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David Tamia took a very strict stance on what he deemed orthodoxy and hence was very unsympathetic to any strand outside of his own.

My simple question is, are we obliged to follow that level of strictness in our times?

Salafis have an entire spectrum.

You have those Salafis, I would say the bulk of them,

that attempt to be apolitical.

They don't want to even vote.

Dr. Yasser Qadi is one of the most notable public imams in the Western space

and he never shies away from speaking his mind.

He has recently offered a book on Salafism, its history and thought.

I met with Dr. Yasser in Kuala Lumpur, and we sat down to discuss Salafism,

the ideas of Ibn Taymiya and Ibn Abdul Wahab,

and how we should negotiate the deep divisions

that have plagued our Ummah for the past decades.

Can we transcend our differences?

You spoke about intra-Muslim rivalry or sectarianism,

and I think it was in the context of the horrific famine of Tehran.

Literally, Israel is using the Sunni Shi'i'a card.

Are we that foolish to not see that they are going to benefit?

We cannot be that naive to fall prey.

And we need to come out to a post-sectarian Muslim world,

where we need to agree to disagree with civility without hatred.

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