Where Does an Erroneous Interpretation of the Deen Take Us?

Where Does an Erroneous Interpretation of the Deen Take Us? had accepted this then, and even if they accept it now, I, considering the interests of the deen, was ready to say that at least at the ideological level, this debate should be put an end to, even though at the level of principle, the matter still remained unresolved. I proposed two possibilities in this regard in my book. The first had to do with Maulana Maududi himself, and the second with the Jamaat-e-Islami. As regards the first, I suggested that Maulana Maududi should declare that the conception of the deen that he had been trying to present through his literature was not an absolute conception of the deen, but rather that, in accordance with the prevailing conditions, he had focused on some aspects of the deen in particular. The second proposal was that the Jamaat-e-Islami should clearly acknowledge that the writings of Maulana Maududi were not an authoritative exposition of the ideology of the Jamaat. If this were to happen, the status of Maulana Maududi’s literature in Jamaat circles would naturally change. It would be considered relative, rather than absolute. And so, if this literature were read and used, it would be on the basis of their usefulness, just like many other books that are also read in Jamaat circles. It would cease to enjoy the status and importance of an authentic legal manifesto or exposition of the Jamaat’s ideology. I made these proposals before the publication of my book and in the book itself as well. The fact of the matter is that given the nature of the problem, these proposals made hardly any demands at all, and it was probably due to deep-rooted prejudice or else