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Does anyone know how and why ordinary Sunni and Shia Muslims abandoned their traditional faiths to join the Druze movement hundreds of years ago, or the Bahai faith in the 19th century? What kind of Muslims did that, and how did it happen? The same thing could be asked about the Ismaili Muslim movement that has been radically different than either Sunnism or mainstream Shia Islam. Thank you.
Does anyone know how and why ordinary Sunni and Shia Muslims abandoned their traditional faiths to join the Druze movement hundreds of years ago, or the Bahai faith in the 19th century? What kind of Muslims did that, and how did it happen? The same thing could be asked about the Ismaili Muslim movement that has been radically different than either Sunnism or mainstream Shia Islam. Thank you.
Diversion, division, breaking into sects. Same as Sunni Shia division. Man will often find ways, through envy, in an attempt to show he is better than the others and get cursed. Human strength is in a unity, not in division.
Man was created to be Khalifa/vicegerent on earth. If man doesn't fulfil that purpose, he fails in this life. The rest is just me, me, me and nothing else.
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From my reading and viewing about the religion of the Druze and of the Bahai, it seems to me in fact the adherents of the religions do not consider themselves to have new religions, but are actually claiming their religions are the "fulfillment" or "completion" of Islam for the world.
In addition, can anyone explain exactly how it was calculated among the adherents of the Bab that there was a 1000 year period between the occultation of the last imam and the year 1844? I think there is some confusion about this. It is more than interesting that the Christian Adventists with George Miller had an entirely different calculation of why Jesus was supposed to return in 1844. Interesting coincidence.
From my reading and viewing about the religion of the Druze and of the Bahai, it seems to me in fact the adherents of the religions do not consider themselves to have new religions, but are actually claiming their religions are the "fulfillment" or "completion" of Islam for the world.
In what way their religions (which are not "new religions") "fulfil" or "complete" Islam?
As far as I understand, Islam was perfected with the verse 5:3 of the Qur'an.
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In addition, can anyone explain exactly how it was calculated among the adherents of the Bab that there was a 1000 year period between the occultation of the last imam and the year 1844? I think there is some confusion about this. It is more than interesting that the Christian Adventists with George Miller had an entirely different calculation of why Jesus was supposed to return in 1844. Interesting coincidence.
You will have to ask that question in their forums.
This is a general forum addressing Islamic issues. I don't see why I have to search elsewhere. Hopefully there are participants who can discuss this subject here.
This is a general forum addressing Islamic issues. I don't see why I have to search elsewhere. Hopefully there are participants who can discuss this subject here.
This is not a "general forum". It is a forum about Islam.
The subject about Bab or Bahaullah can be addressed better in Baha'i faith forum.
Can't we discuss Bahai'ism here especially in relation to its origin from Shi'a Islam? I assume the Bahai forum you indicated is limited to those interested or believing in the official religion of standard Bahai'ism.
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Question about Bahai and Druze
