RE: Question about Islam: other opinions please

2006-05-13 Thread janine
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gilberto Simpson Sent: 12 May 2006 07:10 To: Baha'i Studies Subject: Re: Question about Islam: other opinions please Maybe it would clarify things if you define beforehand what you mean by independent religion. To be honest I don't know for sure what

Re: Question about Islam: other opinions please

2006-05-13 Thread Gilberto Simpson
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gilberto Simpson Sent: 12 May 2006 07:10 To: Baha'i Studies Subject: Re: Question about Islam: other opinions please Maybe it would clarify things if you define beforehand what you mean by independent religion. To be honest I don't know for sure

Re: Question about Islam: other opinions please

2006-05-12 Thread Gilberto Simpson
Maybe it would clarify things if you define beforehand what you mean by independent religion. To be honest I don't know for sure what that means. What has to be true in order for two religions to be independent? -Gilberto On 5/11/06, Tim Nolan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there any proofs

Re: Question about Islam: other opinions please

2006-05-12 Thread Tim Nolan
Hi Gilberto,What has to be true in order for two religions to be "independent"?Hmmm... I'm not sure I have the best definition, but I'll try.I think a religion is independent if its Founder claims to have a revelation direct from the Divine Reality, that is, God. A religion is

Question about Islam: other opinions please

2006-05-11 Thread Tim Nolan
Are there any proofs that we can produce that Bahai is an independentreligion? The Shaykh of the Al Azhar university in Cairo does not seem to think so.What proofs would he accept? The Baha'i Faith has independent sacred texts, a new calendar, a new Qiblih, laws which differ in some