misrepresent the call of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb, or the call of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, or who label this very state as advocating terrorism and violence.

3 – To clarify that the mere fact a person is a disbeliever does not, in and of itself, make it permissible to kill him.

4 – To clarify that among the disbelievers, only those who actively wage war—whether with their hands or with their tongues—may be fought; whoever does not do so is neither fought nor killed.

5 – To clarify that the rationale behind offensive jihad was the disbelievers’ obstruction of the spread of Allah’s religion; therefore, whenever they do not bar us from proclaiming the faith and implementing Allah’s law, it is unlawful to fight them.

6 – To clarify that offensive jihad is conditional upon the Muslims’ ability to wage war and their capacity to do so; if this ability is lacking, the injunction does not apply.

7 – To clarify that when Muslims are weak, they may make peace with those who make peace with them and fight only those who fight them, acting in accordance with the verse commanding restraint and patience, as stated by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and as preferred by the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia.