Correspondence with Maulana Abul Lais Islahi Nadwi

legal expression of a group’s ideology and is not an explanatory document. Therefore, your response is extraneous to the main question and unrelated to it. Similarly, your statement, “As for the Jamaat’s literature, it is not confined to the works of a single author but includes writings from multiple authors,” is also irrelevant to the main question. This response would only be relevant if I asked whether the collection called “Jamaati Literature” consists entirely of a single author’s works or includes writings from multiple authors. Instead, I specifically asked about the status of Maulana Maududi’s literature in relation to Jamaat-eIslami’s ideological interpretation. After noting your response, you wrote in your letter, “I am unsure whether this clarification will fully address your concerns.” Reading these words, I sensed that while writing the above response, you may have realized that you were not addressing my core question. And, if the writer is not confident, the reader will hardly find satisfaction. However, after carefully reviewing your letter, I concluded that, despite my repeated verbal and written requests, you have not directly answered my question for reasons unknown. However, indirectly, you indicated what your response would be. I am specifically referring to the following sentence from your letter: