The ruling on calling for the renewal of religious discourse

Question:
We hear a lot, Honorable Shaykh, in the newspapers and magazines, about the framework of renewing religious discourse. We will see this applied to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Answer:
Its meaning is bad. It means that we do not say "disbeliever," and it does not mean that we call a person "human" instead of "disbeliever," or "the other," or something else. This is their religious discourse: do not say "disbeliever," do not say "hypocrite," do not say "apostate," but you must use words from which the person's school of thought and what he holds are understood. This is a form of being lenient with the people of misguidance, so it is a bad meaning. Religious discourse is the discourse of the Book and the Sunnah; it is not changed. The discourse of the Book and the Sunnah is never changed. As for methods that contradict the Book and the Sunnah, they are changed and returned to the Book and the Sunnah.