Honestly, this article sounds more like a anger-venting piece against Jinnah and Pakistanis for escaping the misery and oppression that would have been their fate too had they too remained silent, passive and weak.
Blaming Jinnah for what Hindus are doing to Indian Muslims is simply scapegoating and Pakistan-bashing, not sure if it's to display a image of patriotism to Hindus or what, but honestly it came off as pathetic and desperate.
What Jinnah did was the sensible and correct thing, and not to mention the
Islamically correct thing; you really cant have two groups of people with often clashing beliefs and thus clashing interests coexisting in the same living space, especially when one of these groups is a minority and thus at a disadvantage vis a vis a
vengeful (no love lost for centuries of Muslim rule) majority and at its mercy.
And partition also proves another thing, that despite people of the subcontinent being wrongly classified as the same we really are different. Why Muslims of North Subcontinent (now Pakistan) wanted partition while Indian Muslims chose to remain passive? This is why it is wrong to believe that same religion necessarily means same people and that racial, cultural and ethnic differences are therefore nullified and void.
Sure, one can call the British categorizing of some groups as "Martial Race" a tactic of favoritism and divide and conquer but I think there is a grain of truth to it as it so happens that the region's of the subcontinent where the most "warlike" and independent peoples inhabited ended up choosing independence rather than passivity.
1947 was the window of opportunity for everyone to choose their path of destiny. Those who chose to not only remain servile and put their trust in false promises of secularism and democracy and equality while also blaming and attacking those who actually made the right choice, today have no one but themselves to blame.
Also, just a point I think should be addressed; the author brought up certain things Jinnah might or might not have done in his personal life, even if they are true, and no human is perfect and yes that includes Muslims, it doesn't somehow lessen Jinnah for the good he did for the Muslims of this region who made the right choice and I believe the fruit of his efforts which saved millions of Muslims far outweighs any of his personal shortcomings which are between him and his Creator now.
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