Documented Claim
Shahrur criticizes calls to assassinate security personnel, destroy public institutions, and bomb markets, especially when one-sided killing is called combat. He also distinguishes between the aims of freedom, justice, and equality and the seizure of power.
Limits of the Reading
The witness does not provide a comprehensive definition of lawful combat or derive all its conditions.
Muhammad Shahrur: Draining the Sources of Terrorism
Jihad, Combat, and the Critique of Violence
Lawful combat is defensive and constrained by the aim of freedom
Draining the Sources of Terrorism · Lawful combat is defensive and constrained by the aim of freedom