ME AND MAULANA: A PERSONAL RECOLLECTION OF WAHIDUDDIN KHAN - John M. Butt

Rushdie was supposed to grace the Jaipur Lit Fest. While many Muslims wanted to boycott Rushdie, the Maulana believed that one should engage with him, have a dialogue with him. Predictably, it did not endear him to many. Always dressed in a white kurta-pyjama with a loosely tied turban and thick spectacles, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan was among the early Muslim scholars to pitch in for family planning. Yet again, he came in for much criticism, but he did not respond to the darts that came his way. Instead, he concentrated his energies on the Centre for Peace and Spirituality, which he had established. Earlier this year, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, a landmark achievement at a time when the community often found itself under siege. He is survived by two sons, including Zafarul Islam Khan, who was until recently the chairman of Delhi Minorities Commission. https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/wahiduddinkhan-the-maulana-who-brought-about-a-revolution-inthe-muslim-world-dies-of-covid-related-complications/ article34392530.ece