AN INTERVIEW

The journey began with more people joining and by word-of-mouth it spread far and wide. Then, Maulana’s talks began to be live streamed. It brought together people from different cities and countries. This resulted into chapters and affiliation coming into existence in various cities in India and abroad. Islamic religious scholars joined this divine mission of peace, spirituality and interfaith. Maulana and his team travelled extensively to Asia, Middle East, U.S. This outreach led to an increase in the members of CPS team across the world. Maulana then felt the need of making the revealed Islamic scripture, i.e., the Quran easily understandable to the people of all faiths. Along with his team and fortified particularly by his daughter Dr Farida Khanam, he began the gigantic task of translating the Quran in contemporary language. The result was miraculous. This translation was well received all over the world with millions of copies already circulated. Today, CPS has more than 30 translations. Noted writer Mr Khushwant Singh said about the English translation that not only non-Muslims but Muslims should also read Maulana Wahiduddin Khan’s translation. Today people of other faiths take large number of copies of Quran. It is widely distributed across public places like hotels, museums, mosques, etc. It is difficult to provide an exact number of CPS members as this is an informal set up and the condition to become a CPS member is simple, i.e. don’t harbour hate for anyone and be a well-wisher for one another. Therefore, I would say that you are interviewing me today and you are an ambassador of peace. For me, you too are a CPS member. At CPS, everyone is welcome to attend the sessions and it is not Muslim-centric. How has the CPS contributed to building cultures of interfaith peace, and establishing interfaith dialogue? CPS International is a non-profit, non-governmental and non-political organization established in the year 2001. CPS members come from all walks of life. Being spiritually and intellectually trained, they have taken it as their life’s mission to become ambassadors of peace for the world. Many of CPS activities focus on engaging in dialogue with people of other religions in the spirit of mutual learning. They facilitate the production of translations of the Quran in different languages. They convey its message globally through interactions, addresses, researches, online activities, seminars and conferences, publication of books and articles, magazines, websites, live video feeds, Facebook Live, blogs and podcast. These activities are not confined to India alone. CPS has a commendable presence globally.