"Indian Constitution is More Islamic"

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Publication: The Hindu
Date: October 24, 2003
URL: http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/24/stories/2003102401940900.htm

From issue dated October 24, 1953.

Mian Iftikharuddin of the Azad Pakistan Party told a meeting of the Pakistan Constituent Assembly in Karachi on the 22nd, "Muslims are treated better in India than we treat Hindus here". Mian Iftikharuddin made this statement in the course of his speech during a general debate on the report of the Basic Principles Committee of the Constituent Assembly. He said, "judging from the standpoint of the greatest good for the greatest number, the Indian Constitution is much more Islamic than the one the Pakistan Constituent Assembly is trying to frame. The Hindu minority of Pakistan want to merge themselves with the majority of Muslims by demanding joint electorates, etc., but Muslims here are narrow-minded and parochial. This is not how things should be."
 

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