Re: Iqbal Day
Iranians usually do not know him at all. It’s not that his poetry is non-existent. It is just that he is not as much well known as to be declared the reason of revolution in Iran.
Ask any Iranian about Eghbale Lahori.
I know Iqbal was not an extremist. But some of his poetry urges Muslims to wage holy war.
“mullah ki azan aur, mujahid ki azan aur”.
“ye ghazi ye tere pur-israar banday, jinhein tu ne bakhsha he zauq e khudai. Do neem inn ki thokar se sehra o darya, simat kar pahaar inn hi hebat se raai”.
He probably did not know that such views will eventually lead to current crisis of Talibanic fanaticism among Muslims.