Foreword

Understanding ISLAM During the interview, the host asked questions about the challenges faced by Indian Muslims in relation to the article’s theme. I answered those questions based on my own point of view. Since this interview was not recorded, it could not be included in this collection. Radio is like an extension of the human voice. Through radio, a person can speak from a particular place, and with the help of transmission, that voice can be heard across the world—at the same moment, in the same tone, and in the same manner. Truly, modern means of communication are a great blessing from God. The surprising thing is that these modern tools have been among the least used for spreading the Word of God. Even in Islamic countries, the situation is not much different. This is a remarkable opportunity of the modern age, and yet it remains largely untapped. All the radio speeches included in this collection were written in advance and read out in the radio studio. Apart from these, there are many speeches which were recorded extemporaneously. These days, I usually speak in that same way. There is no written record of such speeches, and I was not able to write them down afterwards either. For this reason, this kind of speech has not been included in the collection. Wahiduddin Khan New Delhi 30 October 1996