Re: End of the past?
I think you thrown tag of ‘liberal fascist’ without reading that article. It mentions why Iqbal thought that end of caliphate was good for Muslims. You might know the obsession of various scholars with caliphate and of those Dr Israr (biggest supporter of caliphate) kept on quoting Iqbal.
BTW, idea of caliphate as implemented in Turkey was imperialist and has nothing to do with Muslim unity. Like today Saudi has no concern for Muslim unity.