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| Deputy Minister of Islamic Affairs in Saudi Arabia Dr. Tawfiq al-Sudairi
expressed his disapproval for the “political interpretation of Islam”
slogan. (Archives)
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Deputy Minister of Islamic Affairs in Saudi Arabia Dr. Tawfiq
al-Sudairi has expressed his disapproval for the “political
interpretation of Islam” slogan, arguing that it is a “self-serving
interpretation” for religion which resulted in a bloodbath of the
impeccable.
Al Sudairi explained, during a
seminar held in cooperation with King Saud University on the sidelines
of the National Festival for Heritage and Culture Festival, that
political Islam as a theory has influenced a lot of Muslims’ paths. And
it is regarded as the crux of numerous theories and opinions that have
ignited uprisings, were established by its theoreticians and advocates:
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, Abul A'la Maududi, Sayyid Qutb and Hassan
al-Banna.
He pointed out that the embracing
of political Islam that prevailed in the corridors of contemporary
Islamic philosophy, launching platforms for an assortment of Islamic
movements, resulted in beliefs, creeds, worship and all Islamic laws,
being considered as methods to institute a political system. Al Sudairi
cited Wahiduddin Khan’s statement in his book "The political
interpretation of religion, which was a rebuttal to Abul A'la Maududi,
the spiritual leader of the political Islam movement.
Source: Al arabiya
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