Shaykh Hamza Yusuf clarifies how that there is no Islamic basis for terrorism and how all supposed justifications are actually based on a misprint. Please share this with all Muslims. For more reading on the Mardin conference: muslimmatters.org Audio taken from: www.tariqramadan.com Rough Transcript: The problem is not extremism. Extremism is a human problem, but it's always been there and it will always be there. The problem is violence in a civil society and this is what we need to address the problem of violence. And at essence Islam is an ideal religion, it is a peaceful tradition. Our Prophet was not a war-mongerer. He did not like war, he disdained war. He said never hope to meet your enemy, but if you are forced to meet them, be brave in battle. He prohibited, the killing of civilians, the killing of women and children. The only time you can is when she's a competent fighter on the other side, the Maliki jurists were so troubled by the hadith they said, "If you see a woman on the battlefield run away from her." Because they did not want you to fall under that hadith. Because its a mutawattir hadith, a factual hadith that has the same strength as a verse in the Quran. Now I want to close and end this by saying one of the greatest problems we have are what I call 'shaykh googles'- weekend bookies. We have now a loss of authority in our tradition. Some people called me up and asked me, "What do you think about Sheikh Usama bin Laden?" And I just said, "First of all <b>...</b>
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