Islam & Extremism

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Sh Abu Safiyyah Mohammed Osman discusses the answers to the common questions and misconception levied against Islam by both popular detractors and by those who use Islam to commit atrocities. Questions such as: Does the Verse of the Sword abrogate all verses of Peace in the Qur’an? Does Islam justify the killing of innocent non-Muslims? What is the covenant of peace, and is it broken? Does Islam provide any principles in addressing ghuluww or extremism? Register to the course and find out the answers!

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TOPICS DISCUSSED

• • Defining Ghuluww or Extremism
  • Causes of Ghuluww or Extremism
  • Categories of Ghuluww- From a Theological Perspective
  • The Verse(s) of ‘The Sword’ and a discussion of Naskh or abrogation in the Qur’an
  • Covenants of Security & Peace
  • ”I Was Ordered to Fight the People…”
  • “And fight them wherever you find them…”
  • The Fatwa of Mardin
  • Principles in Addressing Ghuluww: Maqasid Principles/Usuli Principles/Legal Maxims (qawai’d fiqhiyyah)
  • Ghuluww in Takfir
  • Meanings and categories of Kufr
  • 2 Key Principles in Takfir
  • Takfir due to ma’siyah or sins
  • Takfir of whoever rules by other than the Shari’ah- unrestrictedly
  • Takfir of the governed of those who rule by other than the Shari’ah- unrestrictedly
  • Takfir of the mu’ayyan or specific- without consideration of dhawabit shar’iyyah or Islamic Principles of Takfir
  • Takfir of the one who ‘doesn’t make takfir of the non-muslims’