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== History ==

== History ==

The Azad Muslim Conference was established by the Chief Minister of Sind, Allah Bakhsh Soomro, who founded of the Sind Ittehad Party (Sind United Party), which opposed the partition of India.<ref name="Grover1992">{{cite book |last1=Grover |first1=Verinder |title=Political Thinkers of Modern India: Abul Kalam Azad |date=1992 |publisher=Deep & Deep Publications |isbn=9788171004324 |page=503 |language=English|quote=Within five weeks of the passage of the Pak resolution, an assembly of nationalist Muslims under the name of the Azad Muslim Conference was convened in Delhi. The Conference met under the presidentship of Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh, the then Chief Minister of Sind.}}</ref><ref name="Ahmed2016">{{cite web |last1=Ahmed |first1=Ishtiaq |title=The dissenters |url=https://www.thefridaytimes.com/tft/the-dissenters/ |publisher=[[The Friday Times]] |language=English |date=27 May 2016|quote=However, the book is a tribute to the role of one Muslim leader who steadfastly opposed the Partition of India: the Sindhi leader Allah Bakhsh Soomro. Allah Bakhsh belonged to a landed family. He founded the Sindh People’s Party in 1934, which later came to be known as ‘Ittehad’ or ‘Unity Party’. ... Allah Bakhsh was totally opposed to the Muslim League’s demand for the creation of Pakistan through a division of India on a religious basis. Consequently, he established the Azad Muslim Conference. In its Delhi session held during April 27-30, 1940 some 1400 delegates took part. They belonged mainly to the lower castes and working class. The famous scholar of Indian Islam, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, feels that the delegates represented a ‘majority of India’s Muslims’. Among those who attended the conference were representatives of many Islamic theologians and women also took part in the deliberations.}}</ref> In 20th century [[British Raj|British India]], many "Indian Muslims, including religious scholars, ferociously opposed the Muslim League’s demand for Pakistan."<ref name="Ashraf2017">{{cite web |last1=Ashraf |first1=Ajaz |title=India’s Muslims and the Price of Partition |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/opinion/india-muslims-hindus-partition.html |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |date=17 August 2017|quote= Many Indian Muslims, including religious scholars, ferociously opposed the Muslim League’s demand for Pakistan.}}</ref> Allah Bakhsh Soomro stated:<ref name="Ahmed2016"/>

The Azad Muslim Conference was established by the Chief Minister of Sind, Allah Bakhsh Soomro, who founded of the Sind Ittehad Party (Sind United Party), which opposed the partition of India.<ref name="Grover1992">{{cite book |last1=Grover |first1=Verinder |title=Political Thinkers of Modern India: Abul Kalam Azad |date=1992 |publisher=Deep & Deep Publications |isbn=9788171004324 |page=503 |language=English|quote=Within five weeks of the passage of the Pak resolution, an assembly of nationalist Muslims under the name of the Azad Muslim Conference was convened in Delhi. The Conference met under the presidentship of Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh, the then Chief Minister of Sind.}}</ref><ref name="Ahmed2016">{{cite web |last1=Ahmed |first1=Ishtiaq |title=The dissenters |url=https://www.thefridaytimes.com/tft/the-dissenters/ |publisher=[[The Friday Times]] |language=English |date=27 May 2016|quote=However, the book is a tribute to the role of one Muslim leader who steadfastly opposed the Partition of India: the Sindhi leader Allah Bakhsh Soomro. Allah Bakhsh belonged to a landed family. He founded the Sindh People’s Party in 1934, which later came to be known as ‘Ittehad’ or ‘Unity Party’. ... Allah Bakhsh was totally opposed to the Muslim League’s demand for the creation of Pakistan through a division of India on a religious basis. Consequently, he established the Azad Muslim Conference. In its Delhi session held during April 27-30, 1940 some 1400 delegates took part. They belonged mainly to the lower castes and working class. The famous scholar of Indian Islam, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, feels that the delegates represented a ‘majority of India’s Muslims’. Among those who attended the conference were representatives of many Islamic theologians and women also took part in the deliberations.}}</ref> In 20th century British India, many "Indian Muslims, including religious scholars, ferociously opposed the Muslim League’s demand for Pakistan."<ref name="Ashraf2017">{{cite web |last1=Ashraf |first1=Ajaz |title=India’s Muslims and the Price of Partition |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/opinion/india-muslims-hindus-partition.html |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |date=17 August 2017|quote= Many Indian Muslims, including religious scholars, ferociously opposed the Muslim League’s demand for Pakistan.}}</ref> Allah Bakhsh Soomro stated:<ref name="Ahmed2016"/>

{{quotation|Whatever our faiths we must live together in our country in an atmosphere of perfect amity and our relations should be the relations of  the several brothers of a joint family, various members of which are free to profess their faith as they like without any let or hindrance and of whom enjoy equal benefits of their joint property.<ref name="Ahmed2016"/>}}

{{quotation|Whatever our faiths we must live together in our country in an atmosphere of perfect amity and our relations should be the relations of  the several brothers of a joint family, various members of which are free to profess their faith as they like without any let or hindrance and of whom enjoy equal benefits of their joint property.<ref name="Ahmed2016"/>}}