Akhtar Mahmud Faruqui – The U.S. TURKISH LIBRARY & MUSEUM

March 23rd: PAKISTAN, PEOPLE AND FOUNDER

March 24, 2018 by admin

On the occasion of 23 March Resolution

By AKHTAR MAHMUD FARUQUI

“You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed – that has nothing to do with the business of the State . . . We are starting in the days when there is no discrimination, no distinction between one community and another, no discrimination between one caste or creed and another. We are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all citizens, and equal citizens, of one State. “

March 23rd, 1940 marks a singular milestone in the history of Muslims of South Asia. It was truly a momentous occasion. At Lahore’s Manto Park, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah rejected a permanent communal minority status for Indian Muslims. Instead, he demanded full-fledged nationhood and a separate country.

Filed Under: Amb. AKBAR AHMED, DEMOCRACY, ENGLISH, HISTORY, KADIN HAKLARI, PAKİSTAN, TURKISH LIBRARY MUSEUM Project, UNITED NATIONS Tagged With: Akbar Ahmed, Akhtar Mahmud Faruqui, American University, Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa, Calcutta Muslim League, Dina Wadia, Dr Faisal Cheema, Dr Mark Salman Humayun, Dr Nergis Mavalvala, Hindu-Muslim, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, India, Indian National Congress, Jinnah Quartet, Kashmir, Mr Jinnah: The Making of Pakistan, Musalmans, Muslim India, National Day, Pakistan, Pakistani-Americans, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Prof Shariful Mujahid, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Sadequain, Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics