The Nature of the Error of the Political Interpretation of Islam

CHAPTER 1 The Nature of the Error of the Political Interpretation of Islam  Marxism is referred to as an economic interpretation of History. This is because in Karl Marx’s understanding of life, the economic factor dominates everything else. In the same way, Maulana Maududi projected Islam in such a way that every aspect of it seemed to acquire a political hue. Accordingly, one can term his ideology as a political interpretation of the deen or the religion of Islam. Life is a collection of various parts or aspects. These parts are separate from each other but yet are interlinked. They can also be ranked or placed at different levels. Ordinarily, they are three broad ways in which we can discuss or describe these aspects: u We can describe a particular aspect in its relation to the totality in exactly the same way as it is in reality or as it appears to be. This is a legalistic sort of description. u We can stress a particular aspect which is the major subject of discussion in a given context.