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Former Imam Of Mecca's Grand Mosque: 'There Is No Escaping Reform, To Bring Islam Back To Its Path Of Tolerance'. (Memri).
In
a February 22, 2015 article in the Saudi daily Al-Riyadh, Sheikh 'Adel
Al-Kalbani, the former imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, attacked the extremism
of the Islamic State (ISIS) and groups like it.
He said that it takes more than mere words, condemnation, and even fatwas to halt the spread of ISIS's ideas and prevent young people from joining its ranks – it requires reform in Islam that will restore its original tolerant character.
Stating that Islam is fundamentally tolerant and that the Prophet and his Companions were lenient with those who disagreed with them, Al-Kalbani added that today the Muslims are shackling themselves to the strict interpretations by "unrivaled leading scholars" and see any other interpretation as deviation from the straight path. Such strict interpretation, he said, serves extremists, who go so far as to behead those who disagree with them.
Al-Kalbani then called on clerics to step up their da'wa efforts and to spread the ideas of moderateness and acceptance of others, and to vary their approach in ways "that are appropriate to the spirit of the times but do not contradict the original spirit of Islam."
Sheikh 'Adel Al-Kalbani (Source: assajda.com)
The following are excerpts from his article:[1]
"Our sons and daughters, and our young people in general – in Saudi Arabia in particular but also in all other Muslim countries – are entrusted first of all into the hands and the responsibility of the clerics, sheikhs, and preachers, since they are the most well-versed in the culture in light of which the Prophet taught his Companions.
"Some [of these clerics] have defended the so-called 'ISIS' on different...
He said that it takes more than mere words, condemnation, and even fatwas to halt the spread of ISIS's ideas and prevent young people from joining its ranks – it requires reform in Islam that will restore its original tolerant character.
Stating that Islam is fundamentally tolerant and that the Prophet and his Companions were lenient with those who disagreed with them, Al-Kalbani added that today the Muslims are shackling themselves to the strict interpretations by "unrivaled leading scholars" and see any other interpretation as deviation from the straight path. Such strict interpretation, he said, serves extremists, who go so far as to behead those who disagree with them.
Al-Kalbani then called on clerics to step up their da'wa efforts and to spread the ideas of moderateness and acceptance of others, and to vary their approach in ways "that are appropriate to the spirit of the times but do not contradict the original spirit of Islam."
Sheikh 'Adel Al-Kalbani (Source: assajda.com)
The following are excerpts from his article:[1]
"Our sons and daughters, and our young people in general – in Saudi Arabia in particular but also in all other Muslim countries – are entrusted first of all into the hands and the responsibility of the clerics, sheikhs, and preachers, since they are the most well-versed in the culture in light of which the Prophet taught his Companions.
"Some [of these clerics] have defended the so-called 'ISIS' on different...
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