Sayyid Ahmad Khan Quotes
The first requisite for the progress of a nation is the brotherhood and unity amongst sections of the society.
Sayyid Ahmad Khan, 1817-1898, Indian Politician & Educator, Moslem Reformer & Modernist, Quoted in Sir Syed Ahmed Khan: His Life And Contribution, http://www.ummid.com
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In Egypt and other Arab nations religion is the major source of intolerance. Many Muslims are intolerant of the existence and practice of any other religion. (Unlike in other Islamic nations like Turkey or Indonesia). The Sunni Muslims are at odds with the Shiites. Within those the ultra orthodox fight the more secular Muslims.
Sir Syed Ahmad Taqvi bin Syed Muhammad Muttaqi KCSI, commonly known as Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (also Sayyid Ahmad Khan), was an Islamic pragmatist, Islamic reformer, philosopher, and educationist in nineteenth-century British India. Though initially espousing Hindu-Muslim unity, he became the pioneer of Muslim nationalism in India and is widely credited as the father of Two-Nation Theory which formed the basis of Pakistan movement. Born into a family with strong debts to the Mughal court, Ahmad studied the Quran and Sciences within the court. He was awarded an honorary LLD from the University of Edinburgh in 1889.