On Jul 28, 2012 3:36 PM, "ashok _" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think religion is always cultural ... i remember traveling in > tanzania years ago and the southern region > bordering mozambique has the yao people who practice their brand of > islam (they dont eat pork, they pray > five times a day facing mecca etc. ) and have various animistic > beliefs (which would be considerd unislamic ) > and they call themselves muslims. Unsually the same Yao people are > also there in Mozambique they have > the same beliefs (dont eat pork, pray five times a day) but dont call > themselves muslim ... (presumably becuase > historically they faced persecution as muslims ..... )... a similar > example are perhaps the Druze in the middle east ... There's a similar sort of thing going on in Uganda right now with earlier Muslims who incorporated some of the earlier local cultural practices and religious beliefs coming into conflict with later arrivals who view those practices as un-Islamic. Both groups considering themselves as practicing Islam. -- Charles
