The portrait of a peacemaker and scholar
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February 11, 2021 00:58 IST
The Islam which can co-exist with other religions is the one propagated by the likes of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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The Islam which can co-exist with other religions is the one propagated by the likes of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
This year’s Padma Awards had some surprises. Among the awardees are two prominent Islamic scholars,
viz., Maulana Wahiduddin Khan and Maulana Kalbe Sadiq (posthumously), who have been awarded the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan, India’s second and third highest civilian honour/awards, respectively. The nonagenarian scholar, Wahiduddin Khan had earlier been conferred the Padma Bhushan in 2000, and the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award in 2009.
The U.S. decision [to recognize Morocco s sovereignty over the Western] Sahara, and Morocco s decision to renew the open relations with Israel, triggered a flood of negative reactions, all of which [claimed] that this move harms the stability of the region and may plunge it into a vortex of violence, social unrest, etc. The first to issue this prophecy was Palestinian journalist Abd Al-Bari Atwan, who wrote in an article in [the online daily] Rai Al-Yawm… that the Morocco-Israel agreement may be a recipe for civil war or even for wars [between] and unrest within the Maghreb countries, which have heretofore been immune to the wars and unrest that characterized the Arab East. [2] The same position was taken by the [pro-Palestinian] Moroccan Organization for the Support of National Causes, which condemned the renewal of the ties with Israel, describing it as a move which will cost Morocco dearly [and undermine] its history, stability, future and relations with the region. [3]
Islam, India and the Jamaat December 19, 2020, 10:07 AM IST
A worker of the Welfare Party of India, who was helping some nuns reach a polling booth in Kizhuparamba in Malappuram during the just-concluded local body elections, was baffled by a question they asked him. ‘Who is Maududi’, isn’t he often referred to as a ‘dangerous person’, they asked.
This may sound ludicrous, but Abul A’la-Maududi, the founder of Jamaat-e-Islami, and his ideas on democracy, secularism and pluralism were hotly debated topics in the poll campaign in Malabar. All other issues, including local development, were side-lined, with Maududism hitting centre stage.