Answer to Question #222036 in History for Khusi

Question

M.K. Gandhi made a gross mistake in championing the Khilafat Cause, an extra- territorial
issue which cut at the very roots of Indian Nationality". Do you agree with the above
statement? Give Suitable arguments in favor or against your statement.

Answer 1

In his over-enthusiasm to bring the Muslims into the mainstream of the freedom struggle, Gandhiji had miserably failed to assess or evaluate the Muslim psyche properly. The disastrous turn the Khilafat Movement was to take as had also the Congress leaders of Malabar who made highly emotional and provocative speeches to arouse Muslim passions in the name of Khilafat.

So, contrary to Gandhiji’s expectation, the Movement ignited the spirit of Dar-ul-Islam among Muslims in India, and the brunt of the enthusiasm to turn India, a Dar-ul-Harb, into Dar -ul-Islam.