Something that we are witnessing today in UP and other parts of India, esp. post 1989 and 1992.
M.A. Jinnah's quotes
“Any idea of a United India could never have worked and in my judgment it would have led us to terrific disaster.”
“Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past.”
“I have nothing to do with this pseudo-religious approach that Gandhi is advocating.”
“Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with us.”
“Come forward as servants of Islam, organize the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody.”
“No settlement with the majority is possible as no Hindu leader speaking with any authority shows any concern or genuine desire for it.”
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/792644.Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah
The weak and the defenceless, in this imperfect world, invite aggression from others. The best way in which we can serve the cause of peace is by removing the temptation from the path of those who think that we are weak and, therefore, they can bully or attack us. That temptation can only be removed if we make ourselves so strong that nobody dares entertain any aggressive designs against us.
It is extremely difficult to appreciate why our Hindu friends fail to understand the real nature of
Islam and
Hinduism. They are
not religions in the strict sense of the word, but are, in fact, different and distinct social orders, and
it is a dream that the Hindus and Muslims can ever evolve a common nationality, and this
misconception of one Indian nation has troubles and will lead India to destruction if we fail to revise our notions in time. The
Hindus and Muslims belong to two different religious philosophies, social customs, litterateurs. They neither intermarry nor interdine together and, indeed,
they belong to two different civilizations which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions. Their aspect on life and of life are different. It is quite clear that
Hindus and Mussalmans (Muslims) derive their inspiration from different sources of history. They have different epics, different heroes, and different episodes.
Very often the hero of one is a foe of the other and, likewise, their victories and defeats overlap.
To yoke together two such nations under a single state, one as a numerical minority and the other as a majority, must lead to growing discontent and final destruction of any fabric that may be so built for the government of such a state. Presidential Address to All India Mus