RLG204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Khawarij
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After the prophet"s death, islam became an empire (especially during the second caliph"s rule) Will fight left or right wing, conservatists, fundamentalists. The major challenges today are those two questions: knowledge, kindness, qualifications, the kharijites had the radical approach (trying to kill the leader that sins and is not a right while the murjites had the traditional approach. The muslim society accepted some seperations between act and faith. Mutazalites vs. azharites: faith, god, and reason, do we have the opportunity to change our lives or are we. Some changes we have are: land, character, relationships with society, relationship with god. The quran supports the change in your destiny, and what you know what is right or wrong is known through your intellect. Kalam using reason to approach your faith by comparing to others. Since our reason and intellect from god, it can help us approve god.
