http://higher-criticism.com/2007/10/sunni-pledge-of-mutual-respect-and.html ...exposing the evils and deviancy of modern-day extremist movements that operate under the guise of religion... Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://higher-criticism.com/2007/10/sunni-pledge-of-mutual-respect-and.html/comment-page-1#comment-309 Anonymous Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:15:00 +0000 http://66.147.242.95/~deendotc/addondomains/highercriticism/?p=222#comment-309 Salaam:<br/><br/>Just another perspective... as someone living in Jordan, and looking at the current events in 'Amman society, I felt the larger message or intent of the Amman Message was not Salafis and Traditionals, but Sunni and Shi'a. This is a far bigger, or rather, much more immediate issue in the ME right now. Of course, the Amman Message also addresses a context much larger than Europe or the US and the Muslim communities therein. <br/><br/>Many people living outside of the US had no clue what the Sunni Unity pledge was supposed to be about or what events (other than the general stuff that goes on) prompted it. Including other Westerners. Many people I talked to were confused about it or hadn't even heard of it. If you're not a 'net head, then you don't know about some of the stuff that went on, got ugly, and led to this (at least in part). <br/><br/>There were some people, a while back, who had the idea of promoting Salafi / Sufi / Traditional (whatever) unity in a particular community dominated by Western expats. One of the teachers in the community pointed out that "it's not an issue here." In other words, what was an issue in the US (the Salafi / Traditional divide) wasn't an issue here and wasn't relevant, so why bring it up? Not to say that it's not a topic, but it's just not the same as it is (the Salafi vs. thing...).<br/><br/>Yadda yadda.<br/><br/>--UmmZaid Salaam:

Just another perspective… as someone living in Jordan, and looking at the current events in ‘Amman society, I felt the larger message or intent of the Amman Message was not Salafis and Traditionals, but Sunni and Shi’a. This is a far bigger, or rather, much more immediate issue in the ME right now. Of course, the Amman Message also addresses a context much larger than Europe or the US and the Muslim communities therein.

Many people living outside of the US had no clue what the Sunni Unity pledge was supposed to be about or what events (other than the general stuff that goes on) prompted it. Including other Westerners. Many people I talked to were confused about it or hadn’t even heard of it. If you’re not a ‘net head, then you don’t know about some of the stuff that went on, got ugly, and led to this (at least in part).

There were some people, a while back, who had the idea of promoting Salafi / Sufi / Traditional (whatever) unity in a particular community dominated by Western expats. One of the teachers in the community pointed out that “it’s not an issue here.” In other words, what was an issue in the US (the Salafi / Traditional divide) wasn’t an issue here and wasn’t relevant, so why bring it up? Not to say that it’s not a topic, but it’s just not the same as it is (the Salafi vs. thing…).

Yadda yadda.

–UmmZaid

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