I grew up.. with the arab talk of wahaabi this and wahabi that
and in fact have met many syrian, iraqi friends who grew up with the same kind of propaganda..
However, we have to look at the type of people who are saying these things.. I.E. cultural Arabs, speaking rhetoric from biased forefathers or community, and lack of knowledge about religious issues in general.
In my experience these are usually the same arabs who if one tells them that what they are doing is not in Islam.. will fight tooth and nail.. (like in regards to following a madhab) And do not even bother to look at the evidence brought before them.
In fact, their are a group of muslims... who also grew up hanafi.. and such who do not consider themselves salafi (and like others feel that it is a sect) and yet still do not agreeconcept that following a madhab is not in Islam.
and you have to remember than many of the arabs do have sufi tendencies as well as ikwaanee (i.e. most will relish in sayyid qutubs writings and hasan al-banaas)
And it was Arabs who during the time of the Prophet Mohammad SAW became known as the kawarij.
their is alot of racism within the east. And also within Islam. In that one group looks down on another because they think themselves better. Such as a khaleeji arab will look down on a syrian.. because the prophet came from the gulf....... And a syrian will look down on a second generation syrian in the west because they feel the west has somehow tainted them and their religion.. And the arab will look down on the pakistani.. because he feels they don't know arabic and cannot possibly have any info about Islam.
And the paksitani will look down on the white convert.. or even the one who does not recite the quran like a parrot.. and think they cannot possibly have any useful information about Islam to teach them
And it is in these cases that I always remember the hadeeth "Even if a slave were to tell a person good then follow it"
Lima Fox Trot.. I do experience racism in the north East..
but their are some beautiful villages up here. The high street village of Yarm was voted one of the best high streets in Britain. And after living in London.. some of the most beautiful green country side is here. Not to mention the Lake district, Yorkshire Dales, and the rest of cumbria.
I grew up.. with the arab talk of wahaabi this and wahabi that
and in fact have met many syrian, iraqi friends who grew up with the same kind of propaganda..
However, we have to look at the type of people who are saying these things.. I.E. cultural Arabs, speaking rhetoric from biased forefathers or community, and lack of knowledge about religious issues in general.
In my experience these are usually the same arabs who if one tells them that what they are doing is not in Islam.. will fight tooth and nail.. (like in regards to following a madhab) And do not even bother to look at the evidence brought before them.
In fact, their are a group of muslims... who also grew up hanafi.. and such who do not consider themselves salafi (and like others feel that it is a sect) and yet still do not agreeconcept that following a madhab is not in Islam.
and you have to remember than many of the arabs do have sufi tendencies as well as ikwaanee (i.e. most will relish in sayyid qutubs writings and hasan al-banaas)
And it was Arabs who during the time of the Prophet Mohammad SAW became known as the kawarij.
their is alot of racism within the east. And also within Islam. In that one group looks down on another because they think themselves better. Such as a khaleeji arab will look down on a syrian.. because the prophet came from the gulf....... And a syrian will look down on a second generation syrian in the west because they feel the west has somehow tainted them and their religion.. And the arab will look down on the pakistani.. because he feels they don't know arabic and cannot possibly have any info about Islam.
And the paksitani will look down on the white convert.. or even the one who does not recite the quran like a parrot.. and think they cannot possibly have any useful information about Islam to teach them
And it is in these cases that I always remember the hadeeth "Even if a slave were to tell a person good then follow it"
Lima Fox Trot.. I do experience racism in the north East..
but their are some beautiful villages up here. The high street village of Yarm was voted one of the best high streets in Britain. And after living in London.. some of the most beautiful green country side is here. Not to mention the Lake district, Yorkshire Dales, and the rest of cumbria.