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seaver, i dont know why you felt that i was directing my comments at you. i wasnt. though i dont agree with everything you say, your reasoning can be understood.
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my post was really a complaint with almost any lay person proclaiming that the quran is this or that without any knowledge or back up or evidence to prove their point except for their own literal interpretation of words on a page. as you would surely appreciate the quran has many meanings, and jurists have many opinions on every aspect of it. These jurists are the main schools of thought that you refer to (Maliki, Hanafi, Shafi'i, Hanbali) - though there are a fewer less known ones.
what i was refering to however, as hiredgun pointed out is not the schools of thought but rather the Tafseer of the quran by classical scholars such as Ibn Kathir. Though he followed the shafi'i school, his work is held in high prestige by all schools of thought and they all accept his authority on the subject. Some adherents of some schools of thought wont accept the opinions of other scholars of others math'habs , but ibn kathir is an exception.
i do think that you are wrong in saying that he isnt predominant in the regions in what terrorism originates. Ibn Kathir studied under Ibn Taymiya and ibn Qayyim in Syria in the 1300's, and is regarded by many as a touchstone for the salafi school of thought. the movement followed by binladen himself.
in regards to scholars not coming out against terrorism, this has been covered in previous threads, but there has been many. sometimes its the good things that muslims do that dont get noticed, and only the bad things that get magnified.
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