Taimur Ashraf, in the Daily Times, has an interesting point to make. Since Jinnah, a lawyer, defended in court both Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1909, on a charge of sedition) and Ilam Din (1929, appeal of his death sentence awarded for the murder of Rajpal; motive of the murder - alleged blasphemy against the Prophet), Jinnah's liberal credentials are established.
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