Wednesday 14 March 2012

Why was Khilafat Movement founded? [7] (Past Paper, June 2002: Q3/b)


[Protecting the Caliph and Caliphate] The Turkish Ottoman Empire joined World War 1 on the side of Germany and suffered military defeat against the Britain and her allies. After the war was finished, UK and USA seemed determined to overthrow the Caliph and divide the empire into different territories. Protecting the Caliph was very important for the Muslims because he was the symbolic religious and political leader of all Muslims in the world. Similarly, the disintegration of caliphate would harm the concept of Muslim Ummah. So, the Khilafat Movement was launched in November 1919 by Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar and his brother in order to protect the caliphate from breakage and save the Caliph from being dethroned.

[Holy Places] The Ottoman Empire contained the Holy places of Arabia. The Muslims of India feared that collapse of the Caliphate could result in fall of the Holy places under the control of non-Muslims. Muslims all over the world have strong religious attachment with these places and their sanctity is of topmost priority to them. Therefore, the movement was launched to defend Turkey and the sacred places.

[British Actions] During World War I, Indians were supporting the British against Germany. When Turkish Empire joined the war on the side of Germany, Indian Muslims came in a very awkward position because it was very difficult for them to fight against their Muslim brothers. The British realized the situations and put a number of prominent Muslim leaders behind the bars, which obviously offended their feelings. Secondly, the British prime minister had given assurances that Turkey would be protected, but later on the allied powers changed their mind and decided to remove the Caliph. These actions were convincing the Indian Muslims to launch massive protests against the British Government in the shape of Khilafat Movement.

65 comments:

  1. well done but missed a point that Muslims formed the khilafat movement for not letting the ottoman empire go into the hands of non-Muslim rule.

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    1. If you would read the answer carefully you would see that the person did mention this in the first paragraph

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  2. I am reading it on march 12 wow

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  3. I am reading it on march 12 wow

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  11. What about the mistreatment of muslim countries by the west???
    BTW nice job

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  12. Very helpful, thank you

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  13. Izza (bts army)11 May 2018 at 16:53

    nice answer

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  19. Thankyou so much for this good article quite helpful :)

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  20. One of the many reasons for starting the khilafat movement was to safeguard the holy places in
    the Turkish ottoman empire. The ottoman empire consisted of holy places like Makkah and
    Madinah which would have been captured and destroyed if the British with the allied powers had
    defeated Turkey with the central powers. Muslims all over the world have strong religious
    attachment with these places and therefore, the movement was launched to defend Turkey and
    the sacred places.
    Although there were many Muslims in the Britain army fighting against Turkey, there were many
    desertions by Muslims soldiers unwilling to fight fellow Muslim brothers of Turkey, who surrendered.
    On the other hand, Austria and Germany had been punished through several treaties and so the
    Muslims feared that the allied powers would take similar action for Turkey as taken for Germany
    and Austria that would destroy the whole ottoman empire.
    After the WW1 was finished, allied powers seemed determined to overthrow the Khalifa and divide
    the empire into different territories. Protecting the Khalifa was very important for the Muslims because
    they were immense figures for the Muslim world, the disintegration of caliphate would harm the
    concept of Muslim Ummah. So, the Khilafat Movement was launched in November 1919 by Maulana
    Muhammad Ali Jauhar and his brother Maulana Shaukat Ali Jauhar in order to protect the caliphate
    from breakage and save the Khalifa from being dethroned.

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  22. This was even more helpful than the posted one.

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  23. Very good 😊
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  24. thanks sir for your hardwork on this well organized answer

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