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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.

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The West and the freedom of thought and expression.

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True freedom of thought and expression.

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Is found within the authentic methodology of Islam.

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Evidence for this can be found in the fact that.

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The Qur'an encourages contemplation and reflection.

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In more than one of its verses.

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And the fact that Tafsir based on transmitted reports (al-ma'thur).

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Meaning, that which is based on the Sunnah and the statements of the Companions.

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Is limited and specific in scope.

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Which opens the door.

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For ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) in Tafsir.

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In accordance with the established principles of this discipline.

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And the conditions required of an exegete who is a mujtahid.

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As for the freedom of thought.

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Claimed by liberals.

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And the West in general.

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They conflate within it.

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The freedom of thought with the freedom of disbelief.

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And they demand the freedom to slander.

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In the name of freedom of the press.

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Yet, if that freedom.

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Contradicts their own agendas.

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It is then prohibited and fought against.

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For freedom, in their view.

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Is the freedom to say.

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What we want you to say.

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For when Roger Garaudy criticized.

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The exaggeration of the Jews.

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Regarding the number of those killed in the Holocaust.

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The Holocaust.

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They prosecuted him and sentenced him to prison.

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On charges of anti-Semitism.

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And the West did not accept.

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The leaking by the owner of the WikiLeaks site.

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Of secret documents.

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They pursued him for seven years.

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While he was a refugee in the Ecuadorian embassy.

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In London.

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Until they finally arrested him.

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Under the pretext of other charges.

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Related to harassment or an old rape case.

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So if the West says.

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We have freedom of thought.

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Within the limits of the law.

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We say to them.

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We have freedom of thought.

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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.