What were Mashriqis views on communal violence?
To Mashriqi, communal violence was a result of the Divide and Rule policy of the British and the sentiment promoted by the All-India Muslim League – that of communalism and that India must be divided on the basis of the Two-Nation Theory. When political leaders began to spread the idea of division, this spurred hatred and violence between people who had lived together peacefully for generations. Hence, in Mashriqis eyes, communal violence anywhere in India could only be prevented if India was saved from division. That is why, right after Mashriqi came out of detention in 1942, he started to unite Muslims and Hindus to undo the Divide and Rule strategy of the British and stop the sense of hate that was growing fast between Muslims and Hindus.
