Bisco

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Nov 21, 2005
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Well I know it's a sect of Islam but nothing besides that.

They're trying to build a massive religious structure. in my town.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism

i know westerners go crazy for it :D my girl friend kept asking me about it, and about there cultural traditions ( mostly healing with recitation of god's name and subtle melodies) and music. it has a strong base here specially outside cairo. they r moderate thats about all i know about them, and the salafists ( a bit hardcore) hate them and vice versa.
 

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What's in August? It's quite pleasant here after June. It's only 30 degree Celsius here now and I'm going mad :D
30 only? That said, where you are I can see the city not handling heat very well given how things might not circulate much. Oy.

Anyone know what Sufism is?
It's that sect of Islam that replaces explosive vests with trance music. :rndh:
 

Bisco

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:D to be honest all sects should have this message if u ask me, as its in the religions teachings in the first place we r not ordered to make sweet love to bombs!! but we have a group who loves to radicalize everything, and you have a group who r sooooooo stuck on cultural matters and use islam's teachings to back it up ( not that islam requires that but they mus-interrpurt the teachings to go for that) then you have the best group of them all the ones who are convinced every one including aliens if they exist conspire against us bec we belong to this faith. choose yr pick bec you get a special bomb cocktail :D
 

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L'autista
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:D to be honest all sects should have this message if u ask me, as its in the religions teachings in the first place we r not ordered to make sweet love to bombs!! but we have a group who loves to radicalize everything, and you have a group who r sooooooo stuck on cultural matters and use islam's teachings to back it up ( not that islam requires that but they mus-interrpurt the teachings to go for that) then you have the best group of them all the ones who are convinced every one including aliens if they exist conspire against us bec we belong to this faith. choose yr pick bec you get a special bomb cocktail :D
:lol:

The "I'm holier and more righteous than you" deck measuring contest almost always somehow ends up in bombs. It's not just Islam. Which is why it's a human thing, and religion mostly becomes the excuse.
 

Bisco

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You think they'd let people who aren't part of the sect inside of their mosque? It's going to be 60,000 sq. feet so it should be worth checking out.
you mean a non muslim entering a mosque? or you mean a muslim from a different sect??

the first one,well here in egypt you r allowed you just have to wash up and then u can enter. i say this bec when giovonatti ( a member here) came over he wanted to go in and i asked the clerk in the mosque and he was very welcoming and gio had a field day taking pics and looking around. also some historic mosques in old cairo are open for tourists.

as for the muslims from other sects it is allowed too, its the same religion kyle just a different way of looking at islam. i know as a muslim you can pray in any mosque regardless of sect bec no one will stop you and say what r u?? i'm however not sure if they will be allowed to have there ceremonies inside a sunni mosque or not.

i just need to clarify sth for you kyle, they have the same book as all sects i,e the holy quran, and they have the same prophet as all of us. the only difference is there understanding of certain points in islam.

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:lol:

The "I'm holier and more righteous than you" deck measuring contest almost always somehow ends up in bombs. It's not just Islam. Which is why it's a human thing, and religion mostly becomes the excuse.
:lol: true!! or my fav my beard is longer than yours argument!! as if islam is simplified in those things not on how u set a good example for others to look up too, or how u are just with all humans before people belonging to yr sect. no no no god forbid it comes does to who has a louder voice, who has a longer deck as u put it :D and who has a thicker beard and shorter pants or what not.
 

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L'autista
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:lol: true!! or my fav my beard is longer than yours argument!! as if islam is simplified in those things not on how u set a good example for others to look up too, or how u are just with all humans before people belonging to yr sect. no no no god forbid it comes does to who has a louder voice, who has a longer deck as u put it :D and who has a thicker beard and shorter pants or what not.
:lol: @ Islamic Beard Measuring Contest.

You just gave me a new vivid political phrase to use.
 

Bisco

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:lol: @ Islamic Beard Measuring Contest.

You just gave me a new vivid political phrase to use.
:D you would be amazed greg!! :lol:

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at its core it's not a sect per se, as different adherents from different sects can be into it, in its outwardly expression(as with the edifice built in your hood) it's less mysticist and more "hippie".
hippy thank you D!!! thats the word that has eluded my mind when i tried explaining it to kyle. :D :tup:
 

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