Wednesday 10 February 2010

A Different Islam

This was the beginning of the movement to change the face of Islam -or divide it.An attack was made on the shrine of Imam Hussain in Karbala ,by the followers of Abdul Wahab.But these measures could not hamper the flow of pilgrims to holy shrines including jannatul baqi or alter their belief regarding holy shrines and thus, pilgrims thronged to pay their respects to the holy personalities at Baqi.
In 1925,however,under the reign of King Abdul Aziz Al Saud,the holy graveyard was completely demolished. This marks a sad day not only for the shiites , but for muslims all over the world.It is seen as an act of blasphemy committed by Saudi government in an attempt to enforce their version of Islam on the rest of the world.And to this day, protests and demonstrations are carried out against this atrocity.

The sad part is that it is Muslims who are on both sides of the front lines.
Yet, this issue is grave.It involves Muslims all over the world.According to the Islam preached by Abdul Wahab, the Holy Prohet's tomb should be demolished.And it was infact attacked by them and later restored by the Ottomans.
What a shame , in a day and age where there are all kinds of distractions from true faith and the purpose of life, that the Muslims should with their own hands desecrate sites that act as spiritual revival for it's pilgrims and the world.
These sites are no one's personal property.
They belong to the Ummah.
It is time to unleash them from the grips of unworthy caretakers.
Let the dialogue begin.Let ideas flow.And let us free Jannat ul Baqi from the clutches of the Saudis!

My objective of starting this blog was to create a platform where, Muslims in particular and non- muslims in general could become aware of the importance of this holy site and come up with ideas and ways of restoring this graveyard and granting millions of Muslims access to pay their respects in whichever way they desire, without having paid 'scholars' shouting indecent words at you and accusing you of comitting inforgivable sins.
To achieve this end, we must delve into the world of 'Islam according to Abdul Wahab'. Also known as 'wahabi' Islam or 'salafi' Islam.the latter meaning the early('unadulterated' Islam').
This is the beginning of many divisions within the Muslim world.

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