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and excessive and that it has nothing to do with Islam!
As for those who combine
extremism, wickedness, ignorance, and stupidity—or exhibit some of that—they are our
countrymen who follow the Sunna of those who went before us and who would have even
entered the hole of the lizard with them [i.e. follow them anywhere?]. Among them are
those who fully apostatize, such as the nationalist parties, the democratic parties, and the
Baath parties. Among them are those who become absorbed in the errors of some of the
peaceful Islamic movements. The difference here is that even though the apostate parties
deny that offensive jihad is part of the sharia of Islam, they are firm and call for defense
jihad despite the differences between them. Meanwhile, the peaceful Islamic movements,
despite their theoretical acknowledgment of offensive and defensive jihad, put conditions on
them which have never been met since the revelation was first sent down. Moreover, what
they say is incompatible with the mercy that is meant to thwart corruption!
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What we will concentrate on here is demonstrating that all of these kinds of infidels,
apostates, and wayward people adopted methods which caused harm to humanity and which
push it further away every day from the mercy bestowed by the Lord of the worlds and that
the method (of jihad), which Satan caused humanity to think is filled with killing and blood,
is the most merciful of the methods for all created things and the most sparing of the spilling
of blood.
First, we must know that the Creator of this awesome, wondrous universe can have nothing
other than the attributes of perfection and He has perfection in (His) attributes. He is the
Creator, the Maker, and the Fashioner and He is the Merciful, the Compassionate and He is
the Avenger, the Almighty, and the Proud. (We must also know) that all of the sharia and