ROLE OF ISLAM IN THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT: AN ANALYSIS

الملخص

Pakistan was created due to many factors that put impression on the life of people of the Country. Before creation of Pakistan or before the arrival of British in Subcontinent both Hindu and Muslims used to live together under the Mughal Empire. There was not any concept of separatism in the mind of the people of that time. When British came to the Subcontinent, they had adopted a course of action of divide then rule, which resulted as separation. Subcontinent was place of Hinduism and Buddhism, but with the arrival of Muslim merchant in Subcontinent the people had started to convert to Islam. As the result of the arrival of Muslims in Subcontinent many dynasties came into existence and most popular of them was Mughal Dynasty that lasted more than any other. During 17^th Century when East India Ccompany had started to work there, they captured the minds of the people and in 1857 controlled the whole Subcontinent. To send them back many movements had started Muslim had started their struggle to get independence not only from British but also from Hindus. Most of the time it has been said that the struggle of Muslim to get independence was based on Islamic point of view. The current study is Qualitative in nature and based upon the descriptive and analytical approach which is based upon both primary and secondary sources.  This is an Attempt to find out that how religion played its role in creation of Pakistan with an analytical approach.