Re: Cohesiveness within Sunni Islam
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This is not a sectarian thread but rather a central point on discussing Sunni Islam. As an orthodox Muslim, I feel that we have lost a certain cohesiveness that should exist within faith. Unlike the Shiites, we don't have that hierarchical clergy, however we have fallen behind in our center for learning/ijtihad and in propagating Islamic orthodoxy. Places like Al-Azhar have become tools of political/secular government (Egypt), while the word "Wahabi" has become a slur, and we see greater divisions such as the Deobandi/Barelvi schism being played out in Pakistan
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I think the biggest question is who defines orthodoxy and the origins of this debate goes centuries back.Until then this is our best bet
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So even though unity is important but we have to remember that there will never be unity unless we all agree upon and follow the haqq. However, we can work together for mutual case as long as we do not ignore the problematic differences and remain quite about it.
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something else that i fully support is the overthrow ( by force if neccessary) of all corrupt secular non-religious govts in muslim world.Here 12ers in the present age have a headstart with compared to sunnis.Taliban the only really genuine islamic quasi-state that existed in modern age.
But thats not always the case in the past there have been no 12er islamic states but were largely secular.
Greatest need for change is for a sunni orthodox govt in Egypt and saudi occupied arabia