Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Pro-democracy vs dictatorship for policies

“Why are you so pro-democracy? Don't you think dictatorship is better as it is easier to implement policies and bring about changes fast? In democracy every party tries to find...”Asked by Abdullah Khan, Bangladesh

He answers at 53:08 in Living in a New Age · 1 min 9 sec

His answer, in his own words
53:08
ji Maulana agla sawal Abdullah Khan sahib ne bheja hai Bangladesh se. unhon ne likha hai Maulana sahib why are you so pro-democracy? Don't you think dictatorship is better as it is easier to implement policies and bring about changes fast? In democracy every party tries to find loopholes and sabotage sabotage the good policies.
53:37
What is the rationale for having a democracy instead of dictatorship? yeh un ki baat saheeh nahi hai. aap dekhiye yeh Misr Egypt mein saath baras se dictatorship saath baras ka sau baras se dictatorship hai. pehlay badshah hota tha phir dictator hua. ab wahan sawat aabai ko kuch bhi nahi.
54:04
Egypt mein pehlay King Farooq tha phir General Naguib aaye phir Jawad Abdul Nasser aaye phir Anwar Sadat aaye phir Hussain Mubarak aaye phir Doctor Morsi aaye. lekin swat abai ko kuch bhi nahi. to democracy plus education mein jo kehta hoon woh democracy plus education ki baat karta hoon. democracy ke naam par aap dictatorship chalayen is ko main nahi kehta. bhala un ka comment mere khayal se sahi nahi hai. maulana agla sawal miss naghma siddiqui ne bheja hai dehli se. unhone likha hai today's lecture was trul
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