This is what I had posted before on the "contributions" of maududi and his jamaat: Making people more progressive /pro modern in approach and go easy on many (visible) aspects of the Sunnah, incline more towards politics at the cost of spirituality, encourage Talfiq and have scant regard for traditional Ulema and Mashaikh [infact they respect only those ulema who are pro-Jammati and dub all others as narrow minded] (which is why I left JI 4 or 5 years back after being with them for 12 years and with various responsibilities!). One can easily guess what type of a caricature of 'Muslim' they produce! My advise to the Jammat Islami: I think the JI would be more successful if it were a purely political party with out any separate religious interpretation and ideology (based on Maududi's writings) and had accepted the Ulema's superiority and guidance instead of competing with the Ulema in the realm of interpretation of the deen . But unfortunately, they now have become just another 'Jamaat' or even a semi-distinct 'Maslak' in itself albeit with political ambitions. The way forward would be to dump the 'Tajdeed' done by Maududi sahab and his comrades in the Islamic interpretations and come back to the mainstream Hanafi school (since indo-Pak is basically Hanafi) and it's approach to deeni interpretations and accept the deeni leadership of traditional Ulema (they can approach a panel of respected Ulema in their countries and implement their recommendations in deeni matters and Tarbiyya of their cadre) and the party should focus on the socio-political front exclusively.