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Goodness in The Face of Evil (Sai Centre) August 20, 2008 Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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Clip length
5 min 6 sec
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full argument: healthy versus unhealthy reactive behavior in Islam
“There are two kinds of behavior: healthy and unhealthy.”
2 min 11 sec
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reacting with anger versus healthy behavior in society
“In society, friction happens again and again — so what do you do?”
57 sec
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anger as root cause leading to violence
“Anger is not one thing — it's a root.”
1 min 4 sec
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hadith: don't be an imitator, stay good regardless
“Prophet said: 'La takunu amata' — don't be an imitator.”
44 sec
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incentive to love others rooted in hadith on gratitude
“Why would anyone love others? There must be an incentive.”
2 min 42 sec
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the glass as symbol of humanity's long struggle
“Have you thought about how this glass came to be?”
5 min
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full civilization gratitude story: the glass and the wheel
“I often think — how did civilization come to be?”
2 min 16 sec
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invention of the wheel and humanity's debt to it
“The wheel — humanity's first invention — took twenty thousand years.”
2 min 39 sec
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why people turn violent and the pyrrhic victory idea
“Why do people turn violent? I found only one reason.”
53 sec
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violence never produces a positive result
“Think about the result before you take action.”
1 min 33 sec
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formula to avoid confrontation and seek other paths
“Avoid the point of confrontation, go find opportunities elsewhere.”
4 min 52 sec
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Muslims' involvement in violence and the hadith of the doomed village
“In every Muslim country, Muslims are involved in violence, directly or indirectly.”
23 sec
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obligation to condemn evil, nahi anil munkar
“You must stand up and condemn evil.”
1 min 52 sec
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the lost Islamic institution of condemning wrongdoing
“An institution in Islam has completely died today.”
33 sec
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root meaning of the word Islam is peace
“Islam's root word 'Salm' means peace.”
2 min 3 sec
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distinguishing enemy from attacker, enemy as potential friend
“I asked them: why do you keep fighting? They said, 'the enemy.'”
5 min 31 sec
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Islam's doctrine on enemies, defense, and definition of terrorism
“Islam distinguishes between the enemy and the attacker.”
44 sec
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today's enemy can become tomorrow's friend
“Today's enemy can become tomorrow's friend.”
23 sec
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Islam permits only defensive war, no offense
“There is no war in Islam — only defense.”
1 min 16 sec
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no one is born Muslim, it begins from realization
“No one is born Muslim — Islam begins from realization.”