I do agree that poetry is matter of interpretation, but don’t consider it justified that to promote your favorite poet, you give new interpretation to the poetry of those poets, who were never considered as non-Islamic by masses.
I’ve also quoted that Ustad Daman’s poetry was also banned by right wingers besides folk songs from Punjabi syllabus.
I would love to see Iqbal’s poetry addressed and mentioning people of Punjab or quoting any local heroes in his poetry. I found most of his poetry revolving around foreign invaders and I do respect the people who like such poetry. I myself like many of his poems like ‘Utho meri duniya ke ghareebn ko jaga do’ and ‘saqi nama’.