Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Present Muslims- A Case of Wrong Identity February 13, 2011

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Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 1367
Quran 2:34 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 17:52 · Al-Isra
Quran 74:1 · Al-Muddaththir
Quran 96:9 · Al-Alaq
Sirat Ibn Hisham, Vol. 2, p. 58
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 6023
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 6919
Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Vol. 4, p. 200 The Quran
Quran 85:8 · Al-Buruj
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3 min 31 sec
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Muslim identity crisis: dawah ignored, politics embraced instead
“Aaj ka topic hai: Present Muslims, a case of wrong identity”
2 min 31 sec
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Cairo dawah attempt fails while protest slogan draws millions
“Main Egypt gaya tha, waha teen hafte raha”
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True Muslim identity is being a caller to God
“Ek sahib ne kaha: man nahnu? Hamari pehchan kya hai?”
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18 people for dawah versus 1.8 million for protest
“18 din mein mujhe 18 aadmi bhi nahi mile”
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Iblis's rebellion as root of every anti-authority uprising
“Yeh saadi baat nahi hai, jab main Quran padhta hoon”
1 min 58 sec
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Story of Iblis challenging authority mirrors human history
“Jab main padhta hoon Iblis aur Adam ka qissa”
2 min 36 sec
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Egypt's repeated revolutions from 1948 to Mubarak, no result
“Isi Egypt mein, yani 1948 mein, Palestine ka jalsa”
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Prophet Muhammad never challenged authority, only preached
“Rasoolullah ko is waqt log bhool chuke hain”
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Prophet ran only dawah politics, never challenged Mecca's rulers
“Rasoolullah ne authority ko challenge karne wali politics nahi chalayi”
2 min 9 sec
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Lucknow sweet-rice parable about confusing empire with faith
“Lucknow ka ek bahut illustrative qissa hai”
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Old woman's punchline: sweet rice needs no cream to eat
“Budhiya ne dant kar kaha: matanjan bina malai ke khaya jata hai?”
5 min 59 sec
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Core theory: separating Islam's permanent dawah from temporary politics
“Ghalti kahan se hui hai? Zaroorat thi ijtihad ki”
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Defining ijtihad as separating the permanent from the temporary
“Islam ka permanent hissa dawat tha, baqi sab temporary”
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Ibn Umar's ijtihad: fighting ended once persecution ended
“Top ke sahabi thay Hazrat Abdullah ibn Umar”
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Ibn Umar's real example of ijtihad on major matters
“Qatilna woh to humne kar diya, yeh tha ijtihad ka namoona”
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Islam has a model for strength, none for being a minority
“Islam mein position of strength ka model hai”
5 min 23 sec
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Japan's postwar turn: leaving war behind, choosing education
“Main ek misaal deta hoon, parallel misaal, yeh Islami baat nahi”
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Japanese soldier hands sword to American officer, chooses education
“After the war, I handed over my sword to an American officer”
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One dictator goes, another dictator comes in his place
“Times of India chapa: Dictator goes”
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Oxford lawn parable: democracy needs centuries to grow
“Ek Indian nawab sahab gaye Britain, Oxford University dekhne”
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It takes 500 years to grow a lawn like Oxford's
“It requires 500 years to have a lawn like Oxford”
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Anti-incumbency factor explains why rulers always face complaints
“Anti-incumbency factor yeh hai ke jo hukumat karta hai”
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Dawah runs on love, party politics runs on hatred
“Dawat chalti hai mohabbat par, party chalti hai nafrat par”
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Only God can accomplish the task, not man alone
“Hazrat Maseeh ne kaha: insan se nahi ho sakta magar khuda se”
59 sec
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Dawah's only valid intention is the hereafter, not glory
“Dawat ka kaam kis niyat ke tehat karna matlub hai?”
5 min 23 sec
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Mind-as-filing-cabinet: hatred fills the file, love stays empty
“Throw some light on the concept of filing in the human mind”
2 min 43 sec
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How the human mind files everything we dwell on
“Insaan ka mind sote hain, tab bhi kaam karta hai”
1 min 28 sec
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Why Egyptians had nothing to say about dawah, but plenty on politics
“Jab naara lagaya unhon ne, Muhammad ElBaradei ne”
2 min 12 sec
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Democracy's real starting point is education, not regime change
“Democracy ka starting point kya hai? Education hai”
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Without education, tolerance for democracy cannot grow
“Jab tak logon ko educate na karein, tolerance nahi banegi”
2 min 3 sec
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Spin-talking to save face is a sign of hypocrisy
“Toast karne ka matlab hai baat ko ghuma phira kar kehna”
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Spinning your mistakes to protect your image explained
“Toast karna kya hai aur is habit se bachne ka tareeqa?”