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	Wahhabis
		He announced in his infamous fatwa that the ruling of Arabia should be a hereditary right of the sons of Saud (who by the way was related to him through marriage of his daughter).
		They declared war against those who refused and opposed another in joining the army of Muhammed ibn Sa'ud when it was said that it is halal to plunder and kill non-Wahhabis.
		In 1143, Muhammed ibn Sa'ud and Muhammed ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab hand in arrived at the conclusion, that those who wouldn't accept Wahhabism were kafirs and mushriks and it was halal to kill them and confiscate their possessions, and publicly announced their declaration seven years later.
	www.al-islam.org /encyclopedia/chapter9/7.html (1381 words)

	Mushrik Women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		And do not marry mushrik women until they believe, for a believing bondmaid is better than a mushrik woman, even though you may admire her.
		And do not marry (your girls) to mushrik men until they believe, for a believing bondsman is better than a mushrik, even though you may admire him.
		This verse proclaims that a Muslim man may not marry a mushrik woman nor may a Muslim woman marry a mushrik man, because there is a great, unbridgeable gulf between the two systems of belief.
	www.youngmuslims.ca /online_library/books/the_lawful_and_prohibition_in_islam/ch3s2p5-5.htm (215 words)

	Kufr and Shirk, MG Vol. 1 No. 12
		Similarly, a Mushrik is one who, although, believes in the existence of God,[If you ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely say Allah.
		Thus to address someone as Kafir or Mushrik is not an abuse.
		Thus the word, Kafir or Mushrik should not be construed as derogatory or abusive as some people consider.
	www.milligazette.com /Archives/01-7-2000/Art19.htm (1614 words)

	Are Christians 'Mushrik' (Polytheists) or 'Kaafirs' (Rejecters)?
		Mushrik because they worship the person of Jesus Christ, and there is no forgiveness for that as Allah told us [in the Qur’an].
		Before I answer your specific question, it would be appropriate to first take a close look at the two terms “Mushrik” and “Kaafir”, as only after that can we say whether the Christians, Jews or adherents of any other religion fall in these categories or not.
		Christians, according to the Qur’an, would have been called “Mushrik” had they believed that ascribing a son to God is a polytheistic belief and would still have held that belief.
	www.understanding-islam.com /ro/or-011.htm (854 words)

	Islamic Verdicts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Q: If a person deems as lawful animals slaughtered by a Mushrik, and uses as an argument the Words of Allah: “Eat, then, the meat of animals upon which the name of Allah is pronounced, if you believe in His Verses” (Al-An'am 6:118).
		A: He who deems lawful consuming meat of animals slaughtered by a Mushrik is wrong, not a disbeliever because he is confused.
		A: He who dies in the condition as described in the question is considered a Mushrik, who committed a major Shirk.
	annissa.edaama.org /FathulMoubin/Intisar/English/Fatawas/V1/One.htm (1846 words)

	The website dedicated to Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi - The Mountain Path April 1964 - Abdullah Qutbuddin
		This means literally 'association'; it implies the association of any other with Allah in one's worship: and one who thus associates is termed a mushrik.
		Literally interpreted, a Christian is considered a mushrik because he associates Christ and Christ's mother with God in his worship.
		For most Christians, of course, the Trinity is the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost; and in any case one who understands the doctrine of three Persons in One God is not a mushrik.
	www.ramana-maharshi.org /m_path/1964_2/islam2.htm (611 words)

	Re: Shirk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Only its variations appear, like Shareek, Mushrik etc. In such usages by the Quran there is a very technical meaning intended, not the catch all verbose like that provided by Altway.
		To provide illustrations, the Christians were not regarded as Mushrik even though they believed in Trinity and worshipped Christ.
		Similarly, Jews were not regarded as Mushrik though they attributed some one (Uzair) as son of God.
	www.talkaboutreligion.com /group/soc.religion.islam/messages/114780.html (185 words)

	A Case for Muslim Political Participation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Had this believer walked out of the mushrik court immediately after he believed in Musa (S), he would not have had an opportunity to stand up in defense of Musa (S) and his message.
		His mushrik uncle was his wali for ten years.
		After Hudaybiyah he became coequal in power with other Mushrik tribes and their leaders until the conquest of Makkah and defeating Mushrikoon in their last ditch battle at Hunayn.
	www.iiie.net /Articles/MuslimPolPart.html (5323 words)

	AhlulBayt Discussion Forum > Khameni's Fatwa
		This applies to whether or not the person would be considered a mushrik.
		If you believe in a partner you are mushrik, if not then no. simple as 1+1.
		Instead, he gave the general rule: "whoever says that there's a partner with Allah, then he is a mushrik." So, it's up to the questioning person to know if they are mushrikeen or not.
	www.shiachat.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t44074.html (2813 words)

	Who is at that DNC convention - DiscussAnything.com -
		The high spots of the lesson (tauhid or tawhid is the unity of Allah; mushrik and shirk are Islamic terms for polytheism, a grave sin for Muslims - Christians are considered shirk because they "attribute partners to God" through the divinity of Christ and the Trinity; shirk equals unbelief and infidelism; emphasis in bold added):
		The scholars of Usool-ul-Fiqh have all agreed on the axiom that “None has the right to legislate but Allah.” Don’t be fooled by their discussion of whether the intellect can arrive independently at the ruling in an issue.
		Both are taghoot, mushrik and in a state of rebellion against the worship of Allah Most High.
	www.discussanything.com /forums/showthread.php?t=59838&goto=nextnewest (569 words)

	Violence in Islam?
		MUSHRIK (sing.) Mushrikoon or Mushrikeen (case based plural): This applies particularly to the idol worshippers of Arabia who lived at the time of the Prophet.
		Unfortunately, ignorant translators use the term infidel for Mushrik as well as Kaafir whereas these are very different terms.
		JAAHIL (sing.) Juhla or Jahiloon or Jahileen (plu.): Literally it means an ignorant person but as a Qur’anic term it means those ignorant people who are unaware of Islamic teachings and they didn’t have a chance to accept or reject Islam.
	www.ilaam.net /Articles/Violence.html (5187 words)

	Islamic Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A great injustice is also done to the Mushrik: he subjects himself to Allâh's anger and eternal punishment in Hell.
		Luqmân tells his son that if the parents are Mushrikîn, then do not follow their way: Allâh's right comes first by far.
		If it be equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed, and tough it be as a rock, or in the Heavens or the earth, Allâh will bring it forth.
	www.islaam.net /main/display.php?id=1064&category=4 (886 words)

	ZAWAJ.COM: Articles and Essays
		A believing slave woman is better than a Mushrik woman although she may please you.
		A believing slave is better than a Mushrik, although he may please you.
		Other conditions are derived from (Surah Baqarah 2:221) which forbids a Muslim to marry a Mushrik.
	www.zawaj.com /articles/interfaith_marriage_iv.html (2042 words)

	Islam Online - Fatwa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		However, if each one of them is mentioned in different context, they would have the same meanings and implications.
		Thus a Kafir can be called a Mushrik since he or she has taken another god other than Allah.
		(Al-Jathiyah: 23) By the same token a Mushrik may be called Kafir since he or she has denied with his saying, action, or thought the Oneness of Allah.
	www.islamonline.net /fatwa/english/FatwaDisplay.asp?hFatwaID=69467 (578 words)

	Kitaab At-Tawheed, Chapter 2: Fear of Shirk
		Shirk is the most dangerous of all sins, the wickedest and the most severely punished because of the dishonour and denigration of the Rabb, Almighty, All-powerful, and the likening of Allah (swt) to His creation which it entails.
		Then He explains why the mushrik will not be forgiven, saying that by his association of partners with Allah (swt), he has rejected Him and belied Him and committed a sin the like of which there is no other.
		That the Hadith proves that whoever died as a Mushrik will enter the Fire, and the knowledge of this obliges us to fear Shirk in all its manifestations.
	www.usc.edu /dept/MSA/fundamentals/tawheed/abdulwahab/KT1-chap-02.html (1115 words)

	Re: Sunnis kill Shias after Friday prayers in Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Aga Khan-IV and his Mushrik followers do not offer five times canonical Prayers, (“Namaz” which is performed at the same time at Holy Mecca and simultaneously in all the Mosques of the world).
		Aga Khan-IV and his Mushrik followers do not observe “Fasts” (Roza) for one month during the holy month of Ramadan.
		Rather on the contrary under the garb of their self styled cult, fill coffers of Aga Khan-IV and his appointees through extortion of various types of religious taxes against the teachings of Holy Qur'an.
	www.shariati.com /messages/5792.html (1313 words)

	Home - ICSSA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		MUSHRIK (sing.) Mushrikoon or Mushrikeen (case based plural): Literally the term applies to anyone who associate partners in the divinity of Only God, Allah.
		In the Qur’an Mushrik has been used particularly referring to the idol worshippers of Arabia who lived at the time of the Prophet.
		JAAHIL (sing.) Juhla or Jahiloon or Jahileen (plu.): As a Qur’anic term jaahil means those ignorant people who are unaware of Islamic teachings and they didn’t have a chance to accept or reject Islam.
	icssa.org /violence.htm (6563 words)

	Five Steps for Effective Dawah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		One day a mushrik came to the prophet (pbuh) who was sitting with Abu Bakr on his right.
		The Prophet had Abu Bakr move to left,and had the mushrik sit on his right,a position of honor.
		Two brothers came to speak to the Prophet (pbuh) when the younger of them spoke first, the Prophet interrupted him and asked the older to start.
	www.jannah.org /articles/dawahfive.html (559 words)

	Khattab Sermon on Shirk
		Someone may say to another “unta mulhid”, someone says to another you are mushrik, a third will declare someone to be a kafir, while a fourth will pronounce someone as a fasiq.
		The Qur'an refutes such a possibility when it says: “If there was another god in addition to God this universe will be ruined.” In other words when there is a ship with two captains it will sink.
		Today, it is very easy to say you are mushrik, you are kafir, you are....Though, when you analyze these concepts, they have different connotations and mainly it depends upon what is in your heart.
	www.icgt.org /Khutbas/Shirk.htm (8314 words)

	TheMajlis.net
		A zindeeq is also known as baatini and mulhid.
		MUSHRIK: one who subscribes to or believes in more than one Divine Being is termed a mushrik.
		one who associates another as a partner with Allah is also termed a mushrik.
	www.themajlis.net /Sections-index-req-printpage-artid-206.html (654 words)

	Interfaith forums - Clarification of terms
		The word 'kaffir' is usually translated into English as 'infidel', but I think that's a very poor translation, as the two words have entirely different connotations.
		It comes from the root 'shrk', which means 'to associate.' Anyone who equates anything with Allah, relates anyone to Allah, worships anything apart from or along with Allah, or obeys anyone outside the guidance of Allah is said to commit 'shirk'.
		Usually, 'mushrik' is translated as 'polytheist' or 'idolater'.
	www.comparative-religion.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-902.html (3501 words)

	Can a Muslim accept a gift from his kaafir brother? - Islam Q&A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		What is the ruling on two brothers, one of whom is a Muslim and the other is a mushrik and rich.
		Is it permissible for the Muslim brother to accept a gift from his kaafir, mushrik brother, or not?.
		It is permissible for a Muslim to accept a gift from his brother if he is a kaafir or a mushrik, because that may soften his heart and Allaah may guide him to Islam.
	63.175.194.25 /index.php?cs=prn&ln=eng&QR=46797&dgn=4&dgn=2 (176 words)

	4. Nisaa
		For this purpose he was introducing new moral cultural social economic and political ways in place of the old ones of the pre-Islamic period.
		The second thing that occupied his attention and efforts was the bitter struggle that was going on with the mushrik Arabs the Jewish clans and the hypocrites who were opposing tooth and nail his mission of reform.
		Above all he had to propagate Islam in the face of the bitter opposition of these powers of evil with a view to capturing more and more minds and hearts.
	www.islam101.com /quran/maududi/i004.htm (907 words)

	Be Careful Who You Call A Kafir
		Remove the name-calling from your articles and websites - wouldn't you rather be safe than sorry - name-calling, especially wrongly branding someone as 'evil', 'kafr' and 'manifestation of satan' - GHEEBAT - could entail dire consequences for us on Judgement Day.
		If it is true, (then it is) as he asserted, (but if it is not true), then it returns to him (and thus the person who made the accusation is an Unbeliever).
		Therefore, if you call other Muslims "kafir" or "mushrik" without discrimination, you could find that you have left Islam, according to the words of the Prophet (s.a.w.), in less than a second.
	www.weneedtounite.com /careful.htm (627 words)

	Obsession of the Heart 3
		He is then an ‘abd for that willed, beloved one, which could be wealth, fame, appearance, or whatever he takes as a deity for worship rather than Allâh.
		If man is an ‘abd for other than Allâh, then he is surely a mushrik, and every mustakbir is a mushrik.
		He becomes a mushrik by means of that in which he becomes enthralled.
	www.angelfire.com /al/islamicpsychology/general/obsession3.html (1872 words)

	Restriction of Worship to Allah Alone
		The Messenger of Allah(Peace be on Him) made unlawful erecting mosques on graves, forbade us from praising him as the Nassara (Christians) praised the Messiah son of Maryam, and forbade owning or making images or figures.
		He who complies with the command of a master, a leader or a ruler in disobedience to and defiance of Allah is an unbeliever and a mushrik.
		There shall be no obedience to a creature of Allah when it would involve disobeying or displeasing Allah(14).
	www.qss.org /archives/aqeedah/ch05.html (717 words)

	Sura Baqara 221-240
		It follows from this that a Momin man should not marry a Mushrik woman until she accepts Islam.
		The Quran abolished the source of slavery (047:004) and gave instructions for the gradual liberation of slaves who were already there) is better than a free Mushrik woman no matter how pleasing the latter may be.
		A Muslim man who is a slave is better than a free Mushrik man regardless of how pleasing the latter may be.
	salam.muslimsonline.com /~ig/islam/expo/baq12.html (1560 words)

	Shirk
		Extremists claim that it is not part of the qualities of prophets and Awliya to fulfil needs and solve difficulties with the power, permission and commandment of Allah.
		This assertion is not correct because the Angels of Allah help people with the order and permission of Allah and not through their own ability and power.
		Verily if a grave, made from soil and stone, was to be worshipped then it would become like an idol and if something was sought from the grave then that would be tantamount to seeking it from a idol.
	www.geocities.com /aqdas103/Shirk.html (4438 words)

	Interfaith Marriages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Allah (s.w.t.) said: Do not marry Mushrik women (idolatresses) until they believe; a slave woman who believes is better than a free woman who does not believe, even though (the idolatress) woman may appear very attractive to you.
		(Likewise) Do not marry (your girls) to Mushrik men (idolaters) until they believe; a slave man who believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he (the Mushrik) may attract you.
		These Mushriks invite you to the fire, but Allah, by His Grace, invites you to His Jannah (Heaven), and forgives by His leave, and (Allah) makes clear His messages to people so that they might bear them into mind.
	www.stanford.edu /group/ISSU/about_islam/articles_hussein/node37.html (1351 words)

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