Ideology of Pakistan in The light of Quid-e-Azam’s
Sayings
IDEOLOGY OF
PAKISTAN AND QUAID-E-AZAM
Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the
great leader of Muslims of Sub Continent gave practical shape to the ideology
given by Allama Iqbal. He had a strong believe in Hindu Muslim unity and was of
the opinion that both Hindus and Muslims should launch joint efforts to get rid
of British rule.
After joining Muslim league in
1913,he continued with his efforts to bring about Hindu Muslim unity but he was
greatly disappointed to see the prejudicial attitude of the Congress and Hindus
towards the Muslims. Following are some extracts from the speeches and
statements which he delivered from time to time for explaining the ideology of
Pakistan.
ADDRESS AT
SECOND ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE IN 1913
Quaid-e-Azam believed that Congress
and Hindus would never recognize the rights of Muslims. He declared while
representing the Muslims in the Second Round Table Conference in 1913: “The
Hindu Muslim dispute must be settled before the enforcements of any system or
constitution. Until you do not give guarantee for the safeguard of the Muslim interests,
until you do not win their (Muslims) co-operations, any constitution you
enforce shall not lass for even 24 hours.”
QUAID-E-AZAM
AND TWO NATION THEORY
Quiad-e-Azam was a firm advocate of
two nation theory which became the ideological basis Pakistan. He considered
the Muslims as a separate nation. He said:
” Pakistan was created the day the first Indian National entered the
field of Islam”.
He defined the two nation theory as:
” The Muslims are a nation by every right to establish their separate homeland.
They can adopt any means to promote and protect their economic social, political
and cultural interests.”
ADDRESS ON
23RD MARCH,1940-PAKISTAN RESOLUTION
At the historic session of the Muslim
League at Lahore, he said:
“The mussalmans are not a minority. They are a nation by any
definition. By all canons of International law we are a nation”.
In his presidential address at the
annual session of Muslim League at Lahore in 1940,he said:
“India is not a nation, nor a country .It is a Sub Continent of
nationalities. Hindus and Muslims being the two major nations. The Hindus and
Muslims belongs to two different religions, Philosophies, social customs and
literature. They neither intermarry nor interline and they belong to two
different civilization which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and
conceptions. Their aspects on life and of are different. It is quite clear that
Hindus and Muslims derive their inspiration from different sources of history.”
ADDRESS ON
MARCH 8 ,1944
While addressing the students of
Muslim University, he said:
“Hindus and Muslims through living in the same town and villages, had
never been blended into one nation. They were always two separate entities.”
QUAID-E-AZAM
AND MILLAT-E-ISLAMIA
Quaid-e-Azam emphasized on the Islamic
ideology as being the basis of the struggle for Pakistan because he believed
that only Islam was the unifying force of the Muslim Millat. He said:
“What relationships knits the Muslims into one hole ,which is the
formidable rock on which the Muslim edifice has been erected, which is the
sheet anchor providing base to the Muslim Millat, the relationship, the sheet
anchor and the rock is Holy Quran.”
ADDRESS AT
ISLAMIA COLLEGE PESHAWAR
In 1946,Quaid-e-Azam declared:
“We do not demand Pakistan simply to have a piece of land but we want a
Laboratory where we could experiment on Islamic principles.”
ADDRESS ON
18TH JUNE 1945
In his message to the frontier Muslim
student Federation, he said:
“Pakistan only means freedom and independence but Muslims Ideology, which
has to be preserved which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and
which we hope, others will share with us.”
CONCLUSION
The above sayings and statements
largely prove that Quaid-e-Azam wanted a establish an Islamic system as a code
of life because he believed that it was the sole objective of the Pakistan
Movement.
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