Pakistan Resolution

The All India Muslim League held its session in Lahoreexpression could be that history is a back swing for a
on 23 March 1940, in which the famous Lahorestroke played into the future.Choose whichever axiom
Resolution, since then called the 'Pakistan Resolution'you like. But do realize that we must learn from past
was adopted. The resolution read asexperience. Be it the Pakistan Resolution printed
under:RESOLVED that it is the considered view of thisalongside, be it the 1906 address presented to Viceroy
session of the All India Muslim League that noMinto, reproduced on the next page, or be it the
Constitutional Plan would be workable in this country ormemorandum presented to prime minister Manmohan
acceptable to Muslims, unless it is designed on theSingh, highlighted on page 5, a common vein runs
following basic principle, namely, the geographicallythrough them all. That the Muslims, the children of Allah
contiguous units are demarcated into regions whichthe Merciful, and all members of the ummah are a
should be so constituted, with such territorialdistinct people and therefore not prepared to integrate
readjustments as may be necessary, that the areas inthemselves with the rest of the nation. Do not think
which the Muslims are numerically in a majority as inthat they are just another minority like Christians or
the North Western and Eastern Zones of India, shouldParsees who happily coexist with all their
be grouped to constitute 'independent states', in whichcountrymen.The Christians do not have a separate
the constituent units shall be autonomous andpolitical party in India. They have never considered
sovereign.It has always been taken for grantedthemselves to be a separate nation. They do not claim
mistakenly that the Musalmaans are a minority. Thethat religion is above the nation. They do not claim that
Musalmaans are not a minority. The Musalmaans are atheir God, the father of Lord Jesus, is the only god.For
nation by any definition. What the military Governmentthe Muslims, there is no God other than Allah. Those
of India for 150 years has failed to achieve cannot bewho do not accept Allah are kafirs and who should be
realized by the imposition of Central Federalconverted to Islam or exterminated. Jehad is the
Government except by means of armed force. Theinstrument of such eradication. For a Muslim to flourish
problem in India is not of an inter-communal characteras a momin or a faithful, he needs to live in a darul
but manifestly of an international one and it must beIslam. If for any reason, he has no hope of converting
treated as such. The Hindus and Muslims belong tothe country of his residence into a land of Islam, he
two different civilizations which are based mainly onshould undertake a hijrat or emigration to another
conflicting ideas and conceptions. To yoke togetherhomeland. Those Muslims who did not migrate to
two such nations under a single state, one as aPakistan cherish the hope of converting Hindustan into
numerical minority and the other as a majority, mustan Islamistan. Those of them who do not cherish this
lead to growing discontent and final destruction of anyhope, are not quite true to Allah and should be treated
fabric that may be so built up for the government ofas apostates. This is a message of the Holy Quran. It
such a state.History repeats itself is an old adage.is for you to register the message. If you do not, you
Another way of putting the same wisdom would berisk the future of your civilisation.
that history is the obverse of vision. Yet a third