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With the growth of the Muslim nationalism in the Hindu dominated India the "Two Nations Theory" had evolved and persisted throughout the period; both the communities lived together under the same rulers. Their integration was inconceivable and, even the Mughal emperor Akbar's effort to unify both the Hindus and Muslims into a single nation had miserably failed. The Muslims were in a state of agony at the hands of Hindus and the British as well. Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah refused to accept the Nehru's notion that there are only two forces in India, British imperialism and Indian nationalism as represented by the Congress. He sharply reminded Nehru that: there was another party. The 'Muslim League' which alone had the right to represent the Muslim's of India. It has always been taken for granted mistakenly that Muslims are a minority. He said, Muslims are a nation by any definition of a nation. Hindu and Muslims belong to two religions, philosophies, social customs and literature. They neither inter-marry nor interdine and indeed belong to different civilizations which are based on conflicting ideas and conceptions; their concepts of life are different. As such they must have their homeland, their territory and their state.
Life is a sacred gift of God. Individually and collectively human beings must submit to certain codes, laws and ideals - the bases of ideology. The ideology may take the form of philosophy, religion or some form of socio-economic creed practiced by the societies. When we talk about Pakistan ideology, we have to go to the root the Islamic ideology that defines both spiritual and material aspects of life. It is the philosophy behind the two-nation theory. Pakistan is a state founded on ideological basis and not on territorial grounds. The Muslims of the subcontinent are a nation. The two nation theory became a reality with distinct ideology called Pakistan ideology. Pakistan is purely an ideological state whose foundations have been laid on Islamic ideology based on the Quranic teachings and Sunnah. The Hindus and the Muslims belong to two different religions, philosophies, social customs and literatures ... they belong to two different cultures which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and concepts. Their concepts on life and of life were different. The Hindus and...