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Muslim Scholars’Take on the Negative Consequences of “Terrorism” I pen this editorial feeling weary of having to address this particular topic yet again.
Over the years, I have addressed Muslim extremism and radicalism from various vantage points: the identity of the Muslim extremists, whether their ac tions can be intellectually and religiously described as Islamic (AJISS 32:2), and whether they could be decisively defeated (not wiped out) so that peace will prevail (AJISS 32:4).
In this edito rial,I explicate what a group of Muslim academicsin the Middle East considers to be the negative consequences of “terrorism” (maḍār al-irhāb).
”3 These Muslim scholars had the following verse in mind while extrapolating: “If anyone kills a believer deliberately, the punishment for him is Hell, and there he will remain: God is angry with him, and rejects him, and had prepared a tremendous torment for him” (Q.
4:93 pertains to intra-Muslim killing, which is the majority of terrorist cases in today’s world, scholars cite Q.
Extremists are hypocrites precisely because they claim to be acting on behalf of Muslims and Islam, despite violating the latter’s principles regarding the value and sanctity of humanity and human life.
The third consequence is more social, political, and economic in nature, for it “results in a lack of security and tranquility, and leads to widespread killings, looting, theft and other crimes.
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