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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (1094) | The West and freedom of thought and opinion
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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.