Sufism is the peaceful branch of Islam.
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Then they are not following the example and instruction of their prophet.
They are heretics.
Why be muslim if you reject the basic tenet of jihad?
Things are not black & white.
Would the pacifist Quakers agree with the Christian Crusades? I know that many of the crusades were in response to Muslim agression.
I had the good fortune to provide hospice care for several months for a devout Muslim who was an MD, surgeon who was never married nor had any family in the USA. We had many long conversations before he died. He gave me his Koran just prior to his death.
If you were to measure a Christian by how Christ like he was in his behavior, he was more of a Christian than 95% of proclaiming Christians.
I have been eternally grateful that this happened prior to 9-11
Sufism represents a spiritualized re-interpretation of Islam in which the “jihad” or struggle is no longer literal, which means also editing out a lot of the context that Mohammed put into the Koran.
That actually renders it into one of the more pacifistic religions on earth, and it could even be a covert operation of Christ. It’s harder to fight against the God of the Jews (and Christians) than one would think.