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Abdusalam on other hand participated very constructivly.To understand Hoodbhoy ... you don't even need to know that he is a physicist. All you need to know is that he is a disciple of Bertrand Russell. Once you know the ideas and preaching of that guy, you'd know what hoodbhoy says...
He learnt from the very best ... but was he able to translate his knowledge to build something constructive? Deliver capable scientists to Pakistan or the larger world? In fact he has tried to influence people and perhaps his students in other ways...
When people interpret Jinnah... they look at his outwardly western appearance, his clothes, cigars... what they don't know is how Jinnah defined himself... Jinnah's facade was a persona built by his circumstances most of which he had no control over ... such as his parents wish for him to be successful in British ways... as most people who were up and coming, looked up to the Brits... Jinnah became all that his parents and surroundings made him but then he became what he wanted for himself!
His parents were first generation Muslim converts and were not much versed in Islam...
This is how you contextualize Jinnah!
He owned that movement... if he was a warrior he'd been a top commander, marshaling his troops to victory.
Jinnah was not naive, neither was Iqbal... these were ideologues and knew exactly what they wanted and what they're struggling for...
What is hoodbhoy's achievement?