Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, a so-called liberal and secular Muslim, led a campaign against Vande Maataram on the grounds that it was anti-Islamic. He had opposed the partition of India and Jawaharlal Nehru was quick to declare him a great nationalist leader, but the Maulana in his book India Wins Freedom has discussed the reason for his opposition. He was of the opinion that the creation of a separate Muslim state would divide the Muslim population and India would have fewer number of Muslims, thus dealing a blow to the process of Islamization of India, hence HIS opposition.
