Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Opinion on Salman Rushdie's visit

“Salman Rushdie has hurt the sentiments of Muslims by coming to India. What is your opinion about this? Would you like to invite him to your class, while it is said that he is an enemy of Muslims and Islam?”Asked by شاہ عمران حسن, دلی

He answers at 1:16:42 in Islam in A New Age · 1 min 30 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:16:42
Maulana, agla sawal Shah Imran, Mr Shah Imran Hasan ka hai, Delhi se. unhone likha hai: Salman Rushdie ne India mein aa kar musalmanon ke jazbat ko majrooh kiya hai. is bare mein aap ki kya rai hai? kya aap unko apni class mein bulana chahenge, jabke kaha jata hai ke woh musalman aur Islam ke dushman hain? koi dushman nahi hota. hum har ek ko badu samajhte hain. yeh nazariya hi galat hai ke woh dushman hai, woh conspirator hai. yeh sab bilkul Islami soch nahi hai, yeh qaumi soch hai, qaumi. hum har insaan ko badu samajhte hain. har insaan ko chahte hain ke Allah ka paigham us ko pohanchaya jaye.
1:17:26
bas. aur kuch nahin. baqi kaun kya hai, woh Allah jaane, woh qayamat ke faisla is ka hoga. yeh yeh soch ko main bilkul baطل samjhta hoon, baطل. ke logon ko kaha jaye ke yeh dost hai, yeh dushman hai, yeh saazishi hai, yeh falan, yeh sab bilkul jhooti soch hai. bas do hi taqseem hai, daai aur badu. aur koi teesri soch, teesri category hai nahin. to hum na kisi ki nafrat karne ko jaiz samajhte, na kisi ko dushman kaha jaye, yeh is ko bhi jaiz nahin samajhte, is ko. sab ke liye khair khwahi, sab ke liye dua, sab ko insan samajhna, sab ko Allah ka paigham pahunchana, yeh hai sahi Islami mizaj.
1:18:13
aur yeh hum chahte hain ke hamare sathiyon mein yeh mizaj aaye. Maulana, agla sawal Dilli se hai, aah Miss Parveen Sultana ka.
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