Word: jinnahã
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...little publicized fact that when Pakistan was carved out from India, its creation was opposed not just by Nehru and Gandhi, but also by the Islamic leaders of the time. Jinnah??€”Pakistan’s founder—envisioned the new country as a progressive Muslim, not Islamic, state. Indeed, his independence address declared to his people, “You are free to go to your temples, [to your] places of worship...that has nothing to do with the business of the State...You will find that in course of time Hindus would cease to be Hindus...
...Jinnah??€™s vision remains the basis for the state I glimpse and desire. It is of a nation aspiring to modern Muslim statehood, yet held back by illiteracy, poverty and mismanagement. In election after election, Pakistanis reject religion as a function of government; indeed, in the four most recent general elections, the combined religious parties have never exceeded 5 percent of the votes cast. In contrast, over this time a woman has twice been elected to lead this country of 140 million. The first time this occurred was also the first time in history that a woman...
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