From: nadeem@igpho (Nadeem Malik)
Subject: Re: Gallery of Freedom Fighters 
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
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Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 15:29:24 GMT

ahmad@seas.gwu.edu (Aftab Ahmad) writes:
: 
: 	Nadeem Malik wrtes:
: khan@ces.cwru.edu (Mansoor Khan) writes:
: : 
: : 
: : 		Gallery of Freedom Fighters
: : 		===========================
: : 
: : 	Pakistan International Airlines( PIA) published 
: : a diary on The Golden Jubilee celeberation of Pakistan Resolution
: : in 1990. Along with lots of stuff on the history of Pakistan Movement,
: : it also contained profiles of some of the freedom fighters.
: : I hope to post these articles on S.C.P for the benefit of its
: : readers all over the world.
: : 
: : Mansoor Khan
: : Cleveland, Ohio.
: : 
: : P.S. The diary talks about following people,
: : 
: : 	Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Hasan Ali Effendi, Mohsin-ul-mulk Mehdi Ali Khan,
: : Navab Viqar-ul-Mulk, Sir Sultan Muhamad Shah( The Aga Khan III),
: : Maulana Obaidullah Sindhi,  Maulana Shaukat ALi, Maulana Muhammad Ali( Johar),
: : Hakim Ajmal Khan, Navab Salimullah( of Dhaka), Maulana Hasrat Mohani,
: : Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, Chaudhary Rahmat Ali( who gave Pakistan its name),
: : Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Maulvi A.K. Fazlul Haq(Sher-e-Bengal),
: : Chaudhary Khaliquzzama'n( who was elder brother of famous Dr. Salimuzzama'n
: : Siddiqee of Pakistan), Sir Abdullah Haroon, Navab Bahadur Yar Jang,
: : Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy, Raja Sahib of Mahmoodabad( Amir Ahmad Khan),
: : Khwaja Nazimuddin(2nd Gov. Gen and 2nd Primeminister of Pakistan),
: : Navab Muhammad Ismail Khan, Sardar Abdur Rab Nishter, Allama Shabbir Usmani,
: : Ms. Fatima Jinnah, Begum Shahnavaz, Lady Haroon, Liaquat Ali Khan,
: : and Mohammad Ali Jinnah( Quaid-e-Azam).
: : 
: : ==
: 
: There are two notable ommissions from this list:
: 
: Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad (2nd Khalifa, Ahmadiyya Movement In Islam)
: He led the Kashmiri Independence Movement for afew years before Partition.
: 
: 
: and 
: 
: Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, First Foreign Minister of Pakistan appointed
: directly by the Qaid-e-azam. He was also an emminent Judge, serving for two
: sessions as the senior Judge at the International Court Of Justice. He was
: also presented of the U.N. General Assembly for one session.
: 
: 
: Off course, their ommission has got nothing to do with the fact that they were
: both Ahmadi Muslims! I guess there must be some other reason.
: 
: -Nadeem Malik
: 
: p.s. No flames will be responded to.
: 
: 
: 	
: 
: 	The involvement of Ahmadies in Pakistani politics has
: 	been not only prominent but also been appreciated by
: 	many leaders, including Jinnah, the Qaid-e-Azam of the
: 	movement. Since Bhutto's era, it has been made less
: 	known to the public for some unknown reason.
: 	An Ahmadi friend told me that when M.A.Jinna left
: 	India (permanently?) around 1929(?) desparate of
: 	the Hindu-Muslim confrontation, it was an Ahmadi who
: 	met him in England and convinced him to come back 
: 	and work for the ML. In text books I have read that
: 	it was Liaqat Ali. If it is a fact that it was an
: 	Ahmadi who convinced Jinnah come back to India, it
: 	is not far from believing that their role in the
: 	movement was far more than what we know from text books.
: 
: 	Anyone there???
: regards,
: 
: aftab ahmad

Thank you very much Aftab sahib. It is good to know that there are
honest people left in Pakistan.

Yes, it is true that it was Ahmadis that convinced Qaid-e-azam to
re-enter politics at a crcuical time. In fact, it was the direct
intervention of Hazrat Mirza Bashirudin Sahib, the second Khlaifa,
who realising the dire condition of Muslims in India and realised
that only Jinna sahib had the political strength and charisma to
lead the Muslims of India, that he sent his missionary in London
(I think that it was Maulana Shams .. but I will check on that and
post it later) to convince Jinnah sahib that he was the man of
the hour whom the Muslims of India needed badly. At an historic
meeting at the Ahmadiyya Fazal Mosque (also known as The London
Mosque -- the only mosque in U.K. at the time), Mr M.A. Jinnah
annouced to the world of his re-entry into Indian Politics and
his determination to lead the Muslim delegation. This announcement
was photographed and published in the leading British papers of the
day, and I will try to dig the articles out of my archives and
post it on SCP in due course.

It is well established and universally accpeted that without Jinnah
there would have no Pakistan. No one came near to his brilliant
grasp of Indian politics and his unrivaled skill as diplomat
and lawyer. He had the love and respect of Muslims and a formidable
charisma that was essential in uniting Muslim thinkers behind 
him. If the re-entry of Mr M.A. Jinnah into Indian politics was
the crucial step in the making of Pakistan, then there is no
exaggeration in saying that the Ahmadiyya Movement In Islam has
played perhaps the most important single step in this process.

Nadeem Malik
(correct e-mail: nadeem@p.igp.ethz.ch)