Anti-Pakistan sentiment
hatred, fear, or hostility towards Pakistan, Pakistani people and Pakistani culture
Anti-Pakistan sentiment (also called Pakophobia or Pakistanophobia) refers to hatred, fear, hostility or irrational fixation toward Pakistan, Pakistanis and Pakistani culture and may manifest as racism, discrimination, or violence against Pakistanis on the basis of their national origin. In a political context, it usually refers to a pronounced dislike of Pakistan's actions or existence as a sovereign state. Additionally, hostility toward Pakistanis may also be motivated by other types of xenophobic sentiment, such as Islamophobia or broad racism targeting South Asian people as a whole.
Negative attitudes towards Pakistan have existed since the beginning of the Pakistan Movement, which advocated the establishment of a separate state for Muslims in parts of erstwhile British India. The idea of Pakistan, as put forth by the All-India Muslim League, was denounced by much of the Indian independence movement, in which many activists opposed partitioning India. The creation of Pakistan occurred through the partition of India in August 1947, resulting in widespread communal violence between Muslims and non-Muslims that displaced 20 million people along religious lines, which laid the foundation for the ongoing India–Pakistan conflict. Beyond India, regional anti-Pakistan sentiment has existed in Afghanistan and Bangladesh, where it is primarily rooted in the Durand Line dispute since 1949 and the Bangladesh genocide in 1971, respectively.
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Ideological
Indian nationalists led by Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to make what was then British-ruled India, as well as the 562 princely states under British paramountcy, into a single secular, democratic state. The All India Azad Muslim Conference, which represented nationalist Muslims, gathered in Delhi in April 1940 to voice its support for an independent and united India. The colonial authorities, however, sidelined this nationalist Muslim organization and came to see Jinnah, who advocated separatism, as the sole representative of Indian Muslims.
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