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168 Islam Denounces Terrorism

When the groups referred to as "takfiri" arrive at this verdict about a
person or a group, they also declare it obligatory for these people to be
killed in line with their bigoted un-Islamic understanding based on
superstitions. However in the Qur'an, God does not grant any human
being the right to reject or not accept one's adherence to Islam. On the
other hand, even if a person swerves to irreligion after his faith his
punishment is for God to decide.

The judgment concerning anything you differ about is God's con-
cern... (Qur'an, 42:10)
... God alone is qualified to judge. His order is to worship none but
Him. That is in truth the straight and upright religion, but most of
mankind simply do not know. (Qur'an, 12:40)

In our day, some Sunni groups declare Shias unbelievers while
Shias declare Sunnis unbelievers. We see that they mention one anoth-
er's name with hatred, that they do not pray together and in many
regions they kill one another in a fierce struggle. The rationale of tak-
fir that has entered into the religion of Islam has no place in the Qur'an;
this sedition is based on a so-called hadith known as the "'al-Firqat al-

In our day, some
Sunni groups
declare Shias
unbelievers while
Shias declare
Sunnis unbeliev-
ers. We see that
they do not pray
together. The
rationale of takfir
that has entered
into the religion
of Islam, howev-
er, has no place
in the Qur'an.