Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Lessons from Bombay Nov 30, 2008

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Al-Maghazi by Al-Waqidi, vol.2, p.421
Sirat Ibn Hisham, vol.2, p.291
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 5442
Quran 18:50 · Al-Kahf
Quran 38:85 · Sad
Quran 2:30 · Al-Baqarah
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 1367 Mir'at al-Zaman by Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi, vol.17, p.409
Quran 2:143 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 3:140 · Aal-Imran
Jeremiah, 13:18
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Prophet spared a traitor to protect Islam's image
“Madina mein ek aadmi tha, Abdullah bin Ubay.”
1 min 27 sec
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Talmud tale: God takes intellect before all else
“Maine ek baar padha tha, Talmud mein ek qissa hai.”
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Violence gains Muslims nothing, only more loss
“Kya gain kiya musalmano ne? Kuch bhi gain nahi kiya.”
5 min 13 sec
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From lost intellect to suicide bombing, driven by hate
“Ab main aapko ek misal deta hoon.”
1 min 50 sec
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A preacher's mosque-fundraising slogan turns dark
“Humare UP mein ek aadmi the, achhe speaker the.”
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Preacher's paradise pitch flips into a hellfire pitch
“Kood dhamashum jannat mein — ab jahannam mein ho gaya hai.”
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Suicide is forbidden in Islam, leads to hell
“Islam mein khudkushi, yani suicide, haram hai.”
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Then vs now: paradise slogan became hellfire slogan
“Pehle kehte the jannat mein kood jao, ab hell fire mein.”
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Hatred's origin: Satan's refusal to bow to Adam
“Sabse pehle nafrat ka kisne shuru kiya?”
5 min 25 sec
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Correcting the myth that Muslims are 'God's caliphs'
“Har jagah kya dikhaya sikhaya jata hai? Fakhr, khalifa hum hain.”
2 min 18 sec
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Political power is God's test, never a monopoly
“Quran mein bataya gaya hai, political power test paper hai.”
2 min 30 sec
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Japan's emperor renounced his own divinity after defeat
“Japan ki royal family mein Imperial Divinity ka concept tha.”
5 min 30 sec
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Japan renounced its living god; ideology can't be killed
“Second World War se pehle waisi hi soch thi Japan mein.”
1 min 46 sec
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Self-deconditioning: history's hardest unaccomplished task
“Ab hai self deconditioning ka mamla, bohot mushkil kaam.”
2 min 39 sec
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Jamshedji Tata denied entry to the hotel he built
“Jamshedji Tata ko us hotel mein entry nahi mili.”
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Fear of paradise denial, and the mind's positive engineering
“Mere paas ek sahab ka telephone aaya jo Singapore mein rehte hain.”
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Negative engineering of the mind breeds pride and hate
“Ek hai negative engineering of mind.”
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The mission: positive engineering of the mind
“Hamara mission hai positive engineering of mind.”
5 min 57 sec
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Terrorists plan meticulously; Muslims never plan for dawah
“Kya wajah hai ke musalman negative planning ke badshah hain?”
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Doomsday signs and dawah as the modern Noah's ark
“Aaj ke paper mein ek bada hi lesson tha.”
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Protection comes through spreading God's message
“Agar hifazat chahte ho to dawat ka kaam karo.”
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America's secret to progress: valuing dissent
“Hum dissent ko bahut zyada ahmiyat dete hain.”
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Quran isn't a fix for worldly problems, only afterlife
“Yeh sab myth hai, Quran ka isse koi taluq nahi.”
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Religious difference can never be erased
“Difference kaise khatam karenge? Difference is part of nature.”