Where Does an Erroneous Interpretation of the Deen Take Us?
English book, p. 65
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Where Does an Erroneous Interpretation of the Deen Take Us? person who really engaged, in a complete sense, in the essential mission of the deen. Following from what we have discussed so far, is there any need left for additional evidence to prove the falsity of this political interpretation of Islam? The interpretation of the deen that requires one to believe that almost the whole of Islamic history is wrong is simply to be rejected. Conclusion My intention in analyzing the political interpretation of Islam is not to attack anyone’s intentions or to debate about anybody’s beliefs and actions. However, in response to my critique of this interpretation of Islam in my book Taʿbir ki Ghalati, the Jamaat-eIslami took it as blind criticism, similar to writings by some other writers who have opposed the Jamaat. And so, the Jamaat could not properly understand the basis and nature of my critique. Naturally, then, its reply to my book was thoroughly inappropriate. When I look at whatever the Jamaat-e-Islami had to say in reply to my book, it seems like a wrestler entering into an empty wrestling-ring and beginning an imaginary wrestling match. All the arguments raised by the Jamaat-e-Islami against my critique, in written, verbal, published and unpublished form, were either about completely irrelevant issues or else based on a complete misrepresentation of my

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