was rewarded with jobs for "tens of thousands of Jamaat activists and sympathisers", giving Zia's Islamic agenda power "long after he died." However, Zia failed to deliver timely elections and distanced himself from the JIP. When Zia banned student unions , Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba and pro-JIP labour unions protested. However, JIP did not participate in the Pakistan Peoples Party 's Movement for

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