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Were they they just praying for the families and victims or was there some sort of interfaith liturgy?

No. I think that answer will be echoed by any Muslim who replies to your question. A person who thought that it had to be left behind in order to prevent illegal mob violence would most likely not be a Muslim to begin with.

Al Qaeda can only dream of matching the death count caused by our foreign policy. That's why I'm holding my nose and voting for Ron Paul. He is the only who will actually do anything to change it. Obama is virtually identical to Bush in this area. This comes from a person who has sympathies...

No it's not older. The specific terms developed at the same time and in opposition to one another. That is when the issue of succession was brought into debate at the death of the Prophet. The idea that Imam Ali (as) was supposed to succeed the Prophet as leader was known well before this...

I'm referring to the idea of the One. See above link. Neoplatonism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "The primeval Source of Being is the One and the Infinite, as opposed to the many and the finite. It is the source of all life, and therefore absolute causality and the only real existence."...

You asked if it was more recent and I said that it wasn't more recent in origin. Shi'ism isn't more recent than Sunnism. I also said "Shi'ism does date back to the time of Qur'an."

I would hold my nose and vote for Ron Paul. I dislike all the other candidates infinitely worse. Ron Paul's foreign policy is one of the few things I agree with him on but that's one of the key jobs of a president. They actually have some real authority in that arena. When it comes to the...

Not in terms of origin. In terms of being the majority faith in Iran, Yes.

The Sassanian Empire was defeated and overrun. Shi'ism does date back to the time of Qur'an. Pre-Safavid Iran was ruled by Sunni leaders.

Giving of yourself and suffering hardship for the defense of a greater cause. It can be a type of asceticism and a saying "no" to the ego as well. The ego wants safety and comfort but you discipline it for the sake of others. It can also become an outer manifestation of the inner Jihad...

Currently maybe but at one time they were literally everywhere throughout the Islamic world. You could go from one end of the Islamic world to the other (across contients) and find Sufi Hostels to rest at in most every city you crossed in your travels. From Asia to the Western parts of North...

Historically there have been differing manners of explaining it. The reality itself transcends the limited power of human language to describe. It can only point in the general direction but never actually define God or the highest mystical states in any absolute manner. To use a Buddhist...

The Israeli government didn't have to. It was released by Israeli whistle blowers and then Jimmy Carter really let the cat out of the bag and told the world the exact number. He said they had 150 nuclear weapons. Nor has Iran threatened anyone with nuclear attacks. In fact they denied that...

I believe it was actually considered a sign of humility to do so.

This statement is relevant to the topic but the other part about war and who Muslims should go to war with isn't particularly relevant so you might want to start another thread one that. I will comment on the part I quoted above later when I get the time.

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God or Reality is the absolute center point. People of various religions grow closer to one another as they approach that center in mystical, gnostic, or contemplative states and stations. This unity is less about belief and more about existential state. There is a lot of value in that. In...

Your assertion wasn't that it was found in a tafsir (though even there you have yet to provide quotes from it backing your position) but rather that all Muslims throughout history agreed with the view you stated. You should really start the thread about this. It would make a good discussion...

You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah . If only the People of the Scripture had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but...