format_quote Originally Posted by
glo
But isn't that the point Hamza Yusuf is making - that Muslims cause each other pain and division and even drive others away from Islam because they keep telling others that 'they are doing it wrong'?
I was just trying to roll this out into a wider interfaith picture.
If you can allow me as a Christian of pray and worship differently from you, why is it harder to allow a fellow Muslims (perhaps from a different sect) to worship Islamically, but it ways slightly different to you?
When I perform salah I put my hands on belly, while few of my friends put their hands on chest. In salah subh (dawn prayer), majority of Muslims in Indonesia recite "dua qunoot" while the rest do not recite it. Just two example,
It's okay. These differences are not deviation, but just diversity in
Fiqh which acceptable. But if a Muslim use other language in salah, I must remind him because this is already a deviation. There is difference between deviation and diversity.
Unfortunately, there are few Muslims who are very strict and cannot accept diversity that they regard as deviation. They are people who meant by Hamza Yusuf.
If I allow you to pray and worship differently than me?. You are not a Muslim, but Christian. So you must follow Christian guideline, just like I follow Islamic guideline.
Did I ever remind a Christian in matter of pray and worship?. Yes! I've ever remind my Christian friend who was lazy to go to church.
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