Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Wahabism At The Crossroads Section 2: Imposing belief Islam has decreed that cooperation of different Islamic sects with one another must only be through friendly and logical discussions, more so with non-Muslims: {ادْعُ إِلَى سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ} "Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good advice and dispute with them in a manner that is best.
Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided." [^1] And He also remarks: {وَلَا تُجَادِلُوا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ إِلَّا بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِالَّذِي أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَأُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَإِلَهُنَا وَإِلَهُكُمْ وَاحِدٌ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ} "Do not dispute with the people of the Book except in a manner which is best, barring such of them as are wrongdoers, and say, 'We believe in that which has been sent down to us and has been sent down to you; our God and your God is one (and the same), and to Him do we submit." [^2] Islam does not permit anyone to address the opposing faction by titles such as "ignorant polytheists" , "enemies of God" , "enemies of Tawheed (monotheism)" ; to consider oneself as the axis of Islam, and to strike all and sundry with allegations of disbelief and polytheism, an act done ferociously in most of the books published by this community.
All Muslims share common principles in Islamic teachings and beliefs, and all the Islamic scholars, despite deviating interpretations of certain principles, share common doctrines in canonical matters. These differences in opinion should not cause disputes, frays and bloodshed; they should rather, through logical reasoning and proper dialogue and discourse, harmonise ways of thinking. The fanatic Wahhabis (the Salafis) oppose this logical and fair Islamic rationale.
They believe that they must enforce their perceptions in polytheistic and monotheistic matters ( Shirk and Tāwhid ) on others, even if it is achieved by bloodshed and plundering of property, proofs of which are present in the books of the founders of this faith. When we tell their scholars that if you are erudite, we are also erudite and we are more educated than you, and have authored more books than you have.