The Sunday Guardian

We must co-exist despite differences

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Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | February 13, 2016, p. 12

A pluralistic society is defined as a place where different religious, ethnic and cultural groups live together. But this kind of definition is not correct. The fact is that pluralism is a law of nature. Every society is a plural society, even every family is a plural family.

There is a reason behind everything

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Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | February 7, 2016, p. 12

If only this had not happened at this particular time,” All such statements betoken a feeling of unease or distress in the mind of a person. Certain sets of circumstances come into being at the exact points in time allotted to them by God. 

How often have we heard people say things like, “If only we had thought of this before,” or “If only we had postponed our journey” or” if only this had not happened at this particular time,” or even, “If only we could have lived in a different century!”