Wassalaamu Alaykum wa rahmatullah Akhil 'azeez I never said that I am always correct + I have never been wrong + that the Shaykh is incorrect 100% of the time. This is supported by the fact that I said I am willing to learn Shafi'i fiqh under him if such an opportunity arises. He is entitled to his ijtihad in politics and we are all entitled to reject that ijtihad. The FSA are mujahideen in the sight of Allah inshaAllah and are being supported by numerous 'Ulama so I prefer to cling to their opinion instead. Besides, I know brothers who have acquaintances in the FSA and to call them terrorists without investigation is injustice. I am not from Pakistan so do not know the intricacies of MMA/LFO. As Br. Malcolm X (ra) said: “If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
And it's the same case with Sh. Ramadaan Al Bouti. I am not going to throw away his excellent book on seerah just because of his position on the Syrian crisis. However, from now on, I don't think I will accept anything he says re: local politics at face value without verifying what other more informed Ulama have said about it.