ABSTRACT
It is ironic that Pakistan continues to be plagued by a controversy regarding the precise role for religion in its politics. The country is haunted by the ideological schizophrenia permeating the Pakistan Movement. The demand for the partition of Indian territory into two nation-states was based upon the notion that Muslims and Hindus constituted two distinct nations. This communal division implied a theologically determined divergence in social structure. Muslims could refer to a holistic conception of society outlined in the Quran. Economic, political and legal institutions delineate vectors within a comprehensive ideological matrix. Jinnah's rhetoric often conformed to this vision: "Islam is our guide and complete code of life".1
