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This group that has left the Muslims, rebelling against them; this is the result of disassociating oneself from the scholars. I mentioned the consequences of this during the last part of the (previous) lecture. They broke away from the scholars, broke away from the Muslim leaders, and the disbelievers and hypocrites put these ideologies into their heads. So, they have become outcasts in Muslim societies. They are Khawarij, no doubt. This act of theirs is the act of the Khawarij. Rather, they are even more violent and extreme than the (original) Khawarij. The (past) Khawarij did not use to destroy buildings and residents. The Khawarij used to show up face-to-face on the battlefield. They used to fight on the battlefield despite what they were upon of ignorance. But they did not used to collapse buildings on everyone inside them - women, children, the innocent, those at peace with Muslims, people with whom Muslims have a treaty, and other people guaranteed safety. The Khawarij used not to do this. This is even worse and more violent than the actions of the (original) Khawarij... 1