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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

The Killing of Those Who Speak

Improperly about the Prophet without

Calling on Him to Repent

Anyone who insults the Prophet must be exe-

cuted at once without being called on to
repent. (Ibn Taymiyya)

Ibn al-Mundhir said: All scholars are agreed
on the killing of anyone who insults the Mes-

senger of God (pbuh). (Anwar Shah, al-

Kashmiri, "Ikfar al-Mulhidin", p. 64;
"Tanbihul Ghafilin," p. 14)

Abdullah narrates: They are to be executed
without being called on to repent. Halid b.

Walid killed a man who insulted the Mes-

senger (pbuh) and he did not incite him to
repent. (Ibn Taymiyya)

Someone speaking improperly of God, the prophets and spiritu-

al values is not, of course, something to be approved of. However, all
people are not the same. Some people are atheists and are prejudiced

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