Re: Did Jinnah mean to create a Islamic State?
The point is that creation of Pakistan had nothing to do with "Ulema" and their stated goals.
What were their stated goals? At the time, The Religious parties advocated Muslims remaining a part of a united India.
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Jinnah was what would be considered "liberals" and "seculars" in todays Pakistan.
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A liberal who heavily played to the religious sentiment (and fears) of the Muslims.
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Would he want a theocratic state when he was not part of theocracy and theocracy was infact against Jinnah?
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Not wanting theocracy does not mean one wants secularism.
Perhaps we need to coin "Jinnahism" to describe what he wanted (but never found the need to express).
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Jinnah's goal was a seperate state for indian muslims to protect them from hindu theocracy.
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Hindus made it clear that they did not want a theocracy; and they never at any point had one after the creation of modern India.
Jinnah was fearful of Hindu domination, fearing it could spell the end of the Muslim community. There was no "secular Muslim" identity to defend at the time...what defined a Muslim was his faith, and his practice of it.
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IMO this fallacy that Pakistan was created to implement Sharia Laws need to be refuted and the fact that Pakistan was created only as a muslim majority state need to be emphasized.
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As was clear from the onset, Pakistan was not meant to contradict or throw out Shariah either. Again, the idea of a "Muslim majority" state as a secular entity is a very modern concept, and carried no meaning back in those days. A Muslim majority state was understood to necessarily be defined by (in some form) it's adherence to Islamic principles. It may not be a traditional Islamic state, but it was an Islamic state of some sort. Jinnah used those very terms to describe Pakistan. As an Islamic welfare state.
Yes, the reigns of power were not going to be blindly given over to the Ulema. But nor were ulema to be excluded.
Jinnah was NOT Attaturk, and keep in mind the two personally knew each other. It is not as if Jinnah was ignorant about secularism, or Kemalism. He personally rejected such principles, or at the very least cared not to publicly support them.
Jinnah may not have wanted a traditional Islamic state (e.g. Caliphate, Ottoman style), but there is NO evidence he fancied a secular state where Islam and state were firmly and forever separated.