Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Islam and Peace August 25, 2013

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Quran 3:139 · Aal-Imran
Quran 25:30 · Al-Furqan
Quran 4:128 · An-Nisa
Quran 1:2 · Al-Fatihah
Muwatta Imam Malik, Hadith No. 1891
Quran 90:4 · Al-Balad
Quran 4:128 · An-Nisa
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 2609
Quran 4:128 · An-Nisa
Sahih Al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 3182
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4 min 29 sec
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Why Muslims face crisis: the Quran became an abandoned book
“Modern age is an age of problem for Muslims”
37 sec
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Quran says peace is the best policy
“Asl-ul-khair: peace is the best”
2 min 26 sec
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Muslims chose violence culture opposite of Quran's peace
“Asl-ul-khair: peace is the best, but Muslims do the opposite”
2 min 55 sec
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Prophet's formula for a positive mind in a provocative world
“A companion asked the Prophet for a master formula”
46 sec
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Prophet's master formula: don't be angry
“O Prophet, give me a master formula for life”
28 sec
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Muslims never truly condemn violence done in Islam's name
“They still don't consider violence to be wrong”
37 sec
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No workable ideology of peace ever existed before Islam
“Throughout history, no ideology of peace was ever developed”
5 min 53 sec
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Badr, Uhud and the psychology of revenge - war never resolves
“In the Prophet's era there were four major events”
2 min 49 sec
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Abu Sufyan's revenge cry reveals why war never ends conflict
“Abu Sufyan climbed the hill and shouted: a day for Badr's day”
38 sec
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War can never actually end a conflict
“War can never solve any problem”
5 min 16 sec
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Hudaybiyyah: choosing peace over revenge unlocked mass conversions
“Allah's guidance came in the form of the Hudaybiyyah treaty”
2 min 2 sec
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Why the Prophet chose a one-sided peace treaty
“Instead of revenge, Allah told the Prophet: make peace”
35 sec
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Peace opens doors that victory in war cannot
“Peace opens the door of opportunity”
1 min 10 sec
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Pop singer Yusuf Islam converted reading the Quran's direct address
“Yusuf Islam was an English pop singer before converting”
5 min 54 sec
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Numbers grew until Mecca fell without a single fight
“Within two years the number of Muslims grew so large”
30 sec
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You win by seizing opportunity, not by defeating rivals
“You can't win by defeating - you win by availing opportunities”
5 min 45 sec
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Modern freedom makes peaceful outreach easier than in Hudaybiyyah's time
“Today Muslims are completely unaware what Hudaybiyyah really means”
33 sec
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Governments emerge from the society that produces them
“As you are, so will your rulers be”
3 min 12 sec
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Why Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood government collapsed
“Why couldn't the Muslim Brotherhood government survive in Egypt?”
2 min 39 sec
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Muslim Personal Law only covers marriage, not criminal law
“Muslim Personal Law is a very limited thing”
2 min 2 sec
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Why war is no longer a permissible option today
“Is there any situation today where war is allowed?”
1 min 49 sec
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The difference between a heartfelt prayer and a ritual one
“When her child was sick, she prayed with her whole heart”