During an open discussion at Cairo University held
on December 2, Dr. Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Sheikh and
Grand Imam of Al Azhar — and thus Egypt’s foremost
authority on all things Islamic — was again asked
why Al Azhar refuses to issue a formal statement
denouncing the Islamic State of lapsing into a state
of kufr , that is, of becoming un-Islamic, “infidel.”

In response, Tayeb said that the only way Al Azhar
could do this is if a Muslim formally rejected the
fundamental principles of Islam, such as the shahada
—that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is
his messenger—and Islamic scriptures.

He then rhetorically asked what would be the
situation (according to Sharia) of a Muslim who
accepts the fundamentals of Islam but who also
commits great sins, such as drinking alcohol: would
they be denounced as “infidels”?

Sheikh Al Azhar responded by saying that it depends
on the various views of the Sunni schools of Islamic
jurisprudence (primarily the four madhahib ). Some
say that such a Muslim (who drinks or commits other
sins) becomes an infidel while others are unsure and
leave his fate to Allah.

Tayeb then quoted Koran 5:33: “Indeed, the penalty
for those who wage war against Allah and His
Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause]
corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified
or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite
sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for
them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the
Hereafter is a great punishment.”

However, Tayib concluded by saying, “Al Azhar
cannot accuse any [Muslim] of being a kafir [infidel],
as long as he believes in Allah and the Last Day—
even if he commits every atrocity,” adding: “I cannot
denounce ISIS as un-Islamic, but I can say that they
cause corruption on earth. ISIS believes that those
[Muslims] who commit the great sins are kafirs and
can be killed. Thus if I denounce them of being un-
Islamic, I fall into the same [trap] I am now
condemning.”

As critics point out, however, Al Azhar is often quick
to denounce as “infidels”—or at least
“blasphemers”—those secular Muslims who merely
critique portions of the Islamic heritage. Yet here is
the Islamic world’s most prestigious university
refusing to denounce ISIS as un-Islamic–even as
most Western politicians, at their head U.S.
President Obama, insist that ISIS “ is not Islamic .”

In short, Tayeb’s comments further bolster the
argument in Egypt that Al Azhar sees “liberal”
Muslims as more dangerous and un-Islamic than ISIS
— which should not be surprising considering that
many former students have denounced the Muslim
world’s most renowned university for teaching and
legitimizing all the atrocities that ISIS commits .

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/12/egypt-highest-islamic-authority-refuses-to-denounce-the-islamic-state-as-un-islamic

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/02/azhar-egypt-radicals-islamic-state-apostates.html

http://conservativeangle.com/egypt-highest-islamic-authority-refuses-to-denounce-the-islamic-state-as-un-islamic/

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