Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Inconsistency in Muslim protests and actions

“I am puzzled by two different categories of news. Firstly, whenever anyone hurts religious sentiments of Muslims, there is a strong protest by them. Secondly, Muslims themselves damage Buddha statues in Afghanistan, damages the Mahavir statue in UP. Why is there this inconsistency?”Asked by ادریس, رائے پور

He answers at 58:22 in Freedom of Expression in Islam · 4 min 15 sec

His answer, in his own words
58:22
Maulana, yeh sawal aaya hai Raipur se Idrees sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana sahib, I am puzzled by two different categories of news. Firstly, whenever anyone hurts religious sentiments of Muslims, there is a strong protest by them. Secondly, Muslims themselves damage Buddha statues in Afghanistan, damages the Mahavir statue in UP. All this hurts religious sentiments of others. It shows that Muslims are practicing the same thing what it is fighting against.
59:01
It is confusing. Are Muslims in principle against or in favor of the practice of hurting religious sentiments?" Kindly comment. aap sahi keh rahe hain, jab aadmi emotional ho jata hai to woh aise hi ban jata hai, contradictory, uska behaviour contradictory behaviour ban jata hai. yeh jo musalman kar rahe hain, iska taluq na aql se hai, na islam se hai, kisi se nahin. Iske jazbat hain, yeh sirf
59:42
yani apne sentiment ko jante hain, apne emotions ko jante hain. Bas jo aadmi bhi jazbat mein rahega, woh uska behaviour jo hai, contradictory behaviour ban jayega. agar aql pe hote hain, musalman tab bhi aisa nahin karte. Islam pe hote hain, tab bhi aisa nahin karte. Positive thinking ko andar andar hoti hai, tab bhi aisa nahin karte. woh sirf jazbat mein bhare hain, bas jazbat, jazbat, jazbat. Aur unke jo so called leader hain, unke liye ek ek cheap ka protect karne ka bara aasan tareeqa mil gaya hai. yeh sab musalman nahin hain, yeh yeh inke so called leader hain jo inko bharka bharka kar ke aisa kar diya. Main aap ko ek qissa bataoon, Imam Taimiya jo ab imam kahe jate hain, us zamane mein imam nahin kahe jate the.
1:00:38
woh to unki mashhoor kitab jo hai, "Al-Saalih bil Rasool" aur "Al-Ishad bil Rasool" . To us waqt us zamane mein kuch ek qissa hua tha, ek Christian ne Rasool Allah ke bare mein ghaliban kuch keh diya tha. To uske baad unhone yeh kitab likhi thi. To Ibn Taymiyyah ne taqreer waghera ki aur ek bheed jama ho gayi, usko le kar ke woh sham mein jo muslim sultan tha, uske paas gaye. To jante hain kya hua? Muslim sultan ne Ibn Taymiyyah ko koday marwaye. Aaj jin ko aap yeh imam kehte hain, jo is kitab ke writer hain, unko koday marwaye.
1:01:23
aap ko shakk ho to aap aap yeh sari maloomat internet par maujood hain, aap internet par dekh sakte hain. isko isko sultan ne kaha ke tum ne taqreer kar kar ke bharkaye logon ko, bhark uthe logon ko. Main ne kaun janta janta tha kis ne kaha ke kis ne kaha tha. To innocent, wohi qissa aaj bhi hai. innocence of innocence of muslim jo thi, woh kahin internet pe thi. Kaun janta tha isko? Yeh jo hamare so called leader hain, yahi bharka bharka kar taqreeren karte hain aur bheed jama karte hain.
1:02:02
asal mujrim jo hain, yaad rakhiye, awam nahin hain, asal mujrim wohi leader hain jo taqreeren karte hain. jo Quran mein akabir mujrimiyah, akabir mujrimiyah ka matlab yeh hai ke taqreeren karne wale jazbati taqreeren kar ke bharka kar logon ko bheed jama karte hain. yeh hai cheap property gain karne ka bohat aasan nuskha. To aise log aise hi karenge, yani unka unka behaviour hamesha contradictory behaviour rahega. Maulana, agla sawal Karachi Pakistan se aya hai Abdul Latif sahib ka. Unhone likha hai: "Quran o Hadees ke mutale se yeh baat maloom hoti hai ke har insan maut aate hi apne anjam se dochar ho jata hai.
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