Sayyid Abul A鈥檒a Maududi [Ab奴 'l-A士l膩 Mawd奴d墨) (Urdu: 丕亘賵 丕賱丕毓賱賶侔 賲賵丿賵丿蹖鈥� 鈥� alternative spellings of last name Maudoodi, Mawdudi, and Modudi) was a journalist, theologian, Muslim revivalist leader and political philosopher, and a controversial 20th century Islamist thinker in British India, and later Pakistan. He was also a political figure in Pakistan and was the first recipient of King Faisal International Award for his services 1979. He was also the founder of Jamaat-e-Islami, the Islamic revivalist party.