Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Freedom of expression and Pope's statement

“Many people like the Pope's recent statement that freedom of expression is not absolute. The Pope said it after the attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine in France. Please comment.”Asked by وجیہہ الدین, ممبئی

He answers at 47:08 in Root Cause of Terrorism · 3 min 43 sec

His answer, in his own words
47:08
maulana, agla sawal wajihuddin sahib ne kiya hai mumbai se aur unhon ne likha hai: "many people like the pope's recent statement that freedom of expression is not absolute. the pope said it, the pope said it after the attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine in France. absolute freedom can be misused and that's why freedom must not be absolute.
47:34
some people say if someone abuses me, i have freedom to retaliate. please explain this." dekhen, do baatein alag alag hain, do baatein alag alag hain. mein samajhta hoon ke freedom jo hai, yani by nature absolute hona chahiye is ko ke insan soch sake, soch sake, soch sake.
47:56
yeh absolute hona chahiye, warna creativity ruk jayegi. freedom par agar pabandi lagayenge to creativity ruk jayegi, phir creative thinking ka development nahi hoga. insan ki sab se bari sifat yeh hai ke is ke andar creative thinking ho, hai intellectual development hota hai is ka, to woh ruk jayegi.
48:19
is liye mein yeh manta hoon aur islam ka yahi usool hai ke freedom at itself jo hai, woh total freedom hai. total freedom. ab is mein do baatein aati hain, woh yeh hai: ek baat, woh jo mein ne is se
48:38
pehlay keh chuka hoon ke sirf yeh hai ke doosre ke liye aap harmful na banen. khud to chahe jitna sochen, aap apni thinking ko jitna hi chahe aap kare dein, is ko apne mind ko jitna chahe istemal karen, lekin yeh right nahi hona chahiye ke doosre ke liye harmful banayen, kyunke woh to woh social crime ka subject ban jata hai, woh freedom ka nahi.
49:07
jaise hi aap doosre ke liye harmful bante hain to aap ek social crime karte hain, to woh bilkul sahi hai. doosri baat yeh hai ke musalman jo yeh kehte hain ke hamara hamara dil majrooh hua hai, to yeh majrooh hona ka concept bilkul galat hai, yeh Islam se is ka koi talluq nahin.
49:31
aap ka dil majrooh kyun hua? aap ke dil ko aap offend kyun hui hai? aap is ko point of discussion bana kar is ko is ke baat kijiye. jis ne koi baat kahi hai, woh aap ko buri lagi hai to aap use use discuss kijiye, is ko point of discussion banaiye.
49:54
point of, yani is ko offend hone ki koi zaroorat nahin hai. yeh musalman yeh kehte hain ke is se hamara dil offend hota hai, to offend hone ki zaroorat hi kya hai? aap use discuss kijiye. to yeh do baatein main arz karunga ke freedom ke liye koi bhi condition nahin hai, siwaye
50:17
is ke ke aadmi harmful na bane. harmful banega to phir woh freedom nahin hogi, woh social crime ho jayega. doosri baat yeh hai ke koi kisi ki baat aap ko agar galat maloom ho rahi hai, buri lag rahi hai to aap use discuss kijiye, is ko reason based discussion kijiye is se, aur aur
50:43
woh is se aap ko bhi faida hoga, us ko bhi faida hoga. yeh do baatein main kehta hoon. maulana, agla sawal Singapore se kiya hai Noreen Sattar ne.
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