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A Call for Unity



                                           It is a mercy from Allah that you
                                           were gentle with them. If you had
                                           been rough or hard of heart, they
                                               would have scattered from
                                                around you. (Surah Al
                                               'Imran: 159)
                                             Since Muslims are only responsi-
                                      ble for announcing the Qur'an's morali-
                                      ty, and since they are prohibited from
                                      being bullies or enforcers and are re-
                                         quired to be softly spoken to even the
                                            cruelest tyrant, they cannot be ex-

                                              tremists or radicals, for such
                                               groups advocate that which vi-
                                               olates the Qur'an's morality.
                                                    Radicalism is an ideologi-
                                              cal movement and political ap-
                                             proach that is incompatible with




























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