Insaaniyat
With all due respect, the majority of your views are coming from the pro shia website you keep plugging. They do not seem to be your views.
We can counter your claims by using a pro 'sunni' site and also plug them for free.
That will be too easy though.
What you should do is stand back and research both elements and then decide for yourself.
The meeting at Ghadir Khoum is an issue that you raise and we do not disagree with the meeting.
However, I'll give you some food for thought and give you the opportunity to find the answer.
The Qur'aan states:
Maryam (Mary) 19:27-28
27. At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: "O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!
- "O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!"
Which brother of Mary was named Aaron?
Once you find the answer to this then it will be easier for you to understand the meeting at Ghadir Khoum and the context of comments in line with Arabic language.
Secondly, the public gave the right to Umar RA to become Caliph and Ali RA also gave bayat. Ali RA did not have a problem with this even for the sake of Islam as you may argue, but at least take a leaf out of his book and follow suit.
As far as the Taraweeh prayer is concerned please digest.
The word Taraweeh is taken from the word "tarweeha" which means, "you rest". You pause between every two rakats or between every four rakats; you relax for a while. You don't stand up to pray the next section right away. Normally some people read something in between every two rakats and that is what makes it "tarweeha". You relax for a minute between every two rakats.
According to the Muslim schools of thought, some people saw the Prophet pray 20 rakats Taraweeh in Ramadan, so they pray 20 rakats. Others saw the Prophet pray only eight rakats and, therefore, they pray only eight rakats. This explains why in some mosques they pray 20 rakats while in other mosques they pray eight rakats. There is even a third opinion, which says that the Prophet used to pray eight rakats in the mosque, but he completed the 20 rakats after he went home.
Taraweeh can be performed individually. One can pray Taraweeh at home, but it is preferable to do so in groups to encourage people to meet and share the sacred month together. The Taraweeh, when prayed two rakats at a time, is exactly like the two rakats of the Fajr Prayer.
I hope now you understand why we have been performing this Sunnah for over 1400 years, and so did Abu Bakr RA, Umar RA, Usman RA and Ali RA, Hasan RA and Hussain RA!
Please join the club.