Jinnah, Ideology and Two Nation Theory (Part I)

The saddest story of Pakistan is that every person has their own version of history. From drawing room to television talk shows - you can never get one point of view. Readers, even I have a version of my own and I am sure quite a few people will have reservations with this version as well. I decided to bring 3 disputed topics in the discussion:

• Jinnah - Theocratic or Secular?
• Ideology - Islamic Ideology or Muslim Ideology?         (Part II)
• Two Nation Theory - Relevance and Contribution?    (Part III)

Jinnah 

The founder of the nation is often criticized by many that he was a part of the conspiracy theory against the oneness of Hindustan. They believe in it because they say that Jinnah's words contradicted his actions  - he raised his voice for Islam but never offered prayers in Public. Secular personality calling for Muslim independent state. 

Jinnah never raised voice for Islam - his agenda was the protection of the (secular) rights of Muslims in the South Asia - A big difference in the two. He wasn't very religious and he never pretended to be one. He was an honest and straight forward person. 

Now my argument is that why it is so difficult to digest that a secular person can fight against injustice? Why can't people broaden their vision from religion/secularism to justice and equality? Quaid's war was against social injustice and inequality - from where did his personal believe came in? 

I have never met a person who said that Jinnah was secular but he stood for rights of the Muslims. Either people say that he was very religious and  pious Muslim and thats why he fought for independence OR people say that the division of sub-continent was a conspiracy and Jinnah was the integral part of it. 

The reason why I don't see Jinnah's struggle as theocratic is that only 2 out of the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam  were supported religious empowerment - rest of them were based on the secular rights for Muslim nation. I find it total non-sense when people criticize  Jinnah's intentions - one should be thankful to him and all the other leaders because of whom we have this beautiful country. 

The next two posts will be the continuation of this blog where I'll share my views on the ideology of Pakistan and the contribution of two nation theory.