the population of muslim in pakistan is over 75 % of pakistanis.
the population of muslim in pakistan is over 75 % of pakistanis.
what is the population of muslim in pakistan?
over 75 % of pakistanis
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the idea of pakistan had received overwhelming popular support among british indian muslims, especially those in the presidencies and provinces of british india where muslims were in a minority such as u.p. the muslim league leadership, ulama (islamic clergy) and jinnah had articulated their vision of pakistan in terms of an islamic state. muhammad ali jinnah had developed a close association with the ulama. when jinnah died, islamic scholar maulana shabbir ahmad usmani described jinnah as the greatest muslim after the mughal emperor aurangzeb and also compared jinnah's death to the prophet's passing. usmani asked pakistanis to remember jinnah's message of unity, faith and discipline and work to fulfil his dream:to create a solid bloc of all muslim states from karachi to ankara, from pakistan to morocco. he [jinnah] wanted to see the muslims of the world united under the banner of islam as an effective check against the aggressive designs of their enemies.the first formal step taken to transform pakistan into an ideological islamic state was in march 1949 when the country's first prime minister, liaquat ali khan, introduced the objectives resolution in the constituent assembly. the objectives resolution declared that sovereignty over the entire universe belongs to god almighty. the president of the muslim league, chaudhry khaliquzzaman, announced that pakistan would bring together all muslim countries into islamistan-a pan-islamic entity. khaliq believed that pakistan was only a muslim state and was not yet an islamic state, but that it could certainly become an islamic state after bringing all believers of islam into a single political unit. keith callard, one of the earliest scholars on pakistani politics, observed that pakistanis believed in the essential unity of purpose and outlook in the muslim world:pakistan was founded to advance the cause of muslims. other muslims might have been expected to be sympathetic, even enthusiastic. but this assumed that other muslim states would take the same view of the relation between religion and nationality.however, pakistan's pan-islamist sentiments were not shared by other muslim governments at the time. nationalism in other parts of the muslim world was based on ethnicity, language and culture. although muslim governments were unsympathetic with pakistan's pan-islamic aspirations, islamists from all over the world were drawn to pakistan. figures such as the grand mufti of palestine, al-haj amin al-husseini, and leaders of islamist political movements, such as the muslim brotherhood, became frequent visitors to the country. after general zia-ul-haq took power in a military coup, hizb ut-tahrir (an islamist group calling for the establishment of a caliphate) expanded its organisational network and activities in pakistan. its founder, taqi al-din al-nabhani, would maintain regular correspondence with abul a’la maududi, the founder of jamaat-e-islami (ji), and he also urged dr israr ahmed to continue his work in pakistan for the establishment of a global caliphate.
muhammad zia-ul-haq's islamization