Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Do the Sufis pre-date Islam?

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Respected Shri Gurumurthy,

I have a theory (based on just gut feeling) that the Sufis were folks who represented the acme of religion that existed at the time when Muhammad blazoned forth with his religion. Facing a choice of ‘convert or perish’, they pragmatically chose to merge with Islam but ensured that they never submerged in it. I think it is time the great Sufis were highlighted vis-à-vis Muhammad, who destroyed the idols and ‘cleansed’ Mecca for Islam, thereby proving himself to be the world’s first religious terrorist, if you discount Abraham himself, that is.

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