Makalah ini berusaha mengkaji sosok pemikir politik Islam kontemporer, Abu A'la al Mawdudi, yang acapkali dinilai secara pejorative dan sering diidentifikasi sebagai ideolog gerakan fundamentalisme Islam. Bagi Mawdudi, politik Islam terangkum dalam tiga trilogi, pertama, Islam adalah agama paripurna termasuk kehidupan politik, kedua, kekuasaan tertinggi hanya pada Allah, sehingga tidak seorangp…
Abu al A'la al Mawdudi arose at the time when the world of Islamlooked for a paradigm of politics after liberating themselves from western hegemony. With his experience in journalism and political activities, he took political phenomena in his country into account and took an active part in establishingan Islamic country, Pakistan. His thoughts concerning politics is influenced very much by pol…