Cultural Differences
English book, p. 22
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
impractical. Thus, it was abandoned, and now in America, too, multiculturalism is the recognized policy. The fact is that cultural differences are not a matter of differences only between two communities. Such differences can also be found among and between different sub-groups in each community. That is why to promote harmony between different cultural groups, what is required is not trying to do away with all differences (which is impossible) but, rather, promoting a commitment to ‘live and let live’ among people. However, some people still advocate the failed experiment of monoculturalism and have given it the name ‘social engineering.’ Through this project, they seek to respond to cultural diversity among different communities by calling for restructuring their culture so that society is free from cultural differences and all citizens of a state share a common culture. No matter what name it is called, the result of the effort to manufacture and impose a single culture on all people remains the same—pointless. It is impractical and unrealistic, no matter what it is termed—as ‘social engineering’ or by any other phrase. Moreover, to pursue anything impractical from the perspective of the Laws of Nature is simply pointless. In this regard, my difference with ‘social engineers’ is practical. What they want to bring about is simply impractical and unrealistic. This sort of uniformity is impossible in line with the Laws of Nature. It has never been possible in the past, nor will it be possible in the future. Cultures always

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