2007-07-22 07:15:14 · 11 answers · asked by bakhan 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
coz we arent callin ourselves "One Ummah", we keep saying sunni, shia this n that......unless we stop thinking of our differences and call ourselves just a muslim we cant be united.
2007-07-22 07:34:27 · answer #1 · answered by NS 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because the Islamic religion is contradictory in and of itself. There are internal contradictions, verses contradicting each other or the laws of logic. There are external errors, verses contradicting the facts of history or science. There are contradictions within the Koran itself, contradicting the earlier revelations .
Some of this has to do with Sunni and Shiite sects. Some of this has to do with the fact that the Koran both endorses violence and condemns it at the same time. The "peaceful" Muslims want to live in a world of tolerance. The "jihadists" only want to live in a world run by them and their brand of religion.
When an extremist Muslim terrorist blows up a building or tortures people to convert to their ways of thinking, where are the moderate Muslims? The moderates should be vehemently condemning this behavior. But nobody really does and if they do its not shown in the media. This is because either the moderates quitely condone it or they themselves are afraid of the jihadists.
Basically its a few different sects that are radically opposed in ideology to each other.
2007-07-22 14:27:53 · answer #2 · answered by Rodan 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
As a non Muslim but as a Christian it seems to me that Islam is going through the same growing pains as we did centuries ago.
Catholics v Protestants.
I will add nothing further except you have given me some thought provoking ideas from the others.
2007-07-23 00:40:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moderate Muslims want to live peaceful lives.
Violent or radical Muslims point to violent passages in Qur'an, hadith, and Sunnah.
Until Moderate can discredit the violent aspects of Islam your religion will struggle.
2007-07-22 14:24:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anthony M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps a serious introspections in those different beliefs is needed. Maybe Rushdie had a good point about that.
It is Human nature to think oneself to be the one that believe that what he belives is correct and what the other beliefs which are opposed are incorrect. Never considered that the other could be right.There has to be a moral system which atributes what is wrong, and what is right.
2007-07-22 14:28:05 · answer #5 · answered by goring 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you ask a shiekh, he will answer that Islam enemies are behind muslims' division and that we're being manipulated and all that to serve their own (west) interests..etc
personally, I think we muslims (sunnis, shiaas, and druze) ALL lack the true sense of faith and are rather driven by our sense of fake perfectionism and are willing to be controlling freaks over each other; man over woman, father over child, one sect over another...
2007-07-22 14:30:20 · answer #6 · answered by JustMe 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You will all be united soon. Under the anti-christ. The outcome isn't going to be what you expect though.
God Bless!
2007-07-28 09:37:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because most of Muslims are focused in the differences
2007-07-23 01:56:05 · answer #8 · answered by marhama 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
look at christianity and its 'how many' variations?
I am glad I am a muslim, even sunni and shi'a can pray together... But we should stop making our religion something political, then we could stop the fighting...
2007-07-22 14:27:00 · answer #9 · answered by yunaaisha 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am not a Muslim,so I can't answer your question.
2007-07-22 14:18:40 · answer #10 · answered by Gardenia 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋