We can talk a lot about Ibn Taymiyyah.
But let me say one thing that i've experienced and touched among people living in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is the land of the people who unleashed the Ibn Taymiyyah doctrines into the wild.
Actually, Saudi Arabia ,and so are many gulf states, are living now the so-called " Ibn Taymiyyah dilemma". These people have raised their young generation based on idolizing Ibn Taymiyyah and his philosophies. I like to call it philosophy, cause in so many places ,Ibn Taymiyyah was more of a philosopher than a scholar. And who dares not calling him " Sheikh Al Islam" there?.
The young generation grew up as such. They became obsessed with Ibn Taymiyyah, and adpoted blindly all his philosophies and ideas. And now, what do we have? we have a generation all full of hardlining fanatic men and women, nonhesitantly making takfeer of all muslims who don't fall under their umbrella, and i wish it ceased here. The young generation suffocated by hatred and grudge went on joining military groups willingly massacring other muslims, such as Al Ikhwan, or Al Qaeda.
As i'm writing this, i know that i may not be spared. Coz who dares going into the open and spelling it out in Saudi Arabia, the way we are doing it here. I'm sure that the barking ruthless dogs that Ibn Taymiyyah phantom has fueled with abhorrement will snatch his meat out.
It is a dilema indeed. The government and many parents don't know what to do with it. How can we rid them all out from Ibn Taymiyyah?
We are at least saying it out Mr Farsiy. Just saying it out.