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Following are excerpts about Qauid-i-Azam from an Encyclopedia article:
“Personally, he always advocated what today would be described as secular views. In his first speech in Pakistan he expressed an outlook that was not of a fundamental Islamic Republic, after which his political career came to a sudden halt. It is widely known he was a non-practising Muslim, he had a non-muslim wife and was definitely not a symbol of an ideal muslim. On the other hand, others have pointed out that he changed his confessional identity from that of an Ismaili](http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/ismaili) (Ismaili: An adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism) Khoja](http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/khoja) (Khoja: more facts about this subject) to that of an Ithna Ashari](http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/twelvers) (Ithna Ashari: twelvers or the “ithna asharia” are members of the group of shias who believe in twelve…
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“Jinnahs birthplace and date of birth are disputed; however, it is generally believed that he was born in Wazir Mansion, Karachi](http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/karachi) (Karachi: The largest city in Pakistan; located in southeastern Pakistan; an industrial center and seaport on the Arabian Sea; former capital of Pakistan) , and raised in Bombay](http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/mumbai) (Bombay: A city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India’s 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India) . His father](http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/father) (father: A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)) was Jinnahbhai Poonja, from Gujarat](http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/gujarat) (Gujarat: An industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay) (the younger Jinnah dropped ‘bhai’ from his name, in 1894). Jinnah’s father lived from 1857-1901. Jinnah’s family had Hindu](http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/hinduism) (Hindu: A person who adheres to Hinduism) , Ismaili](http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/ismaili) (Ismaili: An adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism) , Shia](http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/shia_islam) (Shia: One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran) and Sunni](http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/sunni_islam) (Sunni: One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam) ancestry; and the family was primarily Ismaili.”