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Human Equality in Islam July 1, 2007 Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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3 min 30 sec
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Maulana's chandan/tilak controversy and its resolution
“Murari Bapu is a Sanatani — I was invited to his gathering”
24 sec
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value lies in love, not in mud or sandalwood
“If someone smears mud on my forehead out of love”
1 min 25 sec
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Prophet stood in respect for a Jewish funeral
“One day the Prophet was sitting on a path in Medina”
5 min 37 sec
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why all humans are equal in Islamic theology
“I've studied every religion — the concept of equality is in all”
38 sec
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all humans made from one substance, regardless of race
“God made Adam and Eve from one single substance”
1 min 21 sec
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the Islamic creed declares the Prophet only human
“Look at Islam's kalima — it calls the Prophet 'a servant'”
23 sec
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the Prophet is a servant, not a superhuman
“The kalima calls the Prophet 'a servant and a messenger'”
2 min 7 sec
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Bareera, a common woman, wins the right to separate
“There was a lady named Bareera in Medina”
1 min 43 sec
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why Muslim prayer ends by blessing the whole world
“At the end of every prayer, Muslims turn and bless the world”
5 min 32 sec
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Hajj's white garments and the Farewell Sermon on equality
“Look at Hajj — its final phase is a huge gathering at Arafat”
1 min 12 sec
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Vivekananda: character, not clothes, makes a gentleman
“A lady mocked his bare shoulder — Vivekananda had a reply”
2 min 1 sec
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Prophet's Farewell Sermon declares total human equality
“The Prophet's Farewell Sermon was a head-of-state declaration”
29 sec
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Vivekananda praises Islam's unmatched equality
“If ever any religion approached this equality, it is Islam”
1 min 2 sec
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be a giver, or at least don't be a problem
“Maximum: be a giver. Minimum: don't be a problem”
6 min
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what jihad really means and why war is only defensive
“People ask: if Islam teaches love, why jihad?”
1 min 57 sec
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jihad means peaceful struggle, not war
“People often ask: if Islam teaches love, why jihad?”
28 sec
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jihad literally means 'to strive,' not violence
“Jihad literally means to strive — not war”
30 sec
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in Islam, peace is the rule and war the exception
“In Islam, peace is the rule, and war is the exception”
2 min 31 sec
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modern weapons make war impossible under Islamic law
“Islam differentiates between combatants and non-combatants”
42 sec
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judge Muslims by Islam, never Islam by Muslims
“You have to differentiate between Islam and Muslims”
5 min 52 sec
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true worship is spirit not ritual, and never react in anger
“A Muslim is one from whose hands and tongue people are safe”
51 sec
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a true Muslim harms no one by hand or tongue
“A Muslim is one from whose hands and tongue people are safe”
23 sec
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religion's true essence is spirit, not just ritual form
“Take an orange — it has fruit, and it has peel”
2 min 35 sec
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the Prophet's advice: don't be angry, even when provoked
“A man asked the Prophet: give me advice for my whole life”
1 min 41 sec
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confronting Palestinian fighters with Islam's own texts
“I went to Palestine and told several Arab fighters there”