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Muhammed's avatar

That is so unfortunate that you label a whole group of pious Turkish Muslim people around the world as "the Gülen terror network", parroting what Erdogan calls them, while also advocating and praying for a Muhammadan heart. Let us recall what our beloved prophet Muhammad said about slander:

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “O you who have spoken the words of faith but faith has not entered your hearts! Do not backbite about the Muslims or seek out their faults, for whoever seeks out their faults, Allah will seek out his faults even if he is in his house.” Narrated by Abu Dawood, no. 4880; classed as saheeh (authentic) by al-Albani.

Abdullah ibn Amr reported: They mentioned a man in front of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and they said, “He only eats if he is fed! He only moves if he is made to move!” The Prophet said, “You have backbitten him.” They said, “We only said what is true about him.” The Prophet said, “It is enough sin to mention bad things about your brother.”

In another narration, the Prophet said, “If what you said about him were not true, you would have slandered him.” Source: Musnad ‘Abd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak 2

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Wafa1024's avatar

This is a 100% serious question, and maybe I am dense for not understanding, but: why is it incoherent to be both anti-Russia and anti-Israel?

The MHNC terminology made me snort my coffee through my nose, but if I think about it seriously, I don't think it's productive. Name-calling won't do any good; differences of opinion are a good thing, not a bad thing, and we can engage with arguments on their merits without presuming bad faith.

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