Re: Why tolerance is not on the curriculum in Pakistan
Whether or not the Quaid :rehm: said this or not is irrelevant because we already believe this, freedom of religion for the Non-Muslim citizens and their right to protection in a Islamic Land is from our religion Islam, even during the time of our Prophet :saw:, his first four Caliphs (radhi allaahu anhum) and in other Muslim lands across the world the rights of the non-Muslim citizens to follow their own individual religions was respected.
However this in no way suggests that state and religion should be separate, Pakistan is an Islamic state because it was made for Muslims to be ruled by the Shari’ah of Allah :swt:, Allah :swt: willing it always will be and it’s minorities will always have the freedom to practice their own religions as our Shari’ah requires us to give then that right.
Freedom of religion to non-Muslims in a Muslim land is perfectly inline with and required by the Shari’ah (Islamic Law), the great Quaid :rehm: didn’t mean to say Islam will play no part in the state, if he wanted secularism for his people he could have got that in a united India, in fact on one occasion upon being asked about the constitution of Pakistan he pointed to the Qur’aan and some Mullah Sahibs and said they will guide us on that.
Muslims were perfectly safe and happy in pre-partition India, the only justification for Pakistan’s creation is Islam because other than that we have no differences with those across the border on the east.
Pakistan ka matlab kiya? La ilaaha il-Allah!!!