I hadn’t read the term before…does anyone have any impartial information on the subject..and what is the punishment ..or is there any punishment for being a takfiri?
Anyway here is where I read it…
- Al-Khaldi, notorious for exercising “takfir” or pronouncing other Muslims heretics or infidels, said he had used his time in jail for soul-searching and was convinced his old fatwas and ideology were wrong. “It was an inspiration from God to return to the right path,” he said.
The sheikh called on the terrorists and other hard-liners to “put down your weapons and forsake your extreme and destructive ideas.”
“They should not begin where others have ended,” he told Sheikh Ayed Al-Qarni in the television studio. He said terrorist attacks and bloodshed in the country tarnished the image of Islam.
He said the “takfiriyeen” — those given to “takfir” — had reached a dead end. They were usually “religious students who feel that some senior religious scholars are not sufficiently qualified, and that confuses them.”
Al-Khaldi said he was “deeply moved” when he heard about the explosion in the Al-Muhaya compound on Nov. 8 which left 17 people dead. “I was shocked to see how easily Muslim blood was spilt,” he said
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