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Religious Extremism and Rational Extremism November 27, 2005 Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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4 min 59 sec
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The fundamentalism-vs-enlightenment debate, reframed as two extremisms
“Aaj kal intellectual circle mein ek baat bohot kahi ja rahi hai”
56 sec
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Demand to replace evolution with creationism in US schools
“Yeh demand zor pakad rahi hai ke creationism syllabus mein laya jaye”
58 sec
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Real issue is religious extremism versus rational extremism
“Main khud is fundamentalism ki muwafiqat mein nahi hoon”
1 min 46 sec
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The old world ran entirely on unquestioned tradition
“Purani duniya mein sab kuch tradition pe chalta tha”
1 min 42 sec
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Newton's apple sparks the birth of rational inquiry
“Newton ne dekha apple ko upar se zameen par girte hue”
1 min 49 sec
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Evolution downgraded from fact to unproven working theory
“Ab sirf is liye evolution theory maani ja rahi hai”
38 sec
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Evolution's missing links were never actually found
“In missing links se aaj tak pata nahi ho saka”
50 sec
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Bertrand Russell splits knowledge of things from knowledge of truth
“Bertrand Russell kehta hai: nalij aaf things, nalij aaf truth”
5 min 26 sec
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Full story of Marxism's rise, empire, and collapse
“Ek zamana yeh tha ke Marxism ya socialism sabse zyada mana jane wala nazariya tha”
2 min 13 sec
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Soviet empire collapsed after abolishing private property
“Socialist empire 75 saal tak chala aur phir toot gaya”
2 min 49 sec
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Behaviorism's nurture theory versus the hadith on human nature
“Behaviourism ka principle isi soch ke tehat aaya ke environment insan banata hai”
1 min 56 sec
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Logical positivism's rise and fall, proven wrong by radio waves
“Logical positivism ki dhoom ek zamane mein bohot zabardast thi”
57 sec
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Revelation stayed intact while every rational theory got discarded
“Do parallel tareeqay chal rahe hain baat ko jaanne ke”
40 sec
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Being able to correct yourself is itself a blessing
“Yeh to ek blessing hai ke aap apne ko correct kar sakte hain”
1 min 58 sec
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Truth splits into physical truth and spiritual truth
“Sachai ki do qismain hain: spiritual truth aur physical truth”
2 min 32 sec
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Even physical science relies on inference, not just observation
“Aap ne pani ko aanch di aur wo steam power ban gaya”
4 min 57 sec
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Prophet's date-palm pollination story defines religion and science's domains
“Prophet of Islam Makkah mein paida hue, 570 esvi mein”
35 sec
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Prophet's line: you know your worldly affairs best
“Innakum a'lamu bi-amri dunyakum — tum apni dunya zyada jaante ho”
2 min 54 sec
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Watching a ship appear over the horizon proves the earth curves
“Main ek baar gaya samandar ke kinare, shaam ka waqt tha”
4 min 36 sec
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Full argument: the problem of evil is really the problem of challenge
“Philosophy mein yeh chala aa raha hai bohot dinon se: problem of evil”
2 min 30 sec
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Edison and Louis Braille show evil is really challenge
“Pichle philosophers is ko evil ke roop mein dekh paye the”
59 sec
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Edison's poverty and deafness drove his invention
“Edison itna ghareeb tha ke school mein padh nahi saka”
59 sec
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Deer lose fertility without a wolf to chase them
“Agar hiranon ko sone-chandi ke mahal mein rakh dein to?”
3 min 37 sec
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Why God created the universe: the hidden treasure hadith
“Creation plan samajhne ke baad ek sawal aur aata hai zehen mein”
47 sec
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I have discovered You though I never saw You
“Khudaya, main ne tujh ko dariyaft kiya”