The Riots of 1953 — Page 103
103 Q. Why did you select this title? A. I believe that one of the outstanding features that distinguishes Islam from other faiths is that in Islam the means of keeping fresh the fundamental teachings and of unfolding from the Qur’an such philosphy behind those teachings as may be needed from time to time is provided for and this provision has not been made in any other faith, which is a devine indication that while those faiths were meant only for certain periods of human history, Islam is meant for ever. Q. It has been hinted in the cross-examination of Maulana Maikash that you did not wish to put the Arab case before the U. N. A. Have you as representative of Pakistan to the U. N. O. ever interested yourself in questions coming up before that Assembly which are of general importance to the Muslim world. A. I have from the day that Pakistan became a member of the U. N. O. always led the Pakistan Delegation to the annual sessions of the General Assembly. Whenever any question of general Muslim interest has come up, for example, the ques- tion of Palestine, the question of Libya, the question of Er- itrea, the question of Somaliland, the question of Morocco and the question of Tunisia, I have myself dealt with it. l be- lieve that the presentation of those cases on behalf of Pakistan to the U. N. A. has always been acknowledged by the peoples concerned and by the other Muslim States as an outstanding contribution. Q. Can you now recall the purport of your speech at San Francisco? A. Yes. Q. Did you say something about Islam in that speech? If so, did your speech have any sectarian tendency?