"His image in the public mind today is almost wholly a result of this selective, this assiduous silence, reinforced now by governmental hagiographic propaganda. The propositions he injected into public discourse were the precise onesâin sequence, and word for wordâwhich Jinnah picked up once he decided that is future lay in playing the communal card. The propositions are again and again picked up by leader. after leader who reckons that the way to national importance is by becoming the leader of one community, and the way to latter is the religion-in-danger shriek; as such leaders keep erupting â Bhindranwale one day, Shahabuddin the nextâthe reader will at once see the contemporary relevance of Sir Syedâs propositions."
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Arun Shourie, Religion in politics (1989), chapter The Gloss-over School, 335 ff.
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Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (17 October 1817 â 27 March 1898), also known as Sir Syed and also Sayed Ahmad Khan, was an Indian educator and politician, and an Islamic reformer and modernist.
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