SOME people imagine that fanaticism is blindly implemented. That is not the case; fanaticism adopted under certain conditions as a result of ignorance and lack of proper education is at other times learned and put into practice as the result of training lasting many years.
Fanatics
who undergo this training are convinced that their teachings are the
truest interpretation of life, and willingly and deliberately espouse
those ideas.
People
who adopt fanaticism as a philosophy transmit their traditions from one
generation to another in a disciplined manner through education, both
within the family and at school.
Fanatical
thinking is taught to children subjected to a serious and comprehensive
book reading training from a very early age through a systematic
approach.
Since
the parents have also gone through the same education, the information
their children acquire at school and in the family environment is
similar. This leads to children receiving the same fanatical
indoctrination wherever they are. It is therefore very unlikely for a
child raised in a fanatical family to develop a different perspective to
that of its parents.
One
of the main characteristics of Muslim fundamentalists is that they
regard the Holy Quran as insufficient in their own eyes. They claim it
is impossible for anyone to understand the Quran by reading it on their
own, and that the faith can only be learned from traditional scholars
and their works.
In
that light, no books other than those by scholars who espouse
fanaticism are ever recommended, but are even banned entirely. Through
this way of wicked thinking that regards the Quran and the true hadiths
of our Prophet (pbuh) as insufficient, people are prevented from
acquiring true information.
Another
feature of fanaticism is obsession with detail. Something that is
explained in just one verse in the Quran is explained over hundreds of
pages in books containing fundamentalist teachings.
The
more detail fundamentalists go into, the more they turn away from the
truth of faith, though they never realise. And in this way they
disappear inside superstitious information with no place in the Quran;
they turn away from the rational spirit of the Quran that opens up the
heart and begin living by fanaticism filled with nonsense.
The
best way of freeing people from this dark philosophy is a systematic
and accurate programme of education. It is essential for religious
education in Muslim countries to be based on the Quran. New generations
must learn the faith from the Quran itself, not from fundamentalist
books.
One
important subject that children need to be told about is the fact that
scientific findings are in complete harmony with the verses of the
Quran. Many scientific findings are never brought up or regarded as
important under the fanatical way of thinking. Spheres of art such as
music, painting, sculpture and architecture are described as the work of
satan and banned. Yet numerous verses of the Quran emphasise the need
for art and beauty.
The
fanatical perspective, also referred to as fundamentalism, leads people
into darkness and it also exists in Christian and Judaic societies. It
can also be found among atheist, Marxist, fascist and various false
belief systems. In that sense, fundamentalism is a threat, not only to
Islamic countries, but to all mankind.
Fanatics
are excessively devoted to their own ideas and reject all other ideas
and are often all too willing to implement policies of violence when
they regard that as necessary.
Since
they are blind to the truth, they have no compunction about responding
to contrary ideas with aggression. For that reason, the people of the
world are increasingly divided into thousands of groups that have
adopted violence as a philosophy of life, and each one regards itself as
on the right path, while admitting no right to exist to any of the
others. As a result, war and conflict go on forever.
All
this turmoil can be brought to an end through serious measures being
taken in the field of education across the world. If Muslim countries
adopt the true moral values of the Quran and embrace all people with a
perspective based on friendship, brotherhood, respect and understanding,
then the division between them will come to an end.
They
will be able to serve as role models for the entire world with their
emphasis on love, peace, brotherhood and freedom of thought, and their
fair and democratic attitudes.
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