Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to build trust between Muslims and non-Muslims

“There is a growing trust deficit between Muslims and non-Muslims, which is often capitalized by the political parties. My question is, how can we build trust with one another?”Asked by Kamal Siddiqui, Amritsar

He answers at 45:45 in Spirit of the Age · 2 min 46 sec

His answer, in his own words
45:45
maulana, agla sawal bheja hai kamal siddiqui sahib ne amritsar se, unhone likha hai: maulana sahib, there is a growing trust deficit between muslims and non-muslims, which is often capitalized by the political parties. my question is, how can we build trust with one another? what should be the starting point?
46:12
yeh to maine khud quran ke hawale se bata diya. trust qaim karna jo hai, woh sirf is liye nahi hoga ke aap kahein ke trust karo, trust karo, trust karo. logon ko yeh yeh wisdom batana padega, wisdom ke raghz ko avoid karna padta hai.
46:35
sirf aap trust ki baat kijiye to kabhi trust qaim nahi hoga. jo rukawat hai, us ko door karna padega, aur rukawat kya hai? log raghz mein phanse rehte hain. kuch koi negative ayatein hoti hi hoti hain, hamesha us mein phanse rehte hain. logon ko wisdom batai ke duniya mein chuki insaan aazad hai, har insaan apni aazadi ko apni marzi
46:58
ke mutabiq istemal karega, to us se poochega nahi? to karne do us ko, tum bhi aazad ho, tum bhi karo. wo agar apni aazadi ko istemal kar raha hai, tum bhi apni aazadi ko istemal karo. yeh hai wisdom jis se trust paida hota hai.
47:21
agar aap yeh chahein ke ke koi unwanted baat na ho duniya mein, bas siyasi trust ki baat ho, to woh kabhi na hoga, na kabhi trust qaim hoga. ehtemad nahi qaim ho sakta. yeh shart aitmaad ki nahi hai.
47:44
Aitmaad shart hai wisdom. Logon ko wisdom batai ke logon ko azadi hai creator ki taraf se, to aap apni azadi ko woh use karein ge. Let them use that freedom according to their own.
48:07
Tab ja kar aitmaad qaim hoga. Yahi hai wisdom is mamle mein. Badqismati se log is wisdom ko nahi jante, bas khali kehte hain ke ek doosre par trust karo. In ko yeh wisdom bataiye ke rajaz ko chodo, tab ja kar ke wisdom qaim hoga, trust qaim hoga.
48:30
Maulana, agla sawal Ahmedabad se Kabir Khan sahib ne kiya hai, aur unhone likha hai: Maulana
All questions he answeredThe whole lecture, from this momentWatch on YouTube

Machine transcription. These are his recorded words, written down by software from the Urdu he speaks — so a line may carry a misheard word. Every timestamp above opens the video at that second: one tap and you can hear him say it. Quote it as speech, and link to the moment.