Iqbal, Reformer or Radicalist?

I’m in a class entitled “Catholic and Islamic Perspectives on Democracy” and we are just starting to focus on Islamic ideal in respect to liberal democracy. In class, we talked about the difference ideologies of Muslim thinkers such as Muslim modernizers, radicalists, and reformers. One of the characteristics of being a Muslim with radical ideologies was the idea of forming an Islamic State, which is an idea that Iqbal propagated. The definition of a reformer, in this class, was a Muslim activist who thought that the ideas of democracy should be instated, but Islam should always be the main focus in the public sphere. In fact, Muslim reformers were over the idea of an Islamic State because with all different interpretations of Sharia, an Islamic State is not possible.

I just thought it was interesting that in our class we consider Iqbal a reformer, but in this class he would be considered a radical.