87 Quotes by Husain Haqqani

All of that shows that somehow the schooling system has fed intolerance and bigotry.

Many of Pakistan’s problems – from falling behind in secular education to the rise of Islamist extremism – can be traced to the country’s founding on the basis of religious nationalism.

Sharif gave instructions to his staff regarding snacks he wanted served to all of us – Sharif often asked for specific food items during meetings, as if it helped him concentrate his mind.

Pakistan, she observed, had a policy of “profiting from the disputes of others,” and she cited Pakistan’s desire to benefit from tension between the great powers and Pakistan’s early focus on the Palestine dispute as examples of this tendency. “Pakistan was occupied with her own grave internal problem, but she still found time to talk fervently of sending ’a liberation army to Palestine to help the Arabs free the Holy Land from the Jews.

The focus should be on Indian atrocities in Kashmir, not on our support for the Kashmiri resistance.

If Jinnah – a Western educated and, by all accounts, nonpracticing Muslim – could inspire India’s Muslims to create a state by appealing to their religious sentiment, Maulana Maududi reasoned there was scope for a body of practicing Islamists to take over that state.