This is an excellent video which discusses some basic ideas of classical liberalism. It is a collections of thoughts by those who attended the recent Freedom Week at Sydney Sussex College, University of Cambridge.
I think the best description of classical liberalism was given by Dr Mark Pennington at around minute 18 in this video. He argues that classical liberalism is about being able to be nice to others without being coerced. He said that doing a good deed because you feel forced to do so is, in fact, not really a “good deed” as such. A real good deed is when you do it because you want to do it. Translating that to “Muslim-speak”, a good deed must be accompanied by ikhlas / sincerity. Otherwise, it will not be rewarded as a good deed.
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