Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Learning from Jewish Progress Despite Discrimination

“So-called discrimination against Muslims is nothing compared to the scale of discrimination faced by Jews in many places around the world. But despite the problems, Jews have progressed far better than others. How did they do it and what can we learn from it?”Asked by ادریس صاحب, رائے پور

He answers at 1:00:46 in Revival and Revivalist · 5 min 39 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:00:46
Maulana, yeh agla sawal aya hai Idrees sahib ka Raipur se. So called discrimination against Muslims is nothing compared to the scale of discrimination faced by Jews in many places around the world. But despite the problems, Jews have progressed far better than others. How they could do it and what we can learn from it? Dekhiye, is ka jawab is se milta hai jahan hum Yahud ki history ko parhein. Yahud ke sath kya hua? Yeh Quran mein bataya gaya ke martain, yani do bar, un ko apne Falasteen se nikalna para.
1:01:33
Aik bar Iraq ke badshah ne hamla kiya, doosri taraf Iran ke badshah ne hamla kiya. Yeh Quran mein maujood hai. To woh woh chalay gaye diaspora mein, yani Falasteen chor kar diaspora mein chalay gaye. Yeh log us waqt ziyadatar gaye Europe mulk, Europe mein ziyadatar gaye. Us waqt ke halaat aisay thay. To Europe mein kya hua ke unhon ne yeh science ki education li. Science ki education mein un ke andar aik transformation aa gaya. Musalmanon ke sath aisa nahi hua. Musalman isi ghettos mein rehte hain, isi ghettos mein. Yani
1:02:10
Agar agar Falasteen se nikala na gaya hota Yahud ko to woh bhi isi tarah paray rehtay hain. Woh lekin nikal kar ke gaye Europe mein. Aaj aap jantay hain ke har European mulk Yahud hain maujood. wahan ja kar unhon ne modern education li, science parha. to aaj ke zamanay se waqif hi hain. woh aaj ka zamana kya hai? is ke mutabiq un ki zehn mana. musalmanon ke sath yeh waqia pesh nahi aya. musalman to apne gheton mein thay, isi gheton mein reh gaye. isi liye main yeh kaha karta hoon ke jin logon ne muslim idaray banaye, muslim college, muslim university, to woh kuch zyada acha kaam nahi tha.
1:02:51
musalmanon ko chahiye tha dhakay do is ko isi system mein jo already hai, yani hindu college aur christian college ya government college, sab jayen musalman bhi taake un ko un ko cooperation pesh aye. to musalmanon ke apne jo idaray banaye gaye, woh sab favor pe pesh karte thay. favor khoob un ko favor diya gaya to un ko cooperation pesh nahi ayi. aur yahood ko cooperation pesh ayi Europe Africa mein. to main samajhta hoon ke yeh cooperation aur challenge tha jis ne yahood ko badal diya. musalman abhi is se bekhabar hain. musalman abhi bhi wohi boli bolte hain jise Arab kehte hain. ya aap ne al-qardah. mujhe taajjub hota hai ke abhi bhi Arab yeh boli bolte hain.
1:03:41
ya aap ne al-qardah. aye brother bandaron ki aulad. halankay woh bandaron ki aulad nahi hai. woh modern education ki aulad hai. woh jo yahoodi thay, rasool Allah ke zamanay thay, aaj woh yahoodi nahi hain. kisi musalman ko khabar nahi hai is ki. wohi boli bolte hain ab bhi. jo yahoodi thay rasool Allah ke zamanay mein, woh woh yahoodi scientific age se pehle ke yahoodi thay. ab woh jo gaye diaspora mein aur zyada tar Europe mein, America mein gaye to un ko wahan challenge pesh aya.
1:04:18
wahan unhon ne modern education li, science ki taleem li, modern jo sir activities hain, un se dakhil hue. is ne un ko bilkul aaj ka yahoodi bilkul different hai, lekin musalman is ko jante nahi. ab jo musalman hain, is waqt main samajhta hoon ke un ko favor dena, un ke sath dushmani karna hai, har giz favor nahi dena chahiye. un ko karna chahiye ke jao comprehension mein apne aap ko, apne aap ko prove karo apni apni salahiyat ko. koi favor nahi mile de diya jaye ga tum ko. main samajhta hoon ke musalmanon ke sath dushmani yeh hai ke dost musalmanon ke sath dosti yeh hai ke un ko favor na diya jaye.
1:05:03
favor zyada dushmani dosti nahi hai. aap dekhen, main aik baat arz karta hoon aap ko ke America mein aik sahib, aik musalman ki taleem America mein hui, aik yahood ke college mein, yahoodi college mein America mein. un se main ne poocha ke ab aap batayen yahood ke baray mein kya tajruba aap ka hai? unhon ne kaha ke hamare college mein yeh halat thi ke yahood ka zyada sakht imtehan le aata tha. koi grace bar nahi milta tha un ko.
1:05:36
hum logon ko grace bar mil jata tha. yani yahood ke apne college mein zyada sakht test le aata tha yahood ka. kabhi un ko grace bar nahi diya gaya. koi favor nahi kiya gaya un ke sath. aur doosron ko grace bar de ke agay barha dete thay. yeh yeh soch jo ayi yahood mein, yeh musalman mein maujood nahi hai. musalman jo hai grace bar de kar ke agay barh dete hain. musalman jante hi nahi importance of, yani yeh jo comprehension ki importance jo hai, challenge ki jo importance hai, musalman is ko jante hi nahi.
1:06:14
sab se bara masla musalmanon ko yahi hai ke woh favor ko jante hain aur challenge ko nahi jante. Maulana, yeh agla sawal aya hai Dr. Saleha Siddiqui ka Delhi se.
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