Fadi
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Interesting conversations going on here. When all is said and done, the bottom line is that innocent people were mowed down by a sub-human coward on that eventful night. Everyone is speculating and most would speculate to push their own agenda. The killer was a Sunni Muslim and that is a fact. Did he kill in the name of Islam? Maybe he did (according to his own understandings) and maybe he didn't, I don't have the full facts to make a firm call on that aspect of the event.
A point that needs to be made here is this: the haters of Islam and the Muslim terrorists who kill in the name of Islam have more in common then they realise or are willing to admit. Both of these groups have an extreme and biased view of what Islam is. This subject is vast and deep, however I'll give an oversimplified example here for the sake of understanding.
The internet is full of websites that are anti-Islam; quoting Qur'anic verses out of context to justify or prove a point to their readers. The Muslim extremist/potential terrorist does the exact same thing, by picking and choosing (out of context) whatever verses that would serve his agenda of hate towards others (including Muslims like myself).
Islamic "Fiqh" (deep understanding)...Islamic jurisprudence is a vast topic of learning, and many sub-topics fall under its heading. Topics such as:
1) The economic system of Islam
2) The political system of Islam
3) The Military system of Islam
4) The criminal system of Islam
...just to name a few. Fiqh has nothing to do with issues of belief. Sources of Fiqh should come only from the Qur'an and the Authentic Sunnah (sayings of the Prophet), and from the principles derived from the Qur'an and the Sunnah. Then we have what is called "Aqeedah" (creed), this specifically concerns that which is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman to believe concerning Islam. There is only one Aqeedah in Islam, and therefore differing of opinion in matters of Aqeedah is not permissible, unlike differing of opinion in Fiqh issues, where it is permissible to differ as long as the opinions come from the scholars and are founded upon authentic proof from the Qur'an and Sunnah.
A point that needs to be made here is this: the haters of Islam and the Muslim terrorists who kill in the name of Islam have more in common then they realise or are willing to admit. Both of these groups have an extreme and biased view of what Islam is. This subject is vast and deep, however I'll give an oversimplified example here for the sake of understanding.
The internet is full of websites that are anti-Islam; quoting Qur'anic verses out of context to justify or prove a point to their readers. The Muslim extremist/potential terrorist does the exact same thing, by picking and choosing (out of context) whatever verses that would serve his agenda of hate towards others (including Muslims like myself).
Islamic "Fiqh" (deep understanding)...Islamic jurisprudence is a vast topic of learning, and many sub-topics fall under its heading. Topics such as:
1) The economic system of Islam
2) The political system of Islam
3) The Military system of Islam
4) The criminal system of Islam
...just to name a few. Fiqh has nothing to do with issues of belief. Sources of Fiqh should come only from the Qur'an and the Authentic Sunnah (sayings of the Prophet), and from the principles derived from the Qur'an and the Sunnah. Then we have what is called "Aqeedah" (creed), this specifically concerns that which is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman to believe concerning Islam. There is only one Aqeedah in Islam, and therefore differing of opinion in matters of Aqeedah is not permissible, unlike differing of opinion in Fiqh issues, where it is permissible to differ as long as the opinions come from the scholars and are founded upon authentic proof from the Qur'an and Sunnah.
