@Sameer
by anand ganesh on Jul 07, 2008 06:43 PM Permalink | Hide replies

Sameer suggested that all hindus in India shoulds become muslims. Should they become Sunnis or Shias??????

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RE:@Sameer
by JGN on Jul 07, 2008 06:48 PM Permalink
There are 73 sects in the religion following "one book" and "one god" !

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RE:@Sameer
by Faisal on Jul 07, 2008 06:49 PM Permalink
not 73 it is 24. some have similar names.

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by JGN on Jul 07, 2008 06:56 PM Permalink
I am not sure, but I have read in the news papers about a week of so that there are 73 sects in Islam - including Ahmediyas.

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by Faisal on Jul 07, 2008 07:04 PM Permalink
4 sects are prime Shia, Sunni, Ahmadiyya nad Sufi....this was I guess a 11th century thing, most of the sects don't even exist now.
some minor sects are still there but they are really minor, African islam is very different from the mainstream Islam, mixed with indegeneous beleives.

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RE:@Sameer
by JGN on Jul 07, 2008 07:11 PM Permalink
Dear Faisal, pl download and read The Necessity of Atheism by Dr. D.M. Brooks, freely available at "Project Gutenberg". You can also get a large number of good books from that site.

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