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MODERN INDIAN MUSLIMS ANDIQBAL Javaid Iqbal The book The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam, also known as the Madras Lectures of Iqbal, has been translated into Urdu as Tashkeel-e Jadid Ilahiyat-e lslamia.
It is surprising that most of the ulama who opposed the Pakistan movement and who rejected Iqbal's thesis were prepared to accept Muslims as part of the Indian nation in a secular setup, but they were not prepared to accept Iqbal's concept of the creation of a new Muslim society in a politically free modem Islamic State of Pakistan.
• Taking into consideration the modem need & requirements of the Muslim community we need not only a new theological approach (llm-ul Kalaam) in support of the principles of religion, but also, a great jurist who could reinterpret Islamic law, and grant such breadth to the rules, through his logic and implication, that they would fulfill all the possible demands and requirements of the present day Muslims.
After interpreting the two major principles of Muslim nationhood and power, Iqbal presented his concept of a modem Islamic state in his sixth lecture, entitled "The Principle of Movement in the Social Structure of Islam.
For example, one of Iqbal's questions makes it abundantly clear why he attached so much importance to the consensus of the ummah (ijma-e umma) and its connection to the democratic order of a modem Islamic state.