Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Western civilization dominance over Japanese

“Everyone acknowledges Japan's development, but culturally Western civilization dominates, not Japanese civilization. What are your thoughts on this?”Asked by جمیل اختر خان, Delhi

He answers at 1:02:24 in Discovery of Modern Age I 10th Feb. 13 · 2 min 16 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:02:24
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai jameel akhtar khan sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "japan ki taraqqi ko sabhi log mante hain magar tahzeeb ke aitbar se western civilization ka ghalba hai, nah ke japanese civilization ka." is ke baray mein aap kya kahengay? japan ki koi civilization hi nahin hai.
1:02:47
koi civilization japan ki nahin hai. yeh to ajeeb o ghareeb sawal hai yeh. aap batayein ke japan ki civilization kya cheez hoti hai? yeh to kuch bhi nahin. aur western civilization ko bhi aap musalman samajhte hain ke western civilization ka naam hai neutral ka, nagra
1:03:09
pin hone ka. مسلمان یہ بھی نہیں جانتے کہ what is Western civilization. chand isi qism ki cheezon ko le kar woh western civilization ko mante hain. western civilization jis baat ka naam hai, woh hamari aap ki bhi civilization hai ke nature mein Allah
1:03:32
taala ne jo taaqatein chupa rakhi theen, us ko discover karna. woh hamari aap ki sab ki cheez hai. woh west ki cheez nahi hai. woh yeh jo cheezein aaj dekhte hain, aap car ho ya hawa ya communication ho, ek camera ho,
1:03:55
ek computer ho, yeh isi nature mein, Allah ke barah-e-nature mein maujood thi pehle se. us ko discover kar ke istemal kiya. yeh toh hamare aap ke sab ki hai. log samajhte hain ke western civilization koi alag shaitani duniya ki cheez hai.
1:04:18
yeh bilkul hi bekhabari ki baat hai. یہی تو میں نے کہا کہ سب بالکل بے خبر ہیں لوگ کہ what is Western civilization. jante hi nahi. baghair bolay hue taqreerein karte hain.
1:04:40
maulana, agla sawal Dilli se hai miss Naghma Siddiqui ka.
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