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Message to the Muslims of India on the occasion of Pakistan Day, Lahore, 22 March 1946

22/3/1946

Quote:
“The achievement of Pakistan to us means our very existence, failure means our extinction and all that Islams stands for in this subcontinent."

Sources:

Yusufi, Khurshid Ahmad Khan (ed.), Quaid-i-Azam, Muhammad Ali Jinnah: Some Rare Speeches and Statements 1944-1947, Research Society of Pakistan, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 1988, p. 163
Reported in The Eastern Times, Lahore, 23 March 1946

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Address to Muslim women, Shillong (Assam), 4 March 1946

4/3/1946

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Quote:
“We [Muslims] have our own laws, our own culture and language, we have our own calendar, names, social life, architecture and music; in short, the entire social and economic structure of our society is different from that of the Hindus. We find that the Hindus have their own structure of society, which is different from ours. It is not only different, but, in some cases, it is antagonistic...the Hindu believes in idolatry; we do not. We believe in equality, liberty and fraternity, while they are caste-ridden and caste bound."

Sources:

Mirza, Sarfaraz Hussain (ed.), We are a Nation: Excerpts from the Speeches and Statements of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1937-1947) , Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust, Lahore, 2010, p. 126
The Nation's Voice, Vol. IV, pp. 490-491
Dawn, 6 March 1946

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