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What is Islam's view of liberalism (the principle and the meaning itself)?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Oct 24, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Liberalism is a foreign term meaning "liberationism," and it is an intellectual doctrine that focuses on individual freedom, seeking to restrict state authority and magnify the human being and their self-reliance. It emerged as a reaction to the injustices of the Church and feudalism. Liberalism infiltrated Islamic countries through secret societies influenced by Western thought. Its entry was facilitated by factors such as doctrinal deviation, political despotism, stagnation, and imitation.

Among the ideas of liberalism are: sanctifying reason at the expense of sacred texts, prioritizing perceived interests over text, advocating for multiple interpretations of text, severing ties with Islamic sources of reception, reviving philosophical and rational heritage at the expense of transmitted knowledge, psychological defeat in the face of enemies, effacing the hallmarks of Islamic ethics, and isolating from governance.

Accordingly, liberalism contradicts Islam in many of its aspects. Whoever advocates a liberal ideology that is only regulated by man-made law, equates Muslims and disbelievers, and rejects the restrictions and rulings of Sharia, is rebelling against the law of Allah. The statement "liberal Muslim" is contradictory, and one must repent to Allah.

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