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Islam & Prophet of Islam 21 Oct, 2012 - Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Full lecture
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2 min 35 sec
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what completing the religion actually means in Quran
“What does 'completing your religion' actually mean?”
4 min 18 sec
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why past prophets vanished from history but Muhammad didn't
“Why don't we find past prophets in recorded history?”
58 sec
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European scholar on Prophet Muhammad's historical documentation
“Prophet Muhammad was born in the full light of history”
5 min 19 sec
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companions as historians preserving Quran and Hadith
“Allah raised a new generation of historians for the Prophet”
39 sec
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Quran recorded the instant it was revealed
“The moment the Quran was revealed, it was recorded”
1 min
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William Muir on the purity of the Quranic text
“Quran's text has remained totally pure, says William Muir”
5 min 35 sec
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Islam ending monarchical absolutism and restoring human freedom
“Kingship ruled the world before the Prophet's time”
43 sec
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historian Henri Pirenne on Islam changing world history
“Islam changed the face of the globe, wrote Pirenne”
33 sec
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God breaks any system that destroys human freedom
“Whenever freedom is destroyed, God breaks that system”
1 min 11 sec
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Quranic basis for consultative democracy in early Islam
“The Quran says: their affairs are settled by consultation”
4 min 10 sec
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Caliph Umar, the governor's son, and the Copt's justice
“Caliph Umar heard a Copt's complaint against the governor's son”
1 min 29 sec
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a Jewish man rebukes Caliph Harun al-Rashid publicly
“A Jewish man told Caliph Harun al-Rashid: fear Allah”
3 min 38 sec
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Islam turning nature-worship into the scientific age
“Islam turned nature-worship into nature-exploration, sparking science”
1 min 6 sec
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scholar Briffault on Arab origins of Western civilization
“But for the Arabs, Western civilization never would've arisen”
1 min 55 sec
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why Muslim protests over the Innocence of Muslims film are wrong
“The whole world is protesting Innocence of Muslims”
56 sec
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Muslim protest against free speech called radically wrong
“Muslims protesting free speech are radically wrong”
29 sec
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freedom cannot be abolished, so misuse must be tolerated
“You cannot abolish freedom, so misuse will remain”
35 sec
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dawah, not protest, is the correct Muslim response
“Protest is the wrong option, Dawah is right”
2 min 5 sec
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protecting yourself from greed using the Kingfisher Airlines example
“How does a person protect himself from greed?”
2 min 7 sec
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story of a man who tried to attack Maulana
“A man came to attack me, so I pinned him”
2 min 49 sec
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why God created this world as a test before Paradise
“Why does God need to test us at all?”
1 min 45 sec
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does keeping a beard make a preacher an extremist
“Should a preacher shave his beard to look modern?”
44 sec
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extremism comes from attitude, not from having a beard
“Extremism comes from your attitude, not your beard”
2 min 46 sec
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can a Muslim hate a non-believer, Quranic answer
“Can a Muslim hate a non-Muslim? Absolutely not”
4 min 46 sec
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what 'your freedom ends where mine begins' truly means
“What does 'your freedom ends where mine begins' really mean?”
53 sec
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managing expectations to stay free of stress
“Whether they give or not, be content either way”
1 min 47 sec
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there was never a perfect Islamic government in history
“Was there ever an ideal Islamic government?”
1 min 10 sec
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Islam's mission is to convey the message, not force it
“There is no compulsion in religion, the Quran says”
2 min 41 sec
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can Muslims greet non-Muslims with namaste or good morning
“Can Muslims greet non-Muslims with namaste or good morning?”