Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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