اقبال، فلسطین اور جمعیّتِ اقوامِ مشرق

Abstract

During the First World War, Britain made cleverly some contradictory agreements with Sharif Hussain of Makkah, Abdul Aziz bin Abdur Rehman Aal-e-Saud, World Zionist Congress and Allied Powers. The weapon of Turk-Arab Nationality was used on theoretical level against the Caliphate of the Ottoman Empire. After the war, Arab was divided in different countries among the Allied Forces. Palestine was illegally handed over to the Zionists gradually without the consent of Palestinians. Allama Dr. Muhammad Iqbal in the very beginning disclosed the negativities of the theory of Nationality and protested against the cruel policy of Britain and League of Nations to habilitate Jews in Palestine. In his speeches, letters and poetry, he became the voice of Palestinians. He participated in the second conference of Motamar Al-Alam Al-Islami and was elected as Vice-President with Syed Alouba Pasha. He urged Britain to cancel the Balfour Declaration. He rejected the planning of League of Nations to divide Palestine into two states and advised Muslim countries to make their own Eastern League of Nations to solve their problems. He gave an idea of making Tehran, the headquarter of Eastern League of Nations.