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To: george76

http://www.himalmag.com/2004/march_april/opinion_3.htm

excerpt:

One of seventy-three
A recent personal experience would be more illustrative. Some months ago this writer attended a massive Barelvi gathering in Bombay, where there were impassioned speeches delivered by numerous Barelvi ulema thundering against various other Muslim groups. The writer asked a Barelvi scholar present what he thought about the fiery diatribes of the ulema against other Muslim sects, coming especially at a time when Muslims in India were being hounded by Hindutva fanatics. Was it not important for the ulema to help promote Muslim unity instead? The alim (scholar) turned and answered without batting an eyelid, “The Prophet had predicted more than 1400 years ago that the Muslims would be divided into 73 sects, all but one of which would go to hell. Now, if we try and promote unity between the sects that would be going against the saying of the Prophet himself. And that would be a very grave crime indeed!”


34 posted on 08/13/2007 3:55:22 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Fair dinkum!)
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To: Fred Nerks

I did not know that there were 73 sects.

Hopefully they will continue to kill each other before they try to wipe us out.

I have thought that the Muslims would try to kill all Jews, Christians, Buddists, Hindus...first...then turn on each other.


36 posted on 08/13/2007 4:06:44 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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