Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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The Case of Present Day Muslims February 14, 2010

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Quran 108:1 · Al-Kawthar
Quran 15:6 · Al-Hijr
Sirat Ibn Hisham, Vol. 1, p. 356
Quran 58:20 · Al-Mujadilah
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 24609
Quran 94:6 · Ash-Sharh
Quran 94:6 · Ash-Sharh
Sirat Ibn Hisham, P. 447
Quran 94:6 · Ash-Sharh
Quran 10:100 · Yunus
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2 min 24 sec
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Norway cartoon protests spark the inflammable-Muslims question
“Today's newspaper carried news from Norway.”
54 sec
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Why Muslims became a highly inflammable community
“Why have Muslims become so highly inflammable?”
5 min 50 sec
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Full argument: the Prophet's era proves today's Muslims changed
“Why have Muslims become so highly inflammable?”
2 min 31 sec
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The real model is the Prophet's era, not today's Muslims
“The model is the early period — the Prophet's time.”
57 sec
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Companions never got inflamed at worse insults than a cartoon
“They called Muhammad abtar, majnoon, muzammam — no one flared up.”
53 sec
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Prophet's mission answered with reason, not anger
“Instead of anger, they said: you're underestimating Muhammad.”
2 min 49 sec
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Parable: two families feud for 25 years over a gift
“In my hometown, two Muslim families lived, one bearded, one not.”
5 min 56 sec
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From a village feud to the historical decline of Muslim power
“In my hometown, two Muslim families fought for 25 years.”
56 sec
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Quran verse: every hardship carries an opportunity
“There's a verse everyone recites in prayer but nobody understands.”
2 min 10 sec
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Colonial era traded political power for the age of communication
“The age of politics was gone, but a bigger age had arrived.”
4 min 44 sec
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New age of communication and the bully-turned-shopkeeper parable
“The age of politics was gone, but a bigger age had arrived.”
1 min 9 sec
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Parable: a bully transformed by being given a shop
“A man in old Delhi used to bully people for money.”
2 min 12 sec
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Prophet defuses a poetess's insult with wordplay
“A poetess stood before the Prophet and insulted him to his face.”
1 min 40 sec
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American professor: the Red Fort is the root of the conflict
“An American professor visited the Red Fort with his wife.”
3 min 51 sec
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Red Fort nostalgia and the 'paranoid' Muslim psychology
“An American professor said: the Red Fort is the root of the conflict.”
49 sec
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Poem: a crow as a nation's leader ruins it
“If a nation's leader turns out to be a crow...”
5 min 4 sec
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Challenge: name one Muslim leader who gave real direction
“Blame someone, call them an enemy, and the matter feels explained.”
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Save yourself from instant reaction
“The single most important thing: save yourself from reaction.”
1 min 54 sec
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Sincerity alone isn't enough — leaders need wisdom
“Sincerity is not enough; wisdom is the real thing.”
57 sec
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Opposing reservation quotas for Muslims
“I am the enemy of this concept: give Muslims reservation.”
2 min 55 sec
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Why marriages fail: the romantic ideal illusion
“Every young person's age is a romantic age — mine was too.”
3 min 2 sec
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Pampering, not fate, ruins children
“There's only one reason children turn out spoiled: pampering.”
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Hadith on disciplining children isn't literal beating
“People think this hadith means literally beat your children.”
44 sec
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Awaken conscience, not ego, when correcting someone
“Don't play the role of Satan when someone does wrong.”