Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Political Interpretation of Islam January 26, 2014

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Sahih Al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 121
Quran 4:171 · An-Nisa
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 1851
Quran 57:25 · Al-Hadid
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 1851
Quran 57:25 · Al-Hadid
Sahih Al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 121
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 16255
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1 min 43 sec
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Egypt clashes raise the question of why violence persists
“Today's topic: the political interpretation of Islam”
5 min 24 sec
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Egypt's violence traced to a justified-martyrdom mindset
“Today's topic: the political interpretation of Islam”
40 sec
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Prophet's hadith predicting Muslims killing each other
“The Prophet foretold violence would spread among Muslims”
59 sec
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Sayyid Qutb's execution births the 'martyr' narrative
“60 years ago Jamal Abdul Nasser was Egypt's president”
1 min 11 sec
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Qutb's death turned into religious justification for violence
“60 years ago Jamal Abdul Nasser was Egypt's president”
3 min 34 sec
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From religious extremism to a culture of intolerance
“Today in the news I read something about Egypt”
2 min 53 sec
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How religious extremism breeds a culture of intolerance
“What is religious extremism, and why does it lead to violence?”
46 sec
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Defining religious extremism as wanting others to conform
“What is religious extremism (ghuluw)? Let me explain”
3 min 40 sec
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Political interpretation turns Islam from self-following to forced rule
“The reason: the political interpretation of Islam”
58 sec
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Islam as self-following faith, not one to impose
“What does 'political interpretation of Islam' really mean?”
2 min 6 sec
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How 'follow justice' became 'impose justice by force'
“The Quran tells you to follow justice, not impose it”
2 min 38 sec
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Only an alternative ideology can defeat a violent one
“The only solution to this problem is alternative ideology”
4 min 48 sec
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Why an ideology-based, Quran-grounded alternative is the only fix
“The only solution to this problem is alternative ideology”
28 sec
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Ideology can only be defeated by counter-ideology
“The antidote to an ideology is another ideology”
2 min 24 sec
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Extremists' path from elections to street protest to bombing
“Early thinkers believed Islam had to be imposed by force”
5 min 37 sec
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History of extremism's rise and the Muslim world split in two
“Early thinkers believed Islam had to be imposed by force”
24 sec
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Whole Muslim world sitting on a volcano
“The whole Muslim world right now is sitting on a volcano”
3 min 47 sec
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Why force fails and only removing justification can end violence
“A justified evil now engulfs the whole Muslim world”
1 min 25 sec
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Government force can't end violence people see as justified
“You can never end justified violence with government power”
29 sec
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Inner enemies harder to guard against than outer ones
“Escaping outside enemies is easy; inside enemies, impossible”
1 min 33 sec
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The internet as a God-given tool to spread true Islam
“Yesterday I read the Pope's statement about the internet”
4 min 44 sec
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The mission's real goal: spread the literature, seek nothing else
“This is the greatest fitna the Prophet had foretold”
32 sec
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The mission seeks no fame, money, or political power
“We want no fame, no stage, no money, no power”