The Phenomenon of Intellectual Extremism

(Its pillars and dangers to the individual and society)

Abstract

This research deals with the phenomenon of intellectual extremism and its pillars on which it is based, and its dangers to the individual and society. The practical is like someone who fasts forever and isolates himself from the mosques, because he sees them as mosques of harm, and among the reasons for that is innovation, ignorance, following the allegorical texts, and being affected by the manifestations of alienation, with the absence of the role of the scholars of the nation, in addition to the psychological disorders among some.

In order to treat this phenomenon, it is necessary to activate the role of the family, the mosque, the school, the media, and the bodies for promoting good and forbidding evil, as well as listening and obeying the ruler. The research relied on the descriptive approach, and it came in an introduction and three topics, the first topic: extremism, its pillars and causes, the second topic: its dangers to the individual and society. The third topic: prevention and treatment.