Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s View of
Islam
Islamic principles today are as
applicable to life as they were 1300 years ago. Islam and its idealism have
taught democracy. Islam has taught equality, justice and fair play to everybody.
What reason is there for anyone to fear democracy, equality, freedom on the
highest standard of integrity and on the basis of fair-play and justice for
everybody. The Prophet (SAW) was a great teacher. He was a great lawgiver. He
was a great statesman and he was a great sovereign who ruled. No doubt, there
are many people who do not quite appreciate when we talk of Islam. Islam is not
only a set of rituals, traditions and spiritual doctrines. Islam is also a code
for every Muslim. It is based on the highest principles of honor, integrity,
fair-play and justice for all. One God and equality of man before one God is
one of the fundamental principles of Islam. In Islam there is no difference
between man and man. The qualities of equality, liberty and fraternity are the
fundamental principles of Islam. The Prophet (SAWS) was the greatest man that
the world had ever seen. Thirteen hundred years ago he laid the foundations of
democracy.
(Address
to the Karachi Bar Association, January 25, 1948)
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