Posted: May 5, 2008, 11:38 AM CST
Scottishlass wrote:Are Islam and Muslim both religions?? If so are they the same? If not what's the difference? Is one a religion & one a nationality?
I am NOT trying to be a wise-a$$. I truly do not know, I want to understand my middle-eastern brothers & sisters better.
Hi lass..nice for you to have interest..
I will go further and say Islam itself is broken down into three major groups of followers...just like christianity hs different churches although under the same umbrella.
Sunnis..shi'ites...and sufism...I am a follower of sufism and have been for 7 years now...we all read the Qu'ran just as christians follow the bible...There is only one text of the Qu'ran but it has been translated into other languages..It does make it difficult as some arabic words cannot be translated into a definite meaning in english....
I was fortunate enough to study in the Middle east under the guidance of a sheikh in university so I learnt the arabic version and language thoroughly....
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