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Religious Strata to Remedy the Phenomenon of Takfeer Religious Strata to Remedy the Phenomenon of Takfeer Dr. Ismail Muhammad Ali Abdurrahman In this paper, the researcher addresses the concept of Takfeer, its origin and Islamic ruling in light of Islam. Then, he goes further to demonstrate the religious strata to remedy this phenomenon, its preventive and protective remedy. The paper ends with a number of r results and recommendations. International Conference on Takfee 193 @@ while when they are well used and benefit is derived from their piles of knowledge, they become an indispensable treasure for every family. Thus, the responsibility of parents gains greater importance with the introduction of these new elements into every household. The researcher asserts that although a child can be protected and cared for by other social institutions, the protection and care of the family are more effective, because the family is a social institution that combines both intimate personal responses and firm social care. Next, the researcher discusses the importance of the mosque in Islam as a social upbringing institution. He asserts that the mosque is the source of moderation. He explains the r role of imams in the Friday sermon, pointing out their responsibility to firmly implant, in the young people, the principles of social unity, sound belief, and the values of the middle way and moderation. International Conference on Takfee 192 shore, it has to provide a quiet, settled environment, rich with cultural stimulants – an environment that encourages the child to ask, try, and correct himself and that is exempt from all forms of bias, discrimination, and authoritarianism and free from the cruelty and severe punishment that impair the child’s character.” The researcher points out that the uprightness of family members will guarantee that the whole society will tend to be upright and will minimize the causes of violence, as well as the ailments that undermine certain societies and contribute to the terrorism and intellectual extremism. Naturally, it is a widely-accepted fact that there are other causes contributing to the rise of the religious extremism r phenomenon in various societies although the family structure had remained the same for hundreds, of years. The family contribution, however, gains significance when family members are exposed to a number of alien ideas that have not been there before. The emergence of satellite stations and the worldwide net are a flagrant invasion of the privacy of the Muslim family. Although we believe in the importance and usefulness of these media, the researcher maintains, they have proved right away that they were two-edged weapons. When International Conference on Takfee they are misused, they will lead to harmful consequences, 191 @@ The Responsibility of Social Upbringing Institutions (the Family and the Mosque) in Protecting Young Prosperity from Takfeeri Thought Prof. Dawood Bourqaiba In his study, the researcher discusses the responsibility of one of the social upbringing institutions, the family, and points out that it is the foundation and source of shaping the human being spiritually, mentally, ideologically, physically, sentimentally, emotionally, and socially. The family, he r maintains, is the first educational institution and environment in which an individual lives and learns many forms of behavior. In it, the individual is shaped and trained to be a member in the society where he lives. If the training is proper and positive, based on sound foundations, the outcome will be good and beneficial for the society; while if the training has flaws and is based on disorder, negligence, and carelessness, the outcome will be evil and threatening to society as a whole. “In order for the family to perform its educational role International Conference on Takfee properly, avoid mistakes, and carry its children to the safe 190 The Desirable Methods for Treating Takfeer Dr. Sa’idah Yasin Anwar Rizq The author addressed the most significant methods for treating Takfeer. She highlighted the family role in immunizing their children against extremism, stressing the tolerance and moderateness of Islam, adopting leniency and ease in treating those who are deluded with takfeer, establishing belief and correcting the way of knowledge r receive. On the other hand, the state should take preemptive measures to protect the people from eruption of takfeer. International Conference on Takfee 189 @@ Quran Tools and Methods in Addressing the Takfeer Phenomenon Dr. Iqbal Abdurrahman Ibdah In his study, the researcher discussed Quran tools as major religious foundations that organize the different cases of interpersonal relations. Then he discussed his generalizations at length, detailing the Quran tools, be them oratory or instructional, in warning against the trap of Takfeer, or any statements or actions that may lead to it. The researcher followed an objective approach in drawing out the directly relevant Quran verses, as well as the Prophet’s traditions that r supported them, uncovered their significance, and explained them. The researcher relied on authentic Hadiths, restricted himself to the Five Books, and offered full citations for all the Hadiths with objective and sensible interpretation. He reviewed a collection of interpretation volumes, quoted the scholars opinions, discussed those quotations, and documented the supporting evidence. International Conference on Takfee 188 Moderation in Islam: Its Impact on Preventing Extremism and Takfeer Dr. Nouraddeen Buhamzah The author argues that one of the major issues of Islamic law that were subject to deviation from the moderate path is the issue of extremism and takfeer. This made appropriating others’ property, shedding their blood and slandering them r justifiable. The researcher ends by offering the most important solution to such a phenomenon, notably, that which lies on emphasizing the path of moderation in education, disseminating the correct teachings of Islam through wisdom and good preaching, preserving the legal rights of individuals and society, along with other principles that would enable us dry up the resources of such negative phenomenon. International Conference on Takfee 187 @@ The Responsibility of Advocacy Institutions to Remedy the Takfeer Phenomenon Prof. Abdurraheem Muhammad Al-Magthawi In this study, the researcher addressed the responsibility of advocacy institutions to remedy the Takfeer phenomenon and get things back to the right course, through many tools and steps that illustrated the great responsibility shouldered by those institutions. He offered several ideas: theoretical, practical, and field-applied to diagnose all aspects of the Takfeer phenomenon and to make advocacy institutions aware of their ability to train r advocates and provide them with useful contemporary tools, methods, and technologies. He pointed out the importance of emphasizing the discussion of the Takfeer misconceptions, refuting them by using clear Islamic legislative arguments, based on sound and objective methodology and derived from the Quran, sunnah, and the biographies of righteous ancestors. He concluded his research with a number of useful findings and recommendations. International Conference on Takfee 186 second was the injunction of reconciling the parties in a conflict. The third issue was an emphasis of their brotherhood in faith. The third topic was forbidding excess and the ascribing things to God without knowledge, and it had two issues. The first was forbidding religious excess and inflexibility, and the second was forbidding ascribing things to God without knowledge. The fourth topic was the encouragement of pursuing sound learning and of benevolent dealings with others. This topic had three issues. The first issue was the encouragement of pursuing sound learning, the second was kindness and gentleness in conversing with others, and the third was the r recourse to dialogue and persuasion through logical reasoning. The fifth and last topic was the injunction to seek shelter with God and avoid division. This topic had two issues; the first was the injunction to seek shelter with God and avoid division, and the second was obedience to rulers. The conclusion contained the most important findings of the study. International Conference on Takfee 185 @@ The Remedy of the Takfeer Phenomenon by Quran Treatment Dr. Saliha Hussein Al-Hajri In this study, the researcher undertook to illustrate Quran treatment to remedy the Takfeer phenomenon. The research paper consisted of an introduction, a prologue, five topics, and a conclusion. The introduction pointed out the importance of the study., and the prologue offered a definition of Takfeer and a r discussion of the threats it posed. The first topic was on verification and avoidance of questioning the faith of others. This topic had three issues. The first was verification before judging others. The second issue was avoidance of questioning the faith of others. The third issue was the discouragement of following worldly pursuits and neglecting the Hereafter. The second topic was the attribution of belief and the emphasis of brotherhood in faith. It also had three issues. The International Conference on Takfee first was the attribution of belief to fighting factions. The 184 Doctrinal Security Approximation: An Approach to a Preventive Course Adopting a Middle Path to Confront the Takfeeri Thought Abdulqader S. Abeekshi This study tries to introduce treatment mechanisms of Takfeer to all community institutions and encourage them to adopt
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