Originally Posted by Gypsified

Excellent, and I'm glad he clarified it in a very precise and spot-on manner. We as a nation suffer from this problem, either someone is 'devta' or 'shaitan' (as he very aptly put). The usual black and white mentality that our schools hammer in us from early childhood. If someone has criticized a few aspects of Iqbal, this does not mean he is an enemy of Iqbal. This is a very simple point, and yet countless people fail to understand it. One can estimate the thinking capabilities of the 'educated' people from this.

But here's the interesting thing: I know this explanation will still fall on deaf ears (mostly). What a pity.