Religious minorities in Pakistan today

Bibliographic Data

ID3986783
AuthorsAkbar Zaidi, S Akbar Zaidi (University of Karachi, corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume18
Issue4
Pages444-457
Publication date1988-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00472338880000331
OpenAlexW2104542371
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited1

If you change your past and work together in the spirit that everyone of you, no matter to what community he belongs...is first, second and last a citizen of this state with equal rights, privileges and obligations, there will be no end to the progress you will make.... You are free to go to your mosques or to any other place, belong to any religion or caste or creed—that has nothing to do with the business of the state. We are starting in the days when there is no discrimination, no distinction between one community and another, no discrimination between one caste or creed and another. We are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one state.... I think we should keep that in front of us as our ideal and you will find that in course of time Hindus would cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims, not in the religious sense because that is the personal faith of each individual but in the political sense as citizens of the state

Caste · Creed · Epistemology · Faith · Ideal (ethics · Islam · Nothing · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Theology · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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