History Today, September 1st, 1994
How Islamic was the founder of Pakistan? Akbar Ahmed offers a radical reassessment of his life and motives - and the forces that propelled his change of course.
The understanding of why Muhammad Ali Jinnah wanted Pakistan, the nation he created, is crucial to an understanding of the nature of South Asian politics even today. Like other fathers of the nation - Washington for the USA, Lenin for the former Soviet Union, Mao for Communist China and Khomeini for Islamic Iran - Jinnah is central to Pakistan. Indeed his impress was probably greater as he actually created a country that did not exi...
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