If all you’re saying is that Muslims can find the one, true God (after which they are no longer Muslim), then we agree. If you’re saying that Muslims can find God and remain Muslim, then we could not disagree more.
BTW, many an atheist has found God also, but not while remaining an atheist.
I have been thinking on this. How to explain, and I can not. I will try, not been a lightning rod for at least a week! (note to the Viking Kittys - hold the Zot til Friday, I am pledged to pay my share of the paulbotzap thing by then!)
The two people I mentioned, one man, one woman, walk the path of truth and right. They walk with God. Their sheer joy in life, in following God's word, in doing good works and living as a testament is inspiring. They simply happen to call God Allah. Don't know about you, but I have called God many things less complimentary.
The man is Alawi. This is a man who, by his own beliefs, risked his soul every Friday when he read from the Torah. Because some of the flock under his care needed it.
I have seen him, with my own eyes, crying because he could not give the Last Rites to a dying man, and a Catholic Chaplain couldn't make it in time. Rules suck sometimes, right?
The woman is Sunni. She is just good. There is no other way to describe her.
Basically, there are good people out there. People who follow the will of God. He speaks to us all, and someone elses path is not mine. I judge on actions, and I can no more know how God speaks to another as I can know the thoughts of a stone.
The vast majority of Muslims I know personally are not good people. Then again, I can say the same for well over half of the congregation in our church. Never met a godly Sikh and half the neighborhood is made up of them.
If someone is good and godly, I WILL testify to it. I do not care if they are Buddhist, Shinto, Muslim or even Baptist.
Sorry for the long post.