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Research summary

This research studies Sheikh Beyoud's dogmatic thought through its approach in exposing the Dogma and its psychological and behavioral dimensions appearing in the different domains of its reform movement. The research is divided into the following axes:

First: Dogmatic text reasoning approach:

1. Numerous are Sheikh Beyoud's sources and types of Dogma in that he took from ancient and modern Islamic heritage، and from the Ibadit and other Islamic schools books. Even though، Sheikh Beyoud's basic dogmatic source was Allah's speech (the holy Koran)، which overwhelms and dominates all other sources; that is why he was against the human heritage which may be a curtain between Man (the Allah's slave) and the understanding of Allah's speech meaning.

2. Sheikh Beyoud proceed positively with Dogma heritage; that is، he did not discard it

completely which may prevent himself from a long human experience and accumulative knowledge، and on the other hand he did not consider that heritage as something sanctified which prevents him from discerning the truth and therefore proclaiming it. But rather، he considers it as a fruit of a human effort which may get right or wrong. He therefore، submit it to a constructive criticism referring to the holy Koran and to the true Prophet (PBUH) Sunnah; and among the consequences of that criticism was refuting the Israeli narratives which contradicts the foundations of Islamic religion، despite its reputation in the Islamic heritage and its mentioning in the true Ahadiths (the Prophet's sayings) books.

3. The Sheikh Beyoud's interest in subject interpretation (Tafsir) style affords him an approach which is in symmetry with the main objectives of religion، whose dimensions are:

a. Benefiting from the Islamic heritage with a critical view by exposing it to the plain Koran and to the true Sunnah.

b. Making-up of a sane Moslem personality، immunized from discrepancy between belief and behavior.

4. Interpreting the holy Koran by Sunnah as being a clarifier of the summary Koran.

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