For a Musalman, loyalty to faith trumps his loyalty to the country : Dr Ambedkar

“Hinduism is said to divide people and in contrast, Islam is said to bind people together. This is only a half-truth. For Islam divides as inexorably as it binds. Islam is a close corporation and the distinction it makes between Muslims and non-Muslims is very real and very alienating. The brotherhood of Islam is not the universal brotherhood of man. It is a brotherhood of Muslims for Muslims only. There is a fraternity, but its benefit is confined to those within that corporation. For those who are outside the corporation, there is nothing but contempt and enmity”, Dr BR Ambedkar wrote in ‘Pakistan or Partition of India’.

He also elucidated the incompatibility of Islam with local Self-government. Underscoring the Islamic ideology of Muslim Ummah, Ambedkar said loyalty of a Muslim is not based on his domicile in the country but on the faith to which he belongs. Islam could have never allowed a true Muslim to adopt India as his Motherland. For that to happen, the establishment of Islamic rule was imperative. This was a bleak possibility given that India was a Hindu majority Nation. Therefore, he concluded that for a Musalman, India could never be his Motherland.

(Courtesy : OpIndia.com)