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comment by arguewithatree

nitpick: Christians aren't considered kafir. Kafir are atheists. Christians and Jews are still people of the book.

ETA additional nitpick: Dan Savage is misogynistic, biphobic, transphobic trash and I hate him being used as any sort of voice for the LGBT community when he really only represents the G community.





galen  ·  3585 days ago  ·  link  ·  
user-inactivated  ·  3585 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think we'd be hard pressed to find any religious concept that isn't disputed by someone.

kleinbl00  ·  3585 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"All other choices are wrong."

whanhee  ·  3584 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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kleinbl00  ·  3585 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is that true for Shia, Sunni, Sufi, Wahabi and Alawite?

arguewithatree  ·  3584 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good question that I don't know the answer to 100%. Dhimmi status came from Muslim caliphates which I think were united under a single belief until the schism over legitimate caliphates leading to the Sunni-Shia split. Almost certainly not for Wahabi. Alawites are a subset of Shia with some Christian beliefs included (tripartate god) but I don't know where they stand on Jews (likely negative because they're Syria based)

kleinbl00  ·  3584 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It makes me happy that a middle eastern expert is almost as fuzzy on the sects as I am.