The Baha'i Studies Listserv > I only skimmed through some of them. Now, that I looked closer I do see the > author is Sunni in his praise of Abu Bakr and Umar. Also, he ommitted Uthman > from his praise despite him also being a Caliph. He's Sunni, but he doesn't > feel comfortable for some reason when it comes to Uthman. Why? Also, he > doubts any Hadith than can have origins in Judaism, Christianity, Sufism, > etc.
The probable reason is that it is because of 'Uthman's nepotism that the 'Umayyads were able to come to power, and Sunnis don't like the 'Umayyads anymore than Shi'ites do. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-511608-274...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
