 Some Deobandis such as Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Mufti Muhammad Shafi and Shabbir Ahmad Usmani dissented from the position of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and were supportive of the Muslim League's demand to create a separate homeland for Muslims.Many Barelvis and their ulema, though not all Barelvis and Barelvi ulema, supported the creation of Pakistan.The pro-separatist Muslim League mobilized "pirs" and Sunni scholars to demonstrate that their view that India's Muslim masses wanted a separate country was in the majority, in their eyes.