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In university, my teacher for my Muslim history class once invited two Sufi practitioners. One was from Iran and the other from Senegal (I think). At that time I was not really aware of the specifics regarding the different sects/branches of Islam. But I really liked how they personally emphasized that whether or not one is a “ritual Muslim” and/or dresses in a religious way, that it is very important to be an ethical person and have manners. They were also very polite and seemed like tolerant individuals.
Also, all of the Buddhists that I have met in my life (who were of Chinese, Korean and Cambodian origin/descent), have seemed like really nice people. I remember my Korean friend in high school demonstrating to the class how they honored their deceased relatives through food. It brought back memories of one of my own relatives doing something similar i.e. praying over food on the anniversary of a family member’s passing.
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Islamic Sects:
Mutah: Practiced or not refuted by Shia Muslims. Albiet it is controversial and debatable, I have not found anything concrete or authentic to refute as of yet.
Yes, there is a lot of chance of it being abused and taken as mean to cause a lot of indiscriminate actions. I agree wholeheartedly that tharki and wannabe promiscuous can use it for wrong reasoning.
**Divorce method **by Shia sect:
When long term marriage is valid ONLY with presence of witnesses, how come divorce does not need witnesses?
On a principle basis, I agree with Shia sect.
**But **I do see the argument for talaq being valid for many other reasons to be valid if given three times on one occasion without any witness being there.
(I have posted several posts on that a while ago).
Perhaps an Ijtehad on a large scale in this matter is in order…with room to have divorce being accepted in certain selective situations when given three times in one occasion.
More to come…
What people said about Islamilies, Shias, Ahmadis ..or any minorities in a Muslim country can be easily extrapolated to some extent Muslims, Hindus, Jews etc… in a non-Muslim, Non-Hindu, Non-Jew country.
**Minorities by virtue of being minorities have to find some way to be …united, compete against majority, or have a survival instinct to help each other.
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So if minorities are helping each other then** what is the big deal about them per se**???
P.S.
In case anyone did not get the point: Per Se means being literally who they are. There is no specail qualification for being a member of minority and being successful.
But it is very commendable that a member of minority would posses such a strong self respect that the member would try to compete against the majority for goodness.
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Qadiyani is a derogatory term. They prefer to be called Ahamdi if not Muslim. The Ahamdi community is indeed a resilient one. I admire them for their perseverance, considering the bigotry and persecution they face by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
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astaghfirullah :ast:
Web definitions
Istighfar, also Astaghfirullah or astagfirullah is the act of seeking forgiveness from God. This act is generally done by repeating the Arabic words astaghfirullah, meaning “I seek forgiveness from Allah”. It is considered one of the essential parts of worship in Islam. …
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Can i praise jews here? They are good with money.
Christians are so tolerant that once i sneaked into a church thinking no one will know i am a muslim but they found out yet they spared my life.
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Every Jehova’s Whitness that I have come across sticked to his/her teachings. That is what I like about them. Not that I know all of them, but the ones I met did. None of them participated in celebrating birthdays (whether their own or anothers), or any other festivity. They didn’t even want to receive gifts on their own birthday, and didn’t care about what others would think about them.
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According to the official website of the Bahá’í Faith (“The international website of the Bahá’ís of the world”), the religion emphasizes several beliefs including: The Independent Investigation of Truth and The Unity of Religion and Science – two factors strongly needed in this day and age (in my view). Not to say that other religions don’t necessarily believe in the same ideals, but I personally like how the Bahá’í Faith considers them to be especially important.
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^Baha’i’ believe/accept Abrahimic messengers as well as dharmic ones like krishna, buddha. love their message of tolerance, humanity and peace and the fact that they accept other faith as well.
also, looking at the resilience of ahmadi sect, despite of so much discrimination and persecution, still going strong.
I Knew some aga khanis back in Karachi. almost all were very successful business people and always helping each other out in their community. always felt a sense of unity among them.
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I like in Hinduism they pray to various animals and they create these cute versions of them. Like a gigantic pink elephant. I mean it boggles one’s mind that a rational human would look at a pink elephant and actually think that “If I start worshiping it, maybe it’ll benefit me somehow” Most of it is probably regional. I mean you see various elephants walking around so the Hindus decided to worship them.
