Question

what is tha Islamic theory of nationhood?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The two-nation theory is the basis of the creation of Pakistan. It states that Muslims and Hindus are two separate nations by every definition; therefore, Muslims should be able to have their own separate homeland in the Muslim majority areas of India, in which Islam can be practiced as the dominant religion. The two-nation theory was a founding principle of the Pakistan Movement (i.e. the ideology of Pakistan as a Muslim nation-state in South Asia), and the partition of India in 1947

Answer 2

The Islamic theory of nationhood is two-nation theory.

Explanation-

• The two-nation theory is the ideology of All India Muslim League.
• They believed that Hindus and Muslims are two different nations.
• With the help of this theory, they thought that Muslims will be able to have their own separate homeland.
• Sir Syed, in a January 1883 speech in Patna, talked of two different nations:

“My friends! This India of ours is populated by two famous communities, the Hindus and the Muslims. These two communities stand in the same relation to India in which the head and the heart stand in relation to the human body.”

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