Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Presenting peaceful Islam against Boko Haram

“Maulana, on one side you are there who talk about peaceful Islam, and on the other side there are organizations like Boko Haram who present a violent image of Islam. How do we tell people that Islam's image is not in violence? Please tell us about this.”Asked by بینگلور

He answers at 58:54 in Quran A Miracle · 2 min 6 sec

His answer, in his own words
58:54
maulana agla sawal bangalore se hai aanhon ne sawal kiya hai unhon ne apna naam nahi likha hai. un ka sawal is tareeqe se hai maulana ek taraf aap hain jo peaceful islam ki baat karte hain. aur doosri taraf boko haram jaisi tanzeemein hain jo violent islam ki tasweer pesh kar rahe hain. maulana hum logon ko kaise batayein ke islam ki tasweer violence mein nahi hai? is ke bare mein batayein. bohat aasan hai aap mujh se poochein ke boko haram jo maarta hai logon ko bomb to kahan quran mein likha hua hai ke aisa karo larkiyon ko hostage banao bomb maar kar tabah karo yeh kahan likha hua hai quran mein? quran mein to dekhiye ayat hai ke ek shakhs ko agar tum ne mara ek fard ko to
59:53
saare mankind ko maarne ke barabar hai. to quran mein to yeh taleem hai. aur jo aadmi apne ko momin samjhe us us ke bare mein bhi quran mein ayat hai ke agar tum maroge to jahannum mein jaoge. to aap yeh ayat aap dekh kar bataiye. to quran ek hamare liye is aitbaar se ek bohat bari cheez hai ke ek ke is ek hamare liye ek point of reference hai kisi baat ko batane ke liye. agar quran na hota to hamare paas koi point of reference na hota. ab yeh to accepted hai ke yeh quran khuda ki kitab hai. to aap un ko bataiye ke dekho kahan is mein jo hai woh to ulta hai. tum ko insaan ki jaan ka ehtram karna chahiye tum ko maar rahe ho.
1:00:40
ulta kar rahe ho. to pakad jaao pakde hoge tum. to quran ki woh aayatein hain un ko sunaiye jo un ke khilaaf jaati hain. aur jo peace ki baatein karti hain. is par aap ne bohat likha hai aap hamari kitabon ko padhiye. maulana agla sawal dilli se kiya hai jameel akhtar sahab ne. unhon ne likha hai ke deen ki siyasi taabeer sahi nahi.
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