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And so it happened that objective truth was thrashed, twisted, molded and finally recast into something that hardly resembled its original form, to put it mildly. Thus, Shri Rama became a misogynist, Hinduism became intolerant and Islam became the ideal every liberal should aspire to. However, it was not always so. There was indeed a moment in history when it was incumbent upon intellectuals to owe their allegiance to objective reality in order to be taken seriously. However, it was not always so. It was during such an era where certain truths were considered self-evident that Babasaheb Ambedkar wrote his famous book, ‘Pakistan or the Partition of India’ (PDF).
In his book, Ambedkar offered scathing criticism of Islam and minced no words. But the most salient feature of the book was the manner in which he highlighted the ideology of ‘Us vs The’ that is so intrinsic to the Islamic faith. Indeed, he went so far as to claim that it would be impossible for any true Muslim to consider India his motherland and regard his fellow countrymen of a different faith as his own kinsmen.
Ambedkar had said:
OpIndia
In his book, Ambedkar offered scathing criticism of Islam and minced no words. But the most salient feature of the book was the manner in which he highlighted the ideology of ‘Us vs The’ that is so intrinsic to the Islamic faith. Indeed, he went so far as to claim that it would be impossible for any true Muslim to consider India his motherland and regard his fellow countrymen of a different faith as his own kinsmen.
Ambedkar had said:
“The second defect of Islam is that it is a system of social self-government and is incompatible with local self-government, because the allegiance of a Muslim does not rest on his domicile in the country which is his but on the faith to which he belongs. …. Wherever there is the rule of Islam, there is his own country. In other words, Islam can never allow a true Muslim to adopt India as his motherland and regard a Hindu as his kith and kin.”
Admittedly, nonetheless, seventy years of living under a non-Islamic constitution in a country with an overwhelming majority of Hindus has had its effects. Therefore, it might not be entirely accurate to say as of now that a ‘true Muslim’ could never be devoted to the country. But the general observation made my Ambedkar still stands. It is indeed abundantly clear from the manner in which Tablighi Jamaat has acted in recent times.OpIndia
