Ideology of Pakistan in The light of Statements of Allama
Iqbal
PRELUDE
Allama Iqbal the poet, philosopher
and a great thinker with the help of his poetry tried to awaken the Muslims of
the sub-continent. He believed the separate identity of Muslims as a nation.
In 1930, Allama Iqbal presented his
mature political opinion on the political fate of Indian Muslims in his presidential
address at Allahabad at the annual session of Muslim League. He said:
“I am fully convinced that the Muslims of India will ultimately have to
establish a separate homeland as they could not live with the Hindus in the
United States.”
He also said:
“India is a continent of human beings belonging to different races, speaking
different languages and professing different religions ….,I, therefore demand
the formation of a consolidated Muslim state in the best interest of India and
Islam.”
He stressed on the formation of a
separate state by saying:
“I would like to see the Punjab, NorthWest Fronties Province, Sindh and
Baluchistan amalgamated into a single state self-government within the British
Empire or without the British Empire, the formation of a consolidated
North-West Indian Muslim state appears to me to be the final destiny of the
Muslims at least of North West India.”
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