He (Jinnah) was neither Muslim nor Hindu. He was an intelligent barrister. His father - means not real father - his father was Parsi, and he kept one Muhammadan girl. So the Jinnah is the issue of this - Muslims against the Hindus

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"He was neither Muslim nor Hindu. He was an intelligent barrister coming from the . . . His father—means not real father—his father was Parsi, and he kept one Muhammadan girl. So the Jinnah is the issue of this"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

Prabhupāda: Nowadays you pay somebody, and he will do anything. So they appointed this Jinnah. He found that he is a very intelligent lawyer. He was in the Congress. So there was dissension. There must be. So once this Jinnah was to be the president of the Congress, and the Patel, he frustrated. So Jinnah became angry, and at this moment the Britishers took it. He was a very intelligent barrister. So he instigated that "You form a party, Muslim League. And whatever money is required for propaganda, we shall pay." So regular subscription was raised from all big, big British companies, mercantile, to pay him: "Whatever money, you organize the Muslims against the Hindus." And he did it. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Jinnah, he was Muslim. Prabhupāda: He was neither Muslim nor Hindu. He was an intelligent barrister coming from the . . . His father—means not real father—his father was Parsi, and he kept one Muhammadan girl. So the Jinnah is the issue of this.

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Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: You said that the British instigated the Muslims.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: How did they do that?

Prabhupāda: Oh, you . . . nowadays you pay somebody, and he will do anything. So they appointed this Jinnah. He found that he is a very intelligent lawyer. He was in the Congress. So there was dissension. There must be. So once this Jinnah was to be the president of the Congress, and the Patel, he frustrated. So Jinnah became angry, and at this moment the Britishers took it. He was a very intelligent barrister. So he instigated that "You form a party, Muslim League. And whatever money is required for propaganda, we shall pay." So regular subscription was raised from all big, big British companies, mercantile, to pay him: "Whatever money, you organize the Muslims against the Hindus." And he did it.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Jinnah, he was Muslim.

Prabhupāda: He was neither Muslim nor Hindu. He was an intelligent barrister coming from the . . . His father—means not real father—his father was Parsi, and he kept one Muhammadan girl. So the Jinnah is the issue of this