On Thu, 22 May 2008 03:50:54 -0500, "Altway" <altway@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>(2) One of the major disasters that has overtaken Muslims is
Sectarianism,
>though the Quran forbids it. (Quran 3:103-105, 23:52-53, 30:30-32.). It
has
>caused internal conflicts, wasted resources, diverted attention into
futile
>or destructive channels, exhausted psychological energies, weakening
Muslim
>nations, made them prone to subversion and manipulation by others and
caused
>stagnation. It is necessary to insist that Islam means surrender to Allah
>and those who surrender to a man made sect cannot be regarded as true
>Muslims. They are obviously flouting the Word of Allah. Everyone has his
own
>understanding of his religion and they have the duty to expand their
>understanding. Adherence to a sect, the doctrines produced by someone
else,
>is therefore an absurdity. Obsession with a dogma is not the same thing
as
>understanding. It is also an illusion because it is perfectly possible
that
>members of different sects agree in their understanding while members of
the
>same sect disagree.
Just out of curiosity - which sect of Islam would you prefer? Sunni,
****a, Sufi, Wahabbi (etc.) and why? and why not? I find in all
religions that people who condemn sectarianism usually mean all sects
but their own.
Terrell
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