Editing Bengali language movement (section)

=== Proposal for Arabic language ===
[[Image:Mohammod Sohidullah.jpg|thumb|Muhammad Shahidullah was a central figure in the proposal to make Arabic the state language.]]
[[Muhammad Shahidullah]] believed that Bengalis could learn Urdu at the same time as learning English, he also believed that: "When Arabic becomes the state language of Pakistan, the creation of the state of Pakistan will be justified."<ref>{{cite book |last1=  Hashmi |first1=Taj |title=Fifty Years of Bangladesh, 1971–2021: Crises of Culture, Development, Governance, and Identity |date=22 April 2022 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-97158-8 |pages=61, 75  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EWBsEAAAQBAJ&dq=bengali+written+in+arabic+script&pg=PA61 |language=en|quote=While Fazlur Rahman (1905-1966), a Central Minister from East Bengal, proposed that Bengali be written in Arabic script for the sake of Islamization of the language, Dr Muhammad Shahidullah (1884-  1969), renowned Bengali scholar and a linguist, believed that Bengalis could learn Urdu as they learned English, but he also believed that: "The day Arabic becomes the state language of Pakistan, the creation of the state of Pakistan becomes justified."  84. (Badruddin Umar, Purbo Banglar Bhasha Andolon o Tatkalin Rajniti (Language Movement & Contemporary Politics in East Bengal), Vol 1, Maula Brothers, Dhaka 1970, pp. 180, 256-9, 272.)}}</ref>  Therefore, in December 1949, he assumed the presidency of the East Pakistan Arabic Language Association, approved a draft memorandum to be submitted to the Assembly, where it was requested to government for Arabic to be made the state language of Pakistan and for the provision of 'Darse Koran' or Quran teaching in various centers and mosques of the city.<ref name=pb>{{cite book |last1=Umar |first1=Badaruddin |title= Purbo Banglar Bhasha Andolan O Totkalin Rajneeti (East Bengal's Language Movement and Contemporary Politics) |date=1970 |url=https://doc.liberationwarbangladesh.net/books/fnes/#p=301|publisher  =Ananddhara Prakashan |pages=3–5, 282–284 |access-date=8 December 2022 |language=bn}}</ref> On January 18, 1950, some students of [[Rajshahi College]] called a meeting to demand that Arabic be made the state language.<ref name=pb/> [[State Bank of Pakistan|3 State Bank]] Governor [[Zahid Husain (banker)|Zahid Hussain]] proposed to make Arabic the state language and this proposal was then supported by Syed Akbar Shah, member of [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh|Sindh Legislative Council]] and Vice-Chancellor of [[University of Sindh|Sindh Arabic University]].<ref name=pb/> On 1 February 1951 at the session of the World Muslim Conference in Karachi, the leader of the Ismaili community [[Aga Khan III|Aga Khan]] said, if Arabic is made the state language of Pakistan, common communication will be established between the Muslims of the Arab world, North Africa and Indonesia.<ref name=pb/> On February 10, 1951, the Secretary of the Pakistan Buddhist League, Rabindranath Burmi, issued a statement opposing these proposals in favour of Urdu instead of Arabic as state language.<ref name=pb/> These proposals to make Arabic the state language did not gain much support in any part of Pakistan.<ref name  =pb/> However, according to Badruddin Umar, as this demand was related to the question of development of Islamic culture, it indirectly supported the demand of the introduction of Arabic script in Bengali language to some extent in some groups.<ref name=pb/>