ISLAMIC
SECTS
A few days ago I
heard a friend say that Islam was superior to Christianity because Islam was
unique and had no differences, because their book had no mistakes, and they did
not vary in interpretation.
This notion is
also promoted by Islamic missionaries who try to ridicule the Bible in
comparison with the Koran, but is that true?
SECTS
Like all human phenomenon,
Islam had also differences from the very beginning, but not only that, it has
been stained with murder from the very beginning, in contrast with all other
religions in the world, specially Christianity.
After Muhammad,
Islam divided itself in two, the party that followed ABU-BAKAR and the other
who supported Muhammad’s son in law, ALI IBN ABI TALIB, as legitimate successors
of Muhammad, creating the SUNNIS (Abu Bakar), and SHIAS (Ali).
But that did not
stop there. More divisions occurred within these two main branches.
SUNNIS divided
in ISLAMISTS, SALAFISTS, WAHHABIS, and AHLE HADIT, based specifically in the way
they interpreted the SHARIA LAW of the Koran.
SHIAS, divided
in THE TWELVERS, who later divided into Alevi and Bektashi.
In ISMAELIS, who
later also divided into Nizārī, Sevener, Musta‘lī, Dawudi Bohra, Hebtiahs
Bohra, Sulaymani Bohra, and Alavi Bohra.
Also the ZAYDIZ,
the ALAWITES, and the DRUZ, who later accept one of their Imams, as the
incarnation of Allah, and are therefore rejected strongly by all other sects;
as well as the BAHAI.
The KHARIJITE, who
departed from the SHIA sect very early in their history over successions of Imams,
and later the SUFRIS and IBADI divided from this movement.
SUFISM is also a
separation but this one occurred within SUNNI and SHIA, and is a mystical form
of religiosity within these two sects. (1)
ERRORS
Despite the
Koran being formed within the first 20 years of existence, the Islamic book
also contains serious historical as well as religious errors in its pages.
Some examples
are:
The Earth is the
center of the universe – Surah 36:37-40.
Earth existed before
the stars – Surah 41:11-12.
The Sun and the
Moon have the same size and distance from Earth – Surah 75:8-9.
Every living
creature comes as male and female – Surah 51:49.
There are only four
kinds of cattle – Surah 39:6.
Mary part of the
Trinity – Surah 5:116.
Mary sister of
Aaron – Surah 19:27-28.
Samaritans
existed in ancient Egypt – Surah 20:85,95.
CONCLUSION
Despite the Koran
being formed in 20 years from the death of Muhammad, it contains so many
obvious historical and scientific errors that only denotes ignorance on the
writer and cannot be the product of a divinity.
But not only
this, professing being the creation of GOD, its policies are so unprecise that
the difference of opinion on the interpretation of their SHARIA code varied so
much, that provoked all the sects within SUNNIS.
Like all human
experiences, the Koran shows to be not different than any other book, subjected
to errors and different interpretation, and has indeed, many sects.
Omar Flores.
(1) Jonathan A.C.
Brown, Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (2009).
Mathieu
Guidere, Historical Dictionary of Islamic Fundamentalism (2012).
"Branches
of Shia Islam: Ismailis, Twelvers, and Bohras". Ismailimail. 23 August
2017.
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