السلام عليکم اللہ شھدائے خلافت ام المومنين رضی اللہ عنھا کے بھائی محمد بن ابوبکر رضی اللہ عنہ ، عمار بن ياسر رضی اللہ عنہ اور حجر بن عدی رضی اللہ عنہ کی روحوں پر رحم فرماۓ اور سب سنيوں کو عثمان بن عفان رضی اللہ عنہ والا صبر و حلم عطا فرماۓ جنھوں نے جان دے دی ليکن ہابيل کی طرح تنقيد کرنے والوں کے خلاف تلوار نہيں اٹھائی
To anti-blasphemy dictatorial followers of Prophetic praxis, that is pro-Umayyad Sunnis: May God be merciful to the souls of martyrs of righteous Caliphate which include the brother of Mother of Believers among others, and may God bless all Sunnis with the patience and tolerance of third Caliph who like Abel sacrificed his life but did not use force against his protesting critics.
Middle East
Tank McNamara and sectarianism
{ Sunni Islam is a prime example and has several sects (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafiʿi, Hanbali, and Ẓāhirī) that vary rather significantly.} Being a Prima Scriptura Hanafi I do not think they are sects rather they are schools because we disagree on minor issues like where to place hands during prayers. You can say that Hanafi Ottomans and Salafi Saudis politicized this divide but even now the major Salafi scholar Albani had a Hanafi father with a degree of mutual respect. Even Sunni Shafiis and Zaydi Shias have a history of co-existence in Yemen before Iranian and modernist influence. Modern hypersexuality provokes our sectarian narcissism as a defense mechanism against temptations. because both sexual and sectarian other is seen through a xenophobic lens. I have transcended all the sects and now I follow an intra-Ishmaelic and even intra-Abrahamic conservative anti-secular ecumenism.
https://westernfriend.org/media/violence-and-religious-extremism
To American Jews: Is a modern Maimonides possible?
To American Jews about the concept of a chosen race or community: The concept of a chosen community is based on spiritual responsibility. According to primogeniture this has now shifted to Ishmaelites due to their universal mission not based simply on a chosen DNA but special spiritual responsibility. So, the question is whether Judaism can tackle the intellectual challenge of modernity? Is a modern Maimonides possible. Islam has many modern Maimonides. If we do not employ our smartness to spiritual and ethical ends, then we contribute to a cruel and hedonistic Machiavellian world rather than a blessed 21st century Zion.
How both Saudi Arabia and Iran are evil/taghut according to a Prophetic descendant?
Imam Jafar As-Sadiq peace be upon him said which means every flag-owner before the rise of Al-Qaim is Taghut(evil). So, both Saudi Arabia and Iran are Taghut.
محمد بن يعقوب: عن محمد بن يحيى، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن حماد بن عيسى، عن الحسين بن المختار، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: ” كل راية ترفع قبل قيام القائم فصاحبها طاغوت، يعبد من دون الله عز و جل “.
Progress through disobedience and anarchism
Is Left pro-Islamic?At the crossroads of cultural temptations and international law
How to help Trump overcome his pseudo-religious pseudo-Christian narcissism?
Juan Cole, anti-war movement and Islamic schisms
Bernard Lewis has said that intrafaith violence in Christian history had been more violent than intrafaith violence within Islam. May be this is due to intersection of intrafaith schismatic debates and invention of gunpowder. While schismatic war within Islam had been early when gunpowder had not been invented. As far as Sola Scriptura- Gnostic schism is concerned, this is repeating in Muslim world in the form of Salafi-Sufi debate. Self-righteousness can be wrong on both sides but can also bring genuine reform if suffused with compassionate spirit. For example, Madkhali an apolitical Salafi scholar has admitted that our harshness has adversely affected our sola scriptura movement. While, Hudson institute has described anti-blasphemy Barelwi Sufis in Pakistan as extremists. So, this superficial and inaccurate dichotomy on western pre-conceived notions can lead to cruel foreign policies making the western anti-war movement an ethical failure like Christian humanism which is more Scriptually acceptable to orthodox Muslim due to it’s concomitant dissent of sexual revolution. May God bless all the truth seekers. I learnt about you through your healthy and courageous criticism of MEMRI and how they promoted intrafaith schisms in the Middle East through their inaccurate and zealous propaganda. Indian pro-mystic Sola Scriptura scholar Shah Waliullah has successfully resolved the Salafi-Sufi debate and Dr. Marcia Hermansen has translated his book The Conclusive Argument from God into English. Since, extremists in each denomination are not exposed to ecumenical literature due to sectarian xenophobia, intrafaith ecumenical activists should compassioantely introduce the sectarian fanatics to ecumenical ideas and I want to work on this and ecumenical Christians should work on it too to avoid secularization of their own future generations.
