Critical thinking of muslim societies: a terror-based perspective
After the declaration of war on terror, especially the events of September 2001 in the United States, we see that the terrorist organizations that made the Islamic religion a cover for them in their work have begun to reconfigure themselves intellectually based on the Islamic heritage, especially...
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| Language: | English |
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2020
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/7293/1/FH02-FKI-20-43679.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/7293/ |
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| Summary: | After the declaration of war on terror, especially the events of September 2001 in the United States, we see that the terrorist organizations
that made the Islamic religion a cover for them in their work have
begun to reconfigure themselves intellectually based on the Islamic
heritage, especially about the Qur’anic verses and the hadiths related to
fighting. The organizations went to consolidate their fighting ideology
by confronting the whole world, using a set of fatwas and rulings that
were issued by Muslim religious scholars several centuries ago, especially during the era of the Mongolian invasion of the Islamic state and
the accompanying calls for resistance by Muslim scholars, especially
Ibn Taymiyyah. To facilitate their task of legislating the declaration of
war on the whole world, they rejected any ideology opposing them.
As the organizations resorted to strictness in adopting these fatwas
and religious rulings, and in their explanation of texts, excluding any
interpretation other than their objectives. Therefore, these organizations
rejected critical thinking about religious texts, considering it a departure
from Islam. The lack of maturity of this thinking approach among the
general population of Muslims in the various countries made the task
of the organizations in rejecting this approach easier. As we see that
a critical approach to thinking in various scientific fields, including
religion, does not exist in education in Islamic countries. That is
why religious texts, including their interpretations, rulings, and fatwas,
remained unchanged for centuries. Thus, it provided an appropriate
environment for these organizations to expand within Islamic societies
through thought related to the past that is not related to the present in
anything except that it carried the same rulings, fatwas, and interpretations of religious texts. |
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