Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Religion and Democracy December 25, 2011

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References in this lecture 17
Quran 17:79 · Al-Isra
Sirat Ibn Hisham, vol.1, pp. 262-263
Quran 42:38 · Ash-Shura
Shu'ab al-Iman by Al-Bayhaqi, Hadith no. 7006
Quran 42:38 · Ash-Shura
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 23814
Quran 8:48 · Al-Anfal
Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 145
Shu'ab al-Iman by al-Bayhaqi, Hadith no. 1908
Quran 30:7 · Ar-Rum
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Christ's birth is belief, Muhammad's birth is history
“Aaj December ki 25 tareekh hai”
4 min 34 sec
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Muhammad is history's only historically verified prophet
“Aaj December ki 25 tareekh hai”
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Would Muhammad's birth be called mere belief?
“Kya koi kahega Muhammad believed to be born in Mecca?”
2 min 52 sec
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Muhammad is history's first historically documented prophet
“Yeh sadi baat nahi hai, yeh bohot badi baat hai”
32 sec
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True meaning of Maqam Mahmud misunderstood by Muslims
“Maqam Mahmood ka matlab hota hai laiq-e-tareef mansab”
2 min 10 sec
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Islamists wanted political power, but no prophet ever ruled
“Islam ko political system ke tor par establish karne ki tehreekein uthin”
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Why 'Islam as a complete political system' is an impossible goal
“Is zamane mein aisi tehreekein uthin jo Islam ko political system ke tor par establish karne ki daawedaar thin”
2 min 6 sec
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Muslim Brotherhood's sixty-year cycle of coups and failure
“Arab duniya mein sabse popular jamaat thi Al-Ikhwan al-Muslimoon”
5 min 34 sec
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Islam separates ideal belief from pragmatic politics — birth of democracy
“History mein koi change achanak nahi aata, ek process chalni padti hai”
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Democracy defined as simply majority rule, not utopia
“Democracy kya hai? Democracy koi ideal system nahi hai”
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Democracy is majority rule, not an ideal system
“Democracy koi ideal system nahi hai, woh practical system hai”
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As you are, so shall your rulers be
“Kama taqoloona qazzalika yuwalla alaikum”
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Peace, not freedom, is the highest good
“Freedom saw bonum nahi hai, main isko ghalat samajhta hoon”
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Peace with justice is a huge fallacy
“Hum peace chahte hain, hum ko justice do — yeh bohot badi fallacy hai”
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Pakistan and India should delink trade from politics
“Pakistan aur India ke darmiyan azaadi ke baad hi jhagda shuru ho gaya”
2 min 51 sec
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Hadith predicted the age of communication for dawah
“Zameen par jitne ghar hain, har ghar mein Islam ka kalma daakhil ho jayega”
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Age of communication fulfills prophecy, but Muslims are busy fighting
“Zameen par jitne ghar hain, har ghar mein Islam ka kalma daakhil ho jayega”
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Satan beautifies wrongdoing and calls it jihad
“Zainash Shaitan a'malahum — Shaitan har ghalat kaam ko beautify karta hai”
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Be a self-actor, not a non-self-actor
“Aadmi ko chahiye ke woh self-actor bane”
2 min 56 sec
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Stress comes from wanting more than your capacity
“Stress naam hai iss baat ka ke aadmi apni capacity se zyada paana chahe”
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Contentment means accepting what's possible, not less
“Qanaat ka matlab hai possible par raazi hona”
2 min 8 sec
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Getting what you want brings no lasting happiness
“Main samajhta hoon kuch cheez milti nahi”
1 min 55 sec
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Palestine conflict is retaliation, not unprovoked violence
“Yeh saari duniya jhoot mein jeeti hai”
4 min 43 sec
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Kashmir and Palestine violence explained as retaliation, not aggression
“Yeh saari duniya jhoot mein jeeti hai”
2 min 21 sec
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Unverified misunderstanding builds a weak personality
“Ek baat pahunchi kisi aadmi ko aur woh tehqeeq nahi karta”
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Blame religious people, not religion itself
“Mazhab ne nahi kiya, mazhab ko maanne walon ne kiya”