A website called Seeking Ilm recently published a post about an Ottoman fatwa that pronounced takfir on a group of “rafida“. Takfir is when one group of Muslims declare another group of Muslims to be kafirs and therefore outside the bounds of Islam. The article saw some possible benefit in such a fatwa being revived in our time. With all sincerity, considering the disastrous prevalence of takfir (and takfir based killings) in the modern era, I couldn’t resist commenting negatively upon that notion and this led to an extended discussion on the place of takfir in Islam. The article and the ensuing discussion can be read here at the Seeking Ilm website.
I also came across an article and discussion on takfir at Indigo Jo blogs - the discussion terminates unfinished at Indigo Jo but is covered in full here at Katib’s website along with another article by Katib questioning the limits and legitimacy of takfir.
See also: The Hermeneutics of Takfir at Islam from inside.
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