Ideology of Pakistan and Allama Iqbal

Ideology of Pakistan and Allama Iqbal 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 in 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”

Cont… 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.”

Cont… He stressed on the formation of a separate State by saying “I would like to see the Punjab, NorthWest Fronties Province, Sindh and Balochistan amalgamated into a single State self-government within the British Empire or without the British Empire, the formation of a consolidated North-West India Muslim state appears to me to be the final destiny of the Muslims at least of North West India.”