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Old 08-07-2007, 07:07 AM   #4
Undertoad
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It doesn't matter at all. If they believe that the Caliphate is Islamic, it's Islamic to them.

This is true in every major religion. The actual word is so large and subject to interpretation that there is far more power in the schools of thought that arise in the culture. We sometimes point to the Inquisition as something that Christianity generated even though today we would see it as the most un-Christian approach possible. This is the same thing.

A ton of Muslims believe that owning a dog is un-Islamic. But when I looked for what written word is telling them that.. well there are none. There are Hadiths that talk about how good it is to be generous, how the Prophet appreciates it if you go out of your way to water a dog dying of thirst. But nothing specifically against dogs at all. So along the line somebody taught that dogs are bad, and the idea spread, and now it's official Islam is certain parts.
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