How the Muslims in India have created a diety figure out of Ambedkar has one gasping, in horror, if they have actually read him at all - that's to say: if you were to read his writings in present circumstances, he comes across as foul Islamophobe
( castigating Gandhi in one instance in his book on partition that he never called upon leading muslims to condemn the murders committed by " fanatic musalmaans" of prominent Hindus who'd hurt muslims by their anti-muslim writings/ their support for shuddi movement -
now known as ghar wapsi, was started by Arya Samaj in early 20th century, what has proved to be, as history tells us, the stepping stone for the creation of Hindu state. These are hard facts. )
He was of the opinion that because of the Muslim allegiance to the tenets of Islam they'll never truly be Indians (ever!). Here he refers to the argument of Dar ul Islam and Dar ul Harb deducing that for muslims living in the country, " India will remain Dar ul Harb ( war) "
On Mutiny : " the Mutiny was an attempt by the Muslims to reconvert India into a Dar-ul-lslam. Not only can they proclaim Jihad ( which he was quite apprehensive about) but they can call the aid of a foreign Muslim power to make Jihad a success "
From his conversation with Rabindranath Tagore, he writes, "another very important factor which, according to the poet, was making it impossible for Hindu-Mohamedan unity to become an accomplished fact was that the Mohamedans could not confine their patriotism to any one country"
In a conversation with Gandhi where he requests him to call off civil disobedience and join round table conference, Ambedkar recognizes Iqbal as the enemy of India ( who'd otherwise enter into an agreement with England and win India for Muslims ).
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