Urdu has always been a point of debate for the linguists and literary people. One of the most important points in this discussion is if Urdu belonged to a religion or region. Urdu has always been attributed to Muslims and religion Islam. One of the reasons might be that Urdu was devised for the Muslim army initially. Urdu is still struggling for its status in the whole world.
Not every language has been attributed to religion, but every language has been related or attributed to region. Javed Akhtar, famous Urdu poet said” other languages belong to a region but unfortunately Urdu is the only language which has been assigned a religion”. He further added that Urdu is the only language that talked about secularism and liberalism.
Another famous Urdu writer, Akhtarul Wasey, says that "Urdu language does not belong to a religion. None of the languages need religion but all religions need a language." Urdu being the official and national language of Pakistan has gained satisfactory status in the country. However, it is still struggling in India.
This is the language which showed its extreme power during independence. English has always been hated in this region, if we turn back the pages of history. Urdu, on the other hand side, has always been liked by this region, no matter in the form of Urdu or Hindi. Dr. Hameedullah Bhatt, famous Urdu literary personality, said that, "Urdu will be ahead of all the languages in future because future lies in convergence,"
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