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On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 3:59 AM, Susan Maneck sman...@gmail.com wrote:
It is true that the Wahhabis adhere to the Hanbali school. Whether or
not Ibn Hanbal should be blamed for that is another question. Most
Saudis insist on being called Hanbali Muslims, not
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On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Susan Maneck sman...@gmail.com wrote:
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No. They agree that certain words were said which Shia INTERPRET one
way, and Sunnis INTERPRET another.
Why don't you share with us exactly what those words were?
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Hi,
from Shoghi Effendi-God passes by.
, first, the bigoted, the sickly, the vacillating Muhammad Sháh, page 1.
The arch villains who joined hands with the prime movers of so wicked a
conspiracy were the two grand vizirs, Hájí Mírzá Aqásí, the idolized tutor
of
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I think the point of Baha'u'llahs words are that backbiting and slander is
especially bad amongst the friends. But to paint a historical picture by
pointing out someones traits (of the parties involved) is not quite the same
thing.
I think the distinction needs to
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Um.. because in spite of the direction the discussion has taken I
actually didn't want to rehash the entire history of Sunni-Shia
polemics on a Bahai list.
I just think that people should be able to read the words for
themselves and be able to draw their own
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I see I made a number of mistakes here:
Yes, I would agree with that. I had in mind specifically the movement
coming from Ibn Abdu'l-Wahhab. which has its genesis in Egypt
Obviously Ibn Abdu'l-Wahhab is from Arabia not Egypt. I was thinking
ahead to the Salafi
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I think Sunni and Shi'a narratives both have merit, but fall short in
totality. For example, Shi'as are great at keeping a memory alive and of
inspiring people with sacred history. But from a historical perspective, the
world just doesn't work in good guys/bad guys with
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I would also add that there is a difference in terms of authority
which is part of the picture as well. If Bahaullah wants to describe
someone that is one thing. If an ordinary Bahai wants to talk about
their neighbor, that's something else. Or on the Islamic side, Abu
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On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Matt Haase matthewhaa...@gmail.com wrote:
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I think Sunni and Shi'a narratives both have merit, but fall short in
totality.
Are you making some distinction between the Shia view and the Bahai view?
For
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I might want to clarify that, even though the Babi and Baha'i Faiths were
born in a Shi`ah culture, yet Babi-Baha'i theology in some important areas
rejects and condemns certain Shi`ah positions. For instance, Baha'u'llah
rejects the Shi`ah notion of considering the
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