Fariq Naik – To be a Fundamentalist, Vice or Virtue

			The second most common question or
misconception that is there in the
		

			minds of non Muslims is that why
are most of the Muslims
		

			fundamentalist? What is the
meaning of the word
		

			fundamentalist? Fundamentalist, by
definition means a person who
		

			follows the fundamentals of a
particular subject. For example,
		

			for a person to be a good
mathematician, he should know,
		

			follow and strive to practice the
fundamentals of maths, unless he's
		

			a fundamentalist in the field of
maths, he cannot be a good
		

			mathematician, for the person, to
be a good scientist, he should
		

			know, follow and strive to
practice the fundamentals of
		

			science. Unless he's a
fundamentalist in the field of
		

			science, he cannot be a good
scientist.
		

			You cannot paint all
fundamentalist with the same brush
		

			that all are good or all or bad.
Depending upon which field the
		

			person is a fundamentalist, you
have to label him accordingly.
		

			For example, there is a
fundamentalist doctor whose
		

			profession is to save human lives.
He's a boon for the society. On
		

			the other hand, there is a
fundamental slob whose profession
		

			is to rob. He's been for the
society.
		

			As far as I am concerned, I am a
fundamentalist Muslim, and I'm
		

			proud to be a fundamentalist
Muslim.
		

			Because I know and I strive to
practice the fundamentals of
		

			Islam. And I know that there is
not a single fundamental of Islam,
		

			which is against humanity as a
whole. I challenge any human being
		

			to point out a single fundamental
of Islam, which is against
		

			humanity as a whole. There may be
some fundamentals, which some
		

			people might think they're against
humanity. But the moment to give a
		

			logical background, there is not a
single fundamental of Islam, which
		

			is against humanity as a whole.
Fundamentalists, according to the
		

			Webster Dictionary, was first used
to describe a group of American
		

			Protestant Christians. The
Christian Church believed that the
		

			Bible was the Word of God, these
American Protestant Christians,
		

			they not only believe that the
Bible was the Word of God, but
		

			they believed every word, every
letter of the Bible is the Word of
		

			God. According to Oxford
Dictionary, fundamentalist is a
		

			person who strictly adheres to the
ancient doctrinal of any religion.
		

			And in the revised edition of the
Oxford Dictionary, fundamentalists
		

			is a person who strictly adheres
to the ancient doctrine of any
		

			religion, especially Islam. This
word, especially Islam has been
		

			added in the revised edition of
the Oxford Dictionary. The moment
		

			you hear the word fundamentalist,
you starting your Muslim, you
		

			start thinking of an extremist. I
tell the people, I am an
		

			extremist. I'm extremely kind. I'm
extremely honest, I'm extremely
		

			loving. I'm extremely just what's
wrong in being an extremist? Why
		

			are we apologetic? What is wrong
and being extremely kind,
		

			extremely honest, extremely
loving, extremely, just extremely
		

			thoughtful, but we should be an
extremist in the right direction.
		

			We should not be an extremist in
the wrong direction. Allah
		

			subhanaw taala says in the
Glorious Quran Surah Al Baqarah.
		

			Chapter number two was number 208.
Yeah, you have lady Manuel de
		

			julio facili. Me Kapha or you
believe enter into Islam
		

			wholeheartedly. You can't say
partially when it will benefit me
		

			I'll be just and when it will not
benefit me. I will not be just but
		

			we should be an extremist in the
right direction. We should not be
		

			an extremist in the wrong
direction. So why are we Muslims
		

			apologetic? It is time for us to
turn the tables over