Dr Ambedkar’s scathing views on Muslims in India
| A compendium of Dr Ambedkar’s thoughts on Islam and Muslims in India could be found in the seminal book ‘Pakistan Or The Partition Of India‘, first published in 1940. The book, a collection of his writings and speeches, lays bare a staggering account of what Dr Ambedkar thought about Islam. These thoughts have the potential of earning him the tag of ‘Islamophobic’ by radical Islamists today. |
“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 that it makes between Muslims and non-Muslims is a very real, very positive and very alienating distinction. 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.
On the 65th anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar’s conversion to Buddhism, read what he thought of Islam and the Muslims in India (writes @jinitjain08)https://t.co/WEa3PIFNqB
— OpIndia.com (@OpIndia_com) October 14, 2021
Dr Ambedkar also elucidated the incompatibility of Islam with local self-Government. Underscoring the Islamic ideology of Muslim Ummah, he said loyalty of a Muslim is not based on his domicile in the country but on the faith to which he belongs. Islam, according to him, could have never allowed a true Muslim to adopt India as his Motherland.
Therefore, Dr Ambedkar concluded that for a Musalman, India could never be his Motherland. This, of course, was the cornerstone of the two-Nation theory propounded by the Muslim League, which inevitably led to the Partition of the country. (Excerpts from an article on opindia.com)
The brotherhood of Islam is not the universal brotherhood of man. It is a brotherhood of Muslims for Muslims only !