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Probably his most famous [[fatwa]] was issued against the Mongols, when he declared that jihad upon the Mongols was not only permissible, but obligatory, on the grounds that the Mongols could not be true Muslims despite the fact that they had converted to Sunni Islam because they ruled using 'man-made laws' (their traditional Yassa code) rather than [[Islamic Law|Islamic law]] or [[Shariah|Shari'ah]], and thus were living in a state of jahiliyya, or pre-Islamic pagan ignorance. | Probably his most famous [[fatwa]] was issued against the Mongols, when he declared that jihad upon the Mongols was not only permissible, but obligatory, on the grounds that the Mongols could not be true Muslims despite the fact that they had converted to Sunni Islam because they ruled using 'man-made laws' (their traditional Yassa code) rather than [[Islamic Law|Islamic law]] or [[Shariah|Shari'ah]], and thus were living in a state of jahiliyya, or pre-Islamic pagan ignorance. | ||
=== Arab racial supremacy === | ===Arab racial supremacy=== | ||
Ibn Taymiyya had the following to say about non-Arabs ''vis-a-vis'' Arabs: | Ibn Taymiyya had the following to say about non-Arabs ''vis-a-vis'' Arabs: | ||
{{Quote|Ibn Taymiyyah’s Iqtida al-Sirat al-Mustaqim, Vol. 2 pg. 399-431|The Arabs are more intelligent than those other than themselves and are more capable in delivery and expression . . . verily, what the people of the sunnah are upon is the belief (i’tiqaad) that the Arab race is better (afdal) than the Non-Arab race. Whether (the Non-Arabs) are Hebrews, Aramaic, Romans, Persians and other than them . . . not simply due to the fact the prophet peace be upon him is from them – even though this is [a point] of superiority – but instead, they themselves are superior within themselves . . . [for] Allah the Most High has designated the Arabs and their language with rulings that are peculiar and unique.}} | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||