Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Opinion on religious conversion

“What is your opinion about religious conversion?”Asked by Imran Hasan, Delhi

He answers at 1:26:55 in Importance of Creative Thinking · 1 min 32 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:26:55
maulana, agla sawal hai mr imran hasan ka dilli se. unhon ne likha hai ke "dharm parivartan ke bare mein aap ka kya khayal hai?" bhai, hamara to yeh koi concept nahi hai conversion ka. hum kabhi ek bhi aap ne nahi suna hoga. hum itne dinon se yahan pe class chala rahe hain. hum conversion ki baat nahi karte. number kisi kitaab mein bhi conversion ki baat nahi hai. main dekhta hoon mazhab aadmi ka personal choice hai. woh jo chahe woh ikhtiyar kare.
1:27:30
aap ko sirf yeh haq hai ke aap khud jo chahen ikhtiyar karen, aur phir jis cheez ko sachai samajhte hain, us ko aap yani us par bol sakte hain, likh sakte hain. woh freedom of expression ki baat hai. aap ke liye freedom of expression hai. freedom of expression doosre ke liye freedom of choice. aap apni freedom of expression ko istemal kar sakte hain, aur doosra aadmi jo hai, woh apni freedom of option ko istemal karega. freedom of choice ko istemal karega. us ko us ka choice aap ke liye apni azaadi. aap na to kisi se nafrat kar sakte hain, na kisi ko. yani main baharhal conversion ka concept hamare hamare is movement mein nahi hai.
1:28:18
yani hamare cps ke jo hum jo hamari movement hai, us mein conversion ka concept nahi koi. maulana, un ke do aur sawal hain. un ka doosra sawal yeh hai: unhon ne likha hai ke kuch musalman yeh kehte hain ke rss islam ki dushman hai.
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