Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Two causes of blasphemy ignorance and propaganda

“There are only two possible causes for blasphemy. First, ignorance: that they don't know the truth. Second, propaganda: they know but intentionally spread the falsehood.”Asked by ادریس صاحب, رائے پور

He answers at 1:20:22 in Freedom of Expression in Islam · 3 min 4 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:20:22
chahe amanat ho, tab bhi woh ghair Islami hai. amanat ho, tab bhi woh ghair Islami hai. Maulana, agla sawal Raipur se hai Idrees sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "there are only two possible causes for blasphemy. first, ignorance. that is they don't know the truth. second, propaganda. they know but intentionally spread the falsehood. protest and violence are not effective tools to fight ignorance or propaganda. the effective tools are promoting education and propagating the truth.
1:21:01
incidents in past confirms that with reference to blasphemy, protest do not produce any positive results while promoting education." does Maulana sahab, why do ulema and leaders do not learn this from their past experience? mujhe behal aap ki poori baat se mein agree karta hoon, is se ittefaq hai. is ko poora poora ittefaq hai. baqi ulema jis zamane mein hain, woh awam se mukhtalif nahi hain, woh bhi jazbati ho gaye. mujhe ek sahab ka telephone aaya tha wahan se, South se, ke ek wahan baqayda ek aalim ek sahab hain, unhon ne taqreer ki.
1:21:48
taqreer bare josh se unhon ne kaha ke "tum hum ko gaali do, hum bardasht kar len ge. tum Musalmanon ko gaali do, hum bardasht kar len ge. tum hamare prophet ko gaali do, hum us ko bardasht nahi kar sakte." yeh aalim ki boli hai. toh main samajhta hoon ke is maamle mein aalim aur ghair aalim sab barabar ho gaye hain, sab jazbati ho gaye hain. koi bhi, yaani tamam dunya bhar ke ulema mein apne siwa mein kisi ko nahi paata jo is maamle mein exception hai.
1:22:19
koi ek bhi nahi, koi exception nahi, koi jazbat mein pehre hain, nafrat mein pehre hain. ab kya kiya jaye? ya Allah taala ka yeh faisla hoga is baat ka, dunya mein hum is ka faisla nahi kar sakte.
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