In a move that puts the Congress in a quagmire, the Solidarity Youth Movement has launched a campaign to ‘familiarise people with the ideals’ of Abdul A’la Maududi, its parent organisation, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind’s (JIH) founder and ideologue.

Incidentally, a ‘clean certificate’ by Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan to JIH, endorsing its ideological climbdown for creation of an Islamic theocratic state, is only about 100 days old.

Considering Maududi a renaissance leader of India, the youth Jamaat leadership believes a public debate on the ideals of its founder would boost its political strength.

The Malappuram district committee of Solidarity has organised a debate on ‘Sayyid Maududi and Sheikh Qaradawi: Islamic Political Thought and Development’ on October 3. While Maududi, founder of Ja

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