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===Mawdudi's view=== | ===Mawdudi's view=== | ||
The idea of "modern Jahiliyya" was revived as an independent concept by some scholars in recent decades, mainly as a result of the encounter between the Islamic world and the modern world. For the first time in | The idea of "modern Jahiliyya" was revived as an independent concept by some scholars in recent decades, mainly as a result of the encounter between the Islamic world and the modern world. For the first time in 1939, Sayyid [[Abu l-A'la al-Maududi]] (d. 1979), the [[Pakistan]]i religious leader and politician, talked about modernity as the modern Jahiliyya. He intended the term to include all governmental systems and socio-political viewpoints that are incompatible with Islamic ethics and cultures. He considered both the Communist and the Western worlds to be examples of modern Jahiliyya. Mawdudi's views were circulated in the Arabic world by the translation of his works into Arabic in 1950s. | ||
===Sayyid Qutb's view=== | ===Sayyid Qutb's view=== | ||