Foreword

A man once asked the Prophet if bigotry was to love one’s tribe. ‘No,’ replied the Prophet. ‘Bigotry is to help your tribe to tyrannise others.’ HADITH OF IBN MAJAH ON THE AUTHORITY OF ‘UBADAH IBN KATHIR ASH-SHAMI. 169 He who preaches bigotry is not one of us. And not being one of us, he may go ahead and fight in the cause of bigotry. He who dies for such a cause is not one of us either. HADITH OF ABU DAWUD ON THE AUTHORITY OF JUBAYR IBN MUT’IM.