INTERVIEW WITH MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN

A major feature of the conference was Dr Mattias Dahlkvist’s lecture on the relevance of the works of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan in today’s times. Based in Sweden, he is a senior lecturer in religious studies. He has done a lot of research work on Maulana’s works and thoughts. He has visited the CPS International office many times to interview Maulana. His talk was very insightful, and he also obliged the audience by answering many of their questions. The age of technology has taken a revolutionary turn with the advent of Artificial Intelligence. The launch of GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) has entirely and essentially altered the way we create texts. Various GPT-based chatbots have come up. Many chatbots have been designed based on the Bible, the Gita and other Hebrew texts. Keeping abreast with the latest trends, CPS has a dedicated team that has designed a WhatsApp-integrated chatbot based on the English translation and commentary of the Quran as well as other works of Maulana. A prototype of this chatbot, named Spiritual Message was introduced in the conference. Highlight of the conference was the participation by women members of the CPS International. They shared their learnings and their strivings in practising and introducing the peaceful message of Islam. Braving many odds, they have contributed greatly to the CPS mission. All sessions were interspersed with many short videos of Maulana. About these videos, a participant observed: Selection of Maulana’s videos couldn’t have been better, feeling like Maulana was addressing the team live saying the most appropriate words to the occasion!!! (~Sajid Anwar, CPS UAE Team) An English book Living in God’s Glory and other booklets by Maulana were launched. The two-day conference concluded with dua (supplication). The following is a list of YouTube links for different sessions of the Peace Conference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z94aS7nevv0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsD04dOvGeE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWMy2u1iAEg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrP-HOSml6E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SjTa1qYUR0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfTBajRastM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzv3vK9HorU