As far as I understand it, the Shaykh of the Al Azhar university does not accept that the Bahai faith is independent of Islam, he sees the Bahai faith as a sect of Islam and therefore he sees Bahais as Muslims, who actually don't accept Muhammad fully.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gilberto Simpson Sent: 12 May 2006 07:10 To: Baha'i Studies Subject: Re: Question about Islam: other opinions please Maybe it would clarify things if you define beforehand what you mean by "independent religion". To be honest I don't know for sure what that means. What has to be true in order for two religions to be "independent"? -Gilberto On 5/11/06, Tim Nolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Are there any proofs that we can produce that Bahai is an independent > religion? The Shaykh of the Al Azhar university in Cairo does not seem > to think so.< > > What proofs would he accept? The Baha'i Faith has independent sacred > texts, > a new calendar, a new Qiblih, laws which differ in some respects from Islam, > an explicit written Covenant. If those things don't convince a person this > is an independent Faith, then I don't know what will. > > There is no need to convince this man. Let him think what he pleases. > The Cause of God is true and good regardless of my opinion or his, or > anyone's. > > Tim > > The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. ________________________________ > Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates > starting at 1ยข/min. > > > > The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto > ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is > intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity > named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy > and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is > not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, > distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply > and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any > attachments thereto. Thank you. > > > __________________________________________________ > > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: send a blank > email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - > mailto:[email protected] Web - > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News - > news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - > http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New > Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- "There are no poets" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
