In Traditional Islam (TI), the Wahabist notion of the ‘firqa najiyya’ (saved sect) has rendered considerable damage to the open and tolerant attitude borne by most Muslims. Wahabis believe in the hadith of the 73 sects in which the Prophet stated that only one of the 73 will be saved and that is the one …
Tag Archive: sects
Apr
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Quranists and the term ‘Quranists’
The term ‘Quranist’ was first made known to me by Anwar Goins. He uninhibitedly used the term ‘Quranist’ a few years ago and his website is appropriately called ‘www.quranists.com’ . I was more apprehensive at the time, thinking the term ‘al-muslimeen’ was the stated name given by Allah and that’s the name we should stick …











