Some Questions on Iqbal . Allama Iqbal

 Some Questions on Iqbal 

Sir Mohammad Iqbal is Pakistan’s national poet. Here are some questions which I would request my friends to answer:

-Who sponsored Iqbal’s higher studies abroad?

-Despite being a beneficiary of Western education, why was Iqbal so critical of Western values?

-Why was Iqbal against women education?

-What was Iqbal’s regular profession? At one time, as he was taking care of three wives, what was his source of income?

-Was Iqbal in receipt of pensions and stipends from Nawabs? 

-What were the services of Iqbal for which in 1923 he was granted the title “Sir” by King George V?

-Did he ever convert to Ahmadiyat?

-The ideal of many Islamists, did he ever perform Haj? 

-Did Iqbal kill a prostitute of Lahore’s red light area?

- How much of Iqbal’s poetry is original?

-Was Iqbal also a philosopher? 

- Was Iqbal a supporter of democracy or he opposed it? 

-Why did Iqbal meet Mussolini and why did he defend the fascist leader? 

-Did Iqbal really want one independent state for Muslims or just autonomy for Muslim majority provinces? Did his conception include East Bengal?

-After writing “Shikwa”, why did he have to write “Jawab Shikwa?”

- Did he ever think that Russia’s dictator Stalin was a Muslim?

Did he ever eulogize Queen Victoria and why?

-Did he support the murderer “Ilam Deen” who murdered Rajpal?

-What was the nature of his relations with Emma Wegenast and Attiya Faizi? 

-Are his writings progressive or retrogressive? 

-Is Iqbal relevant today?

Waseem Altaf