The Issue of Fatwa Application

their Creator. Such a mission naturally makes the caller sympathetic and well-wishing toward others. It generates feelings of love for fellow human beings and makes a person gentle and compassionate in dealing with them. A communal or national temperament, on the other hand, produces the opposite kind of attitude. A communal or national temperament creates a sense of rivalry toward others. Such a temperament is always shaped by material interests. In this mindset, there is room for complaints against others, not for sympathy or goodwill toward them. Today, this communal temperament has generally come to dominate among Muslims. This is why they have developed a negative psychological attitude toward others. This negative mindset is the real root cause of all their problems. (Al-Risala, October 2007)