Freedom is presented as a fundamental human principle and one of the highest values toward which Islam directs. Within this framework, freedom becomes a criterion for understanding sound religiosity, and a measure for distinguishing between value-based loyalty and forms of tyranny and coercion.
- Freedom is the basis of human dignity
- Islam is a broader human value framework than a particular confessional affiliation
- Human Islam is re-founded Qur’anically as a system of values, freedom, and citizenship that transcends closed identity
- Value-based Islam is translated politically and ethically into freedom, citizenship, and resistance to tyranny
- Islam is a universal religion of values
- Islam is allegiance to human values
- The distinction between guilt, bad deed, and sin distributes responsibility between forgiveness, reform, and persistence
- Freedom and human values constitute the criterion of Islam and the basis for resisting tyranny
- Religion directs toward human values
- Militant doctrine consists of two different types
A cross-book concept: See Freedom for the unifying axis across the books.