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No intermediaries in Islam
Reader comment on item: CAIR Instructs the Police about Islam
Submitted by David Pinto (Canada), Jun 3, 2010 at 17:41
You mention: Prayer in Islam serves as a direct link between the worshipper and God. There are no intermediaries between God and the worshipper" (p. 21). Sufis, it appears, are not welcome in CAIR.
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The real problem with the "no intermediaries" part is not with the Sufis, it is with the Shi'a. Because the Shi'a venerate the 12 imams -- that is why, incidentally, the Shi'a of Iran are known as Twelvers -- there is an unconscious tendency after a while to, well, elevate the 12 imams. That is, IMHO, one of the reasons -- there are others -- for the state of tension between Sunni and Shi'a.
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| 1 |  No intermediaries in Islam [109 words] | David Pinto | Jun 3, 2010 17:41 | 173798 | |
| "No intermediary" doctrine is a joke. [203 words] | Ted Norton | Jun 8, 2010 03:35 | 173798 | ||
| The Arrogance of Cair [21 words] | Francis | Jun 3, 2010 17:14 | 173795 | ||
| CAIR, Iran-Turkey-Hamas flotilla and Hezbolah [47 words] | steven L | Jun 3, 2010 16:41 | 173791 | ||
| instructions from CAIR or rather taqiyya on taxpayers dime. [117 words] | Dale | Jun 2, 2010 00:55 | 173711 | ||
| Don't you know CAIR can follow different rules then the rest of us. [148 words] | Ted Norton | Jun 1, 2010 22:37 | 173708 | ||
| 1 | C.A.I.R. tries to make it look like it is fighting the extremists, but they have NEVER spoken out against terror or terrorists. [212 words] | Phil Greend | Jun 1, 2010 17:30 | 173687 | |
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