Hypocritical Trend The third trend was a destructive and...

Hypocritical Trend The third trend was a destructive and hypocritical movement that pretended to abide by Islam and care for its higher interests including intellectual, cultural, and social development, but the spiritual and mental status of the representatives of this trend was far away from all that because they lacked religiousness, faith, and sincerity. Their one and only goal was to snare Islam and Muslims and destroy the infrastructure of Muslim society.

Examples of such trends can be seen in the political movements of the Zanadiqah (miscreants), the Ghulat (exaggerators), the Nawasib (the anti-Shi`ah), some dubious Esoteric ( Batiniyyah ) movements, and some wicked scholars who tried to trick Muslims through their constant…