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About Deconditioning April 6, 2008

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Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 2876
Quran 109:6 · Al-Kafirun
Quran 4:136 · An-Nisa
Quran 20:76 · Ta-Ha
Al-Baqillani, Tamhīd al-Awāʼil wa-Talkhīṣ ad-Dalāʼil, p. 476
Quran 7:143 · Al-A'raf
Quran 20:44 · Ta-Ha
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2 min 33 sec
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Angry old man vs. money-focused youth, generational contrast
“Yesterday I had an experience at a program in Delhi.”
49 sec
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Old man's angry outburst calling Islam violent
“An elderly man, about 70, started speaking loudly.”
1 min 48 sec
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Voice of India: the 1947 hate-publishing house explained
“Around 1947, a publishing house opened called 'Voice of India.'”
2 min 3 sec
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How Europe's anti-Islam hate campaign was reversed by Carlyle
“This same phase happened in Europe too, after the Crusades.”
51 sec
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Carlyle's rebuttal: where did Muhammad's sword come from
“You say Muhammad spread Islam by the sword — from where?”
2 min 25 sec
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Research on why humans become dictators, countered by saints
“A study asked: why does man become ruthless, a dictator?”
55 sec
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Caliph Uthman refuses to save himself by killing others
“Uthman had an empire bigger than Hitler's — thousands came to kill him.”
1 min 42 sec
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History's missing principle: conditioning versus deconditioning
“History's greatest missing principle was understanding conditioning and deconditioning.”
1 min 59 sec
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Childhood poetry conditioning and discovering life's true purpose
“I was born into a family obsessed with poetry, not science.”
2 min 39 sec
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Merciless self-introspection requires the incentive of accountability
“Deconditioning is a merciless process — it cannot happen otherwise.”
35 sec
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Accountability as the missing incentive for self-change
“The incentive is accountability — I must stand before God.”
31 sec
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Hadith on the danger of self-scrutiny
“Whoever is scrutinized by God is destroyed, says the hadith.”
5 min 15 sec
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Debating a bishop: proof of God through scientific inference
“Two top scholars from England came to see us last Sunday.”
3 min 9 sec
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Dismantling Darwin's theory as guesswork, not proof
“But didn't Darwin destroy the argument for a designer?”
5 min 1 sec
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Mutual respect, not mutual recognition, ends religious conflict
“In a multi-religion world, we need a formula for peace.”
4 min 29 sec
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Every person's lifelong duty: deconditioning your personality
“Man is born into an environment, a family, a society.”
5 min 47 sec
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Railway near his village blinded by anti-British conditioning
“Let me give you an example — I grew up near a railway line.”
28 sec
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Paradise opens only for those who admit wrongdoing
“Paradise's gates open for those who can say 'I was wrong.'”
1 min 16 sec
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Being born Muslim doesn't guarantee paradise, Maulana explains
“Someone asked: doesn't being born Muslim guarantee paradise?”
58 sec
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Nobody is born Muslim or born a disbeliever
“Nobody is born a kafir, nobody is born a Muslim.”
5 min 23 sec
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The discipline of always saying 'I was wrong'
“People find it very hard to say 'I was wrong.'”
56 sec
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Gender equality dismissed as an unnatural myth
“Gender equality is a myth — inequality is nature's real design.”
2 min 22 sec
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Why co-education is a baseless, unproven philosophy
“Supporters say co-education builds holistic personality — that's a false philosophy.”