I saw the headlines and guessed correctly that it was Iraq - Bagdad to be exact. Do Muslims around the globe really think they are preceived as the religion of peace by anyone with 2 or more working brain cells? Where is your out cry against these actions, where are your protests in streets about Muslim vs Muslim murder?
2007-10-29 06:57:10 · 9 answers · asked by Janet 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Unfortunately a lot of people dont make the connection between radical Islamists and these acts. Some even say that modern Christians are just as bad or worse yet can cite NO examples. I've concluded that some people will believe what they want to believe regardless of the evidence. They will write letters to the editor about how the US killed 20 more Iraqis. Interesting group
2007-10-29 07:03:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋
I see your point and appreciate the sentiment but, to say Muslim vs Muslim is really not correct.
Islamic sects are not simply "denominations," if that word is understood to mean various valid approaches to the same religion. Members of one Islamic group do not usually recognize members of other groups as fellow Muslims, and open conflict between sects is not uncommon. It's been going on for thousands of years.
Sunni
With 940 million adherents out of about 1.1 billion Muslims, Sunni Islam is the largest Islamic sect. Followers of the Sunni tradition are known as Sunnis or Sunnites; they sometimes refer to themselves as Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jamaa'h, "adherents to the Sunnah and the assembly."
Shi'a
Shia Islam includes most of the Muslims that are not counted among the Sunni. The primary division within Islam, between Sunni and Shi'a, dates to the death of the Prophet Muhammad when his followers were faced with the decision of who would be his successor as the leader of Islam. Shi'ites are those who followed Ali, the closest relative of Muhammad, as Muhammad's successor. Today there are approximately 120 million Shi'ite Muslims in the world.
Sufism
Sufism is less an Islamic sect and more an alternative way of approaching the Islamic faith. Sufis are mystically-inclined Muslims who seek a direct experience of God. Sufism has been a prominent movement within Islam throughout most of its history. By the 19th century CE, more than half of the male Muslim population was attached to a Sufi order (tariqa).
Ahmadiyya
Ahmadiyya Islam was founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (c. 1839-1908) in Qadian, Punjab, India. Ahmad claimed to be the appearance of the promised Messiah (or, according to some sources, the manifestation of the Prophet Muhammad as well as an incarnation of Jesus and the Hindu god Krishna).
Ghulam Ahmad taught that Jesus feigned his crucifixion and resurrection, then lived to be 120 years old in India, contradicting the orthodox Muslim doctrine that Jesus was taken up into heaven before his death. Ahmad also reinterpreted jihad as a nonviolent battle against nonbelievers, using as its weapon the pen instead of the sword.
Wahhabi
Strictly orthodox Sunni Muslim sect from Saudi Arabia; strives to purify Islamic beliefs and rejects any innovation occurring after the 3rd century of Islam; "Osama bin Laden is said to be a Wahhabi Muslim"
One sect does not see the killing of another sect as murder. They see it as a religious duty to purify the world.
Some moderates don't like it but they think they understand it and are willing to tolerate it to a degree. Discussing it with a Kufar or an infidel is unthinkable.
2007-10-29 14:15:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Now we have 20 headless horseman galloping around Iraq just in time for Halloween, that's just great.
2007-10-29 14:02:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I think they are merely getting ready to celebrate Halloween, with the re-creation of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman. Don't be scared, it is only a prank...
2007-10-29 14:05:34 · answer #4 · answered by outcrop 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
These are not Muslim vs Muslim acts of violence. These are terrorists who's primary target are the defenseless.
2007-10-29 14:03:00 · answer #5 · answered by rance42 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
No religion is peaceful. People convinced that they have the one infallible truth can make themselves believe anything however.
2007-10-29 14:04:49 · answer #6 · answered by Holy Cow! 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
you guys who compare cutting peoples heads off
and having panties put on your head are
embarrasing yourself...STOP IT!
2007-10-29 14:07:49 · answer #7 · answered by realitycheck 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You are confusing extremists with religion.
2007-10-29 14:04:07 · answer #8 · answered by gone 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Provide some sources that implicate 'Muslims.'
2007-10-29 14:02:05 · answer #9 · answered by LatexSolarBeef 4 · 3⤊ 5⤋