EXTREMISM التطرف Causes and Remedies

able to:
Define extremism in their own words
Contrast extremism and the

nature of Islam
List causes of extremism
List solutions and extremism

Extremism

Nature of Islam
Causes and Solutions of extremism



Extremism

severeشديد , bad.
Far from normal, far from reasonable or something

that is unacceptable.

Extremism

far outside the mainstream attitudes of a society or to violate common moral

standards.

 Extremism can take many forms, including political, religious and economic.

to extreme ideas and opinions which are far away from

the middle and straight path.
Islam warns against Extremism and considers it as a preference towards individual requirements.

Extremism

that is far outside the political center of a society.
Religious

extremism refers to excessiveness or remoteness in religion and thought, as well as behavior.

Extremism

extreme, and who may do things that are violent العنفand

illegal for what he believes to be right.
Extremists المتطرفين are usually contrasted with moderates المعتدلين .

Extremism

the middle way, so that (with the example of your

lives) you might bear witness to the truth before all mankind.” (Qur’an, 2:143)
(وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطاً لِّتَكُونُواْ شُهَدَاء عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيداً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الْقِبْلَةَ الَّتِي كُنتَ عَلَيْهَا إِلاَّ لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يَتَّبِعُ الرَّسُولَ مِمَّن يَنقَلِبُ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ وَإِن كَانَتْ لَكَبِيرَةً إِلاَّ عَلَى الَّذِينَ هَدَى اللّهُ وَمَا كَانَ اللّهُ لِيُضِيعَ إِيمَانَكُمْ إِنَّ اللّهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَؤُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ)
Let there arise from among you a band of people who invite to righteousness, and enjoin good and forbid evil.” (Qur’an, 3:104)
(وَلْتَكُن مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ)

Extremism

to leave the Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH)and define piety

for oneself. Once a group of three men came to the house of the Prophet (PBUH) and comparing their worship to that done by the Prophet (PBUH)thought that they should do more. So one of them said, “I will offer the prayer throughout the night forever.” The other said, “I will fast throughout the year and will not break my fast.” The third said, “I will keep away from women and will not marry ever.”
Rasul Allah (PBUH)said to them, “By Allah, I am more submissive (obedient) to Allah and more afraid of Him than you; yet I fast and break my fast, I do sleep and I also marry women. So he who does not follow my tradition in religion, is not from me (not one of my followers).” [Sahih Bukhari]

Extremism

البخاري ومسلم في صحيحهما من حديث أنس بن مالك رضي

الله عنه قال : جاء ثلاثة رهط إلى بيوت أزواج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ، يسألون عن عبادة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ، فلما أخبروا كأنهم تقالوها ، فقالوا : وأين نحن من النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ؟ قد غفر له ما تقدم من ذنبه وما تأخر .
قال أحدهم : أما أنا فإني أصلي الليل أبداً .
وقال آخر : أنا أصوم الدهر ولا أفطر .
وقال آخر : أنا أعتزل النساء فلا أتزوج أبداً .
فجاء رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إليهم ، فقال : " أنتم الذين قلتم كذا وكذا ، أما والله إني لأخشاكم لله وأتقاكم له ، لكني أصوم وأفطر ، وأصلي وأرقد ، وأتزوج النساء ، فمن رغب عن سنتي فليس مني "

religion
2. It creates violence
3. Makes people forget tolerance (impatient )
4.

Kill each other
5. Destruct nations

is neither extreme nor loose فضفاضة.
It is the middle

and the straight path which is against terrorism, violence, slavery and destruction.
Islam asks for Moderation.

“Thus we have made you, a nation of middle and straight path”
Surat – al- Baqarah

Extremism

- A person whose ideas and opinions are far away from

normal and who may do things that is violent and illegal. He doesn’t follow reason in judging things in life. They take towards violence and create destruction.
Moderate individual – is the one who follows Islam and be in the middle and straight path. They follow Islam and try to implement the ideas related to Qur’an and Sunnah. They are away from terrorism, slavery, violence and destruction.

is the middle path that Allah chose for humanity.
Islam is,

therefore, against rigid (firm) جامدة and extreme المتطرفةideas.
Anyway, the problem of extremism is not exclusive to the Muslim world; it is faced by all countries and all religions.

Extremism

factors
Question for Discussion:
Explain some of the causes that takes people

towards Extremism.
Poverty
Lack of Education
Unemployment
Family violence
Uncontrolled Technology
Bad friends
Negative Practices in Society by some individuals

Extremism

sides of the problem
The world must stop connecting Islam with

extremism
There should be opportunities for dialogue and discussion
Clear and correct understanding of Islam.

Briefly discuss some of the solutions to the problem of extremism.

Extremism

middle and the straight path.
Any idea away from the

center of the society is not accepted by Islam.
Islam has made clear view in the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah about extremism. It gives various ayats and hadiths stating that Islam is against extremism.

Questions:

cause of terrorism is one of the most contentious ideas

in this global. Islamic terrorism is caused by poverty and oppression. Poverty is a social problem because its effects are felt in society as a whole. For example if you examine most of the crimes; most of them are committed by those who are from extremely neglected and poor backgrounds.
Poverty leads to Extremism which makes people go away from religion, It creates violence, Makes people forget tolerance, Kill each other and Destruct nations

to extremism.it may push poor people to be extremists since

they may lack their personal rights in society and might not gain enough education to recognize the differences between right and wrong things.
Extremism could be an effect of poverty; this could be due to the fact that poor people don’t have enough money to get well education, so they might believe every thing they hear from extremists which are willing to harm the image of Islamic religion.

the right thing to people
It gives correct ideas
Talk about Islam

in a right way
Causes
Media shows only one side of life
Focus on Islam as terrorism
Negative aspects of punishments in Islam
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