Welcome to The Message

Formally established on 26 August 1941, its intellectual inspiration came from the thoughts of Mawlana Sayyid Abul A’la Mawdudi, who, along with Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, set the pace for contemporary Muslim thinking in the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent. With the establishment of Pakistan on the 14th August, 1947, the Jama‘at was also reorganized in the form of two independent organizations – the Jama‘at-e-Islami, Pakistan, and the Jama‘at-e-Islami, Hind. In the Indian held Kashmir, the Jama‘at has an autonomous existence. Similarly, in Sri Lanka, the Jama‘at is working as an independent organization. After the establishment of Bangladesh, the Jama‘at-e-Islami, Bangladesh was also revived as an independent movement. While all the five organizations, under the name of the Jama‘at-e-Islami, are working for essentially similar objectives and have a somewhat identical ideological approach, there is no organizational link between them. Each one operates as an independent organization and has developed its programmes and strategies for change and reconstruction, in the light of the politico-ideological situation it faces. The impact of the Jama‘at-e-Islami is not confined to the sub-continent. Its ideological message has reached all the four corners of the globe. A number of independent organizations and groups are operating in major countries of Europe, America, Africa, Asia and Australia drawing their inspiration from the message and mission of the Jama‘at -e-Islami, although they may not have any formal or legal organizational link. All of these organizations are like members of an extended ideological family. Yet each one has its own legal personality and distinct organizational form and strategies program. In this short paper the main focus is on the Jama‘at-e-Islami, Pakistan.