Quote of the day
Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.
Abul A'la Maududi

Born: September 25, 1903
Died: September 22, 1979 (aged 75)
Bio: Abul Ala Maududi was an Indian-Pakistani scholar, philosopher, jurist, journalist, islamist and imam. His numerous works were written in Urdu, but then translated into English, Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Burmese and many other languages.
Known for:
- Towards Understanding Islam (1977)
- Islamic Way of Life (1950)
- Human Rights in Islam
- Towards Understanding the Qur'an
- Let us be Muslims