Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Hypocrisy in Muslim protests against blasphemy

“Why is it that all the Muslims who are engaged in protest against blasphemy, but none of them have made any attempts to kill Salman Rushdie? Is it hypocrisy?”Asked by رامش صدیقی, دلی

He answers at 1:15:23 in Freedom of Expression in Islam · 4 min 5 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:15:23
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai mr. ramesh siddiqui ka. unhone likha hai: "why is it that all the muslims who are engaged in protest against blasphemy, but none of them have made any attempts to kill Salman Rushdie?" is it hypocrisy?" ji, bilashuba hypocrisy hai. meri mulaqat ek sahab se hui, un ka naam tha dr. abdul salam msc, ke woh ab un ka intiqal ho gaya. to woh america ke ek university mein parhate the, us ka professor the. woh to un se mulaqat hui to unhone bataya ke hamari university mein jo muslim talaba hain, unhone us zamane ki baat hai jab apni university ke baad bari dhoom machi hui thi, sab ki baat hai.
1:16:13
to wahan par ek seminar kiya gaya. to ek student aaya stage par, bohat dhoom se laga bolne ke "Rushdie ko qatl karo, Rushdie ko zinda rehne na do, woh ko qatl karna farz hai musalmanon par." to dr. abdul salam sahab stage par aaye, unhone bohat hi, bohat hi, woh bohat hi thande mizaj ke aadmi the. unhone kaha ke "mere bhai, tum apne kehne mein sincere nahi ho. agar to apne kehne mein sincere hote to us waqt tum london mein hote." yeh sare musalmanon ka haal yeh hai ke nare laga rahe hain aur koi bhi sincere nahi, koi bhi sincere nahi. to isi kalam hona hai, isi kalam hypocrisy hai, is mein to koi shakk hi nahi. sab se bari hypocrisy yeh hai ke musalman jis west se nafrat karte hain, usi west ke culture ko apnaye hue hain. usi west mein apne apne beta beti ko bhi bhej kar khush hote hain ke "mera ladka USA mein settle ho gaya, meri beti yeh America mein settle ho gayi." isi ko follow karte hain aur usi ki nafrat bhi karte hain.
1:17:30
yeh to har taraf hypocrisy ka daur daura hai. hatk ke liye mein ek martaba wahan tha birmingham mein, to wahan par chand log hum log baithe hue the. to to musalman the, woh un mein ek pakistan ka journalist bhi tha, bohat us ko tajruba tha. to kisi ne is mein kaha ke "is zamane ke musalman jo hain, so mein 99 hypocrite ho gaye hain." to journalist ne kaha ke "tum so mein 99 kehte ho,
1:18:07
yani so mein ek nahi, lakh mein ek koi hoga jo munafiq na hoga." aur kisi ne us ko, us ko kaata nahi, us ki baat ko. to yeh sara munafiqat ka hangama hai, is ka islam se koi taluq nahi, koi hisab se taluq nahi. na koi, na kisi ne, yani na kisi ne islam ko parha hai, na kisi ne is ke liye duayein ki hain, na is ke liye koi dua work kiya hai. koi jhanda le khada ho gaya isi stage par. abhi mein dekh raha tha TV mein, sab coat patloon pehne hue, thath ke sath the. sab to woh coat patloon kahan se aaya? wohi west se to aaya hai.
1:18:50
kot patol kyon pehnte ho? woh kapra kyon pehnte ho jo un ke blo banta hai? behtareen kapre pehne hue, kot patol aur yaani shandar un ke jism. woh sab, woh isi se, isi ke, isi par jeete hain saare log. apne bachchon ko isi culture mein paalte hain aur naare laga rahe hain. yeh toh bilashuba hypocrisy hai, bilashuba munafiqat hai. Allah taala ke haan is ka one percent bhi koi value nahi hai, kuch bhi value nahi hai.
1:19:28
Maulana, agla sawal Tamil Nadu se hai Maulana Iqbal Umri sahab ka. unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke "amanat ejtijah kya hota hai?
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