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April 19, 2002
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Safar 5, 1423
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Meeting modern challenges
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Jinnah scholars
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Rural grievances
Different systems
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Lahore express fares
Karachi in need of mega projects
Meeting modern challenges
THE aftermath of 1857 war was very shocking for the Muslim community in the subcontinent. It faced a serious challenge to their way of life. Two distinct responses emerged: one was of the ulema declaring the ‘farangi’ infidels and asking for boycott of everything foreign. The other was Sir Syed Ahmed Khan’s response based on wisdom and foresight. He was deadly opposed by the ulema. But history has proved him right.
In 1919, the ‘maulanas’ launched a movement to save the Ottoman Empire under the leadership of Gandhi. They believed it was a sacred duty of every Muslim to fight for Khilafat. They miserably failed to foresee the consequences of this misguided movement. Jinnah was the only prominent leader to oppose the ‘Gandhi-Khilafat Express’. Allama Iqbal endorsed the abolition of Khilafat by the Grand National Assembly under Kamal Ataturk. In his lecture ‘The principle of movement in the structure of Islam’, he says: “The truth is that among the Muslim nations of today, Turkey alone has shaken off its dogmatic slumber, and attained self-consciousness. She alone has claimed her right of intellectual freedom; she alone h
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