Islam Against Extremism – Conference 2017

The Historical Roots of al-Qaida and ISIS, a lecture by Shaykh Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafiq (hafidhahullāh), at the Islam Against Extremism Conference 2017

• It starts with Ḥasan al-Bannā in the 1950s up to today (2017)

• Using six sources: the Qurʾān and its tafsīr, ḥadīth, books of biography, history, ʿaqīdah and books of sects

• A model of how the Khawārij emerge, develop, become a military force and develop their own jurisprudence of war and peace

• Section 1, ʿAqīdah: the foundational principles, including sin and oppression, rulership and tyranny

• Section 2: the history of the Khawārij, how they appeared and the underlying reasons

• Section 3: how the same ideology appeared in the 20th century

• Distilled from 70 pages of translated material

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 22/7/17

Clarifying the Doubts of the Khawārij, a lecture by Shaykh Abdulilah Lahmami (hafidhahullāh), at the Islam Against Extremism Conference 2017

• The Khawārij have no Islamic knowledge and are a misguided group

• Their origins in the teachings of Sayyid Quṭb in the 1950s and 1960s, who inspired most modern terrorist groups including al-Qaeda and ISIS

• Many of the senior scholars do not consider the Khawārij to be Muslim

• Proofs from the Qurʾān and Sunnah to refute them, and a refutation of many of their figureheads by name

Streamed LIVE at the Islam Against Extremism Conference on 22/7/17

Islam Forbids Extremism and Commands Gentleness, a lecture by Shaykh Uways at-Taweel (hafidhahullāh), at the Islam Against Extremism Conference 2017

• The definition of extremism (ghuluw): going beyond the bounds regarding the legislation by adding affairs to the religion

• The legislation preserves five things: the religion, the intellect, life, wealth and honour

• “Those who go into extremes will perish”, and Ibn ʿAbbās's narration to stay away from extremism, with Ibn Taymiyyah's comment that it is general to extremism in creed and action

• “We have sent you only as a mercy to the worlds” (al-Anbiyāʾ 21:107)

• Sufyān ath-Thawrī's definition of gentleness, and that Allāh loves gentleness

• Ar-Rafīq (the Most Kind) as one of Allāh's names

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 22/7/17

The Islamic Condemnation of Extremism and Terrorist Ideologies, a lecture by Shaykh Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid (hafidhahullāh), at the Islam Against Extremism Conference 2017

• The Salaf were the furthest from insurgency and treachery; terrorism cannot be ascribed to any religion, let alone Islām

• Statements from Shaykh ʿAbd al-Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī condemning terrorism

• The Khawārij display Islām openly but hide their hypocrisy, and claim justification from the Qurʾān and Sunnah

• Ibn Kathīr's description of what the Khawārij would do if they gained strength (al-Bidāyah wan-Nihāyah)

• To know what Salafism truly is, study the books of the Salaf, not the news or the titles terrorist groups give themselves

Recorded in Manchester