Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah a seasoned politician was
western educated lawyer who sought to have learned a lot from the
British during his stay in England. He started his political career as a
young nationalist and believed that religious issue should not be mixed
with national affairs. He wanted equal rights to all communities,
including the Muslim community. He chose to call himself a nationalist.
He initially wanted the subcontinent to have a united state, providing
equal facilities for all communities; but this proved impossible in a
country which was predominantly religious. The secularists also
claimed that Jinnah differentiated between the Muslim State and the
Islamic State. Jinnah probably avoided using the phrase ‘Islamic
state’. Instead, he described Pakistan in more innocuous and
acceptable phrases like ‘Muslim State’ and ‘National State’, although
he was never tired of telling that Islam was the basis of Pakistan, that
‘every Musalman’ was its author, and so on and so forth. Islam and
Muslims were synonymous and interchangeable terms to him. With a
deep understanding of the political situation of British India, Quaid-iAzam transformed the Muslims of India into a nation. He is
remembered as a leader of admiration who left a deep impression in
the history. In the Quaid’s leadership, Muslims of subcontinent not only
achieved freedom but also won an independent state for themselves,
where they could lead their lives according to the teachings of Islam
and could protect their Culture and civilization.
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Author Name: Sajid Mahmood Awan
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Keywords: Quaid, State, Freedom Movement, Pakistan, Ideology, secularism, Muslims, Islam
ISSN: 2074-2061
EISSN: 2074-2061
EOI/DOI: http://pjss.bzu.edu.pk/website
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