Intellectual Terrorism and the Critique of Methodologies
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Question:
The questioner says: Shaykh, some people commit terrorism in the form of interpretation and killing, and there are other matters such as the critique of educational curricula, the dilution of religion, and the disparagement of religion. Is this not a form of terrorism that must be fought?
Answer:
Terrorism occurs through action, through explosions, killing, and threats, and it also occurs through thought. There are terrorist ideas. This is terrorism through thought. The one who says that the curricula are extreme, or who instills fear in Muslims regarding these curricula and the study of the correct creed, and describes it as terrorism, is committing intellectual terrorism, may Allah protect us from that. They are all people of terrorism, whether through action or through thought.
The questioner says: Shaykh, some people commit terrorism in the form of interpretation and killing, and there are other matters such as the critique of educational curricula, the dilution of religion, and the disparagement of religion. Is this not a form of terrorism that must be fought?
Answer:
Terrorism occurs through action, through explosions, killing, and threats, and it also occurs through thought. There are terrorist ideas. This is terrorism through thought. The one who says that the curricula are extreme, or who instills fear in Muslims regarding these curricula and the study of the correct creed, and describes it as terrorism, is committing intellectual terrorism, may Allah protect us from that. They are all people of terrorism, whether through action or through thought.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-20-الفئة الضالة ومنهجها|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:05)
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