Pakistan Ideology: Quaid-e-Azam's Pronouncements
The Quaid-e-Azam did not look at the Indian problem as communal; he rather believed that the problem was of international character. The Congress leadership blamed the Muslims of being a reactionary community and accused the Quaid of being factionalist and sectarian. This allegation was stupid and unfair for a moderate and positive thinking statesman like him. The Quaid-e-Azam's demand for Pakistan was not based on the sentiment of Hindu hatred. For years together he had worked hard to bring the two nations to the mutually agreeable terms of constitutional agreement, but the Hindu extremists thwarted all the efforts made by him in this direction. The Quaid-e-Azam's vision of Pakistan and his ideas on Muslim nationhood can be understood in the light of the following abstracts taken from his speeches and statements: The Muslims will not accede to Hindu Domination: Addressing the historical 23rd March 1940 Muslim. League session the Quaid-e-Azam made it clear: "The Muslims o...

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