Al-bara’ for the author is dissociation from a belief, act, or position after clarity has been attained—not absolute enmity nor generalized hatred. He emphasizes that it is a concept governed by conditions and domains, so that it does not turn into a tool for amplifying religious conflict.
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- Islam is a practical value, not a verbal identity
- Human social life in the Qur’an is based on mutual recognition and work, not on exclusion and hostility
- Al-bara’ is a regulated dissociation, not open enmity
- Al-bara’ has specific conditions and domains
- Al-bara’ is dissociation, not absolute enmity
- Loyalty and dissociation follow conduct
- Drying up the sources of terrorism requires restoring religion to the Qur’an, freedom, and mercy, and stripping violence of its legitimacy