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Contrary to the teachings of the Quran which prohibits any division of Muslims into sects, they have been subject to division and disintegration for the last few centuries, which is a result of this as a natural consequence of predecessor worship. Difference of opinion does occur among human beings and did occur even amongst the companions of the Messenger but they did not allow themselves to be divided into sects. But since the start of ancestral worship, the followers of particular Imams took their respective Imams to be infallible and assumed that the truth lay they said in matters of life. In other words all the others, besides them (the Imams) said was mere falsehood. This divided the Muslims among themselves and every sect became content with what the Imams gave them. From then onwards each sect struggled hard to prove that they themselves were right and others were wrong. They became devoid of tolerance and also of self effort to find out what was right and what was wrong. Thus they were not prepared to hear a word against their own particular belief not because they had good reason to do so but because anything going against the belief of their ancestors was impossible for them to tolerate. The differences between the sects are not necessarily on basic issues; even the differences on petty things have separated them from each other. The curious aspect of this situation lies in the fact that the laws of Fiqa are now the vestigial remnants of the Muslim rules from the past. Not a single Muslim or Islamic State based on Islamic principles which exist today but the differences based on the Fiqa laws continue to exist. A lot of energy is being wasted to keep up differences, in a same way least effort is being made to revive the Islamic state.
Because of this divisions and disintegration among muslims give us a clear picture of the Muslim world today it is hard to find something positive on the horizon. There is political chaos, fanatic society and regional turmoil all over the Muslim world. Muslims seem to have lost control of their affairs, they feel frustrated and helpless. Many Muslim governments are persecuting their people in the name of Islam and muslim priests exploits common people in the name of Islam. So we Muslims hope for a better future under these circumstances?
Nawaz
Religion Islam
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If one looks at the general picture of the Muslim world today it is hard to find something positive on the horizon. There is political chaos and regional turmoil all over the Muslim world. Muslims seem to have lost control of their affairs. They feel frustrated and helpless. Many Muslim governments are persecuting their people in the name of Islam. Can Muslims hope for a better future under these circumstances?
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There are many Muslims though who simply want to move with
the times and leave Islam to the Mullahs. They believe in
the adage: Do in Rome as the Romans do. But a vast
majority of Muslims practice passive Islam that was passed
on to them by their forefathers in the name of Islam and
go about doing their daily businesses. They feel fed up
with all the controversies created by the secular and
conservative Muslims but at the same time they do not want
to spend time and effort to find out the truth for
themselves. They feel satisfied as they have been
told by their parents that God will forgive all their sins
simply because they were born in Muslim families and that
the Muhammad peace be upon him will save them from hell
fire no matter what. In other words, they feel satisfied
by being ignorant about Islam.
Many Muslims especially of influence in society think that
the idea of unity of humankind is an unrealistic goal and
therefore, should be abandoned. According to them, this may
be a romantic or an exotic idea but it is an unattainable
goal. They think that Muslims waste their time in talking
about the unity of humankind when they themselves are badly
divided. They catalog a long list of such divisions from
Muslim history. Wars fought and continue to be fought
amongst themselves and millions of Muslims killed by
Muslims are given as proofs from past and present history
to support their claim that Muslim unity is not possible,
let alone the unity of humankind. How can then one talk
about Muslim unity when their past history has been so
divisive, they are quick to remind everyone. These are
mostly the feelings of the secular liberal or progressive
minded Muslims. This feeling gives them intellectual
satisfaction and a sense of psychological security. The
conservative minded Muslims are no different. In fact, they
put a religious and a sacred twist to the differences among
Muslims. From every religious pulpit they announce that the
differences and divisions among Muslims are the blessings
of Allah Almighty. Remember, the Quran does not support
this chapter 3 verse 103.
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