The Position of Orientalists towards the Tolerance of Islam and its Manifestations: Lord Cromer as an Example: A Critical Study

Abstract

The attack on Islam is renewed in different ways and types to obliterate it and distort its features, and among these multiple attacks are the attacks of the Orientalists because of their different goals in undermining Islam, and among those Orientalists is the Orientalist Lord Cromer, who took advantage of his position to challenge and undermine Islam and try to change and alienate the Islamic identity. Some of his methods of undermining the tolerance of Islam, The research followed the inductive approach: by tracing the events, facts, and sayings related to the tolerance of Islam to the orientalist, and the analytical approach: by analyzing the motives, reasons, means, and methods; To show the result he reached and the effects he left behind, and the critical approach: by criticizing his views and similarities that he used to deliver about the tolerance of Islam and then refuting them. The research first dealt with introducing the orientalist Lord Cromer and explaining his position on tolerance as one of the principles of Islam. The orientalist fallacies related to the manifestations of the tolerance of Islam and the response to these fallacies were clarified, and how the orientalists abandoned tolerance in understanding the Islamic system. This is done by questioning Islamic sciences, eliminating Islamic endowments, and convincing the community that the provisions of the Sharia are not suitable for the modern era, and the establishment of the Shura Council of Laws to enact laws that replace the provisions of the Sharia. One of the effects of these calls is that there are no fixed intellectual facts in the field of beliefs and laws, but rather opinions that can be taken and rejected, which led some Muslims to doubt certainties and not believe in the existence of God. Any atheism and God forbid. The research recommended paying attention to responding to the orientalists' suspicions and exposing their orientalist approaches, seeking reward and reward from God Almighty, as well as supporting the Islamic religion.