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The honor or shame of nations is related to their customs and way of life, and sometimes also to their religion. In all nations, many customs of a barbarous and uncivilized age still persist. But civilized nations have shaped and fashioned such customs to such an extent that barbarity is completely eliminated from them and they have become most pleasant and attractive. Underdeveloped nations still continue to follow customs in a barbarous way and for this reason the developed nations look upon them with insulting and contemptuous gazes.
“Tariqah-I Zandigi” (The Way of Life) from Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Maqalati Sar Sayyid, edited by Maulana Muhammad Isma’il Pani Pati. Lahaur: Majlis-i Taraqqi-yi Adab, 1962, p. 87–9. Translated by Kamran Talattof.
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Khan, S.A. (2000). The Way of Life. In: Moaddel, M., Talattof, K. (eds) Contemporary Debates in Islam. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-61955-9_17
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