Mohammed ali was a brilliant man and legendary fighter. The pseudo-christians of white America drove him to lose his faith in Christianity. . I mean who wouldn't? With the level of racisim that was perpetuated by whitemen including so called Christians and secularists alike of america in the 1900s.

The young mohammed ali then Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr found inspiration in the person of malcom x a popular Nation of islam member who introduced him to islam.
In 1962, Clay met Malcolm X, who soon became his spiritual mentor and political influence, and by the time of the first Liston fight NOI members, including Malcolm X, were visible in his entourage. In 1964 he converted to islam.
Ali later announced: "Cassius Clay is my slave name."

A quote by Ali shows his mindset at the time and his effort to draw a difference between him and white america (as many blacks tried to do at the time)
"I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me."

Malcom x was a very controversial figure who initially advocated violent opposition to the whiteman.. with as much flaws malcom x had, he was also a brave and inspirational figure.
Ali's friendship with Malcolm X ended as Malcolm split with the NOI a couple of weeks after Ali joined.


Ali would later say that turning his back on Malcolm was one of the mistakes he regretted most in his life. Malcom x was assassinated not long after as was Martin Luther king a noted black Christian civil rights leader. The white racist american did not differentiate between muslim or christian black man.. Black was black.

Ali converted to Sunni Islam in 1975, and then embraced the teachings of Sufism in 2005. Even Ali could not stand the intolerant doctrine of sunni islam.

Sufism or Tasawwuf, is defined as the inner mystical dimension of Islam. Sulfist are very moderate muslims and are even considered heretics / kaffirs by sunni muslims..They drink, they consider all religions to have some truths, they accommodate even african local beliefs and customs which tend toward the mystical and they dance as a form of worship..

The sunnis have murdered sufis for centuries


Sufis have had to deal with the destruction of their shrines and mosques, suppression orders, and discrimination against sufi adherents in a number of sunni Muslim countries where most Sufis live.

The Turkish Republican state banned all the different Sufi orders and closed their institutions in 1925 after Sufis opposed the new secular order.

The Iranian Islamic Republic has harassed Shia Sufi, reportedly for their lack of support for the government doctrine of "governance of the jurist" (i.e., that the supreme Shiite jurist should be the nation's political leader).

In most other Muslim countries especially sunni muslim countries, attacks on Sufis and especially their shrines and mosques have come with excuses such as the believe that practices like tge celebration of the birthdays of Sufi saints, and dhikr ("remembrance" of God) ceremonies are bid‘ah or impure innovation, and polytheistic (Shirk)..

Mohammed ali's sect was a small tolerant group that are truly very different from the intolerant bigot orthodox sunni majority but this has not stopped sunni muslims from trying to claim him



Ifeann..

@OP

Sufi is not a "Muslim sect". it is a movement, a tradition and mystical practices that Muslims, who are both Sunni and Shia, can identify with.

being a Sufi does not stop one from still identifying as a Sunni, or a Shia; however majority of Shia and Sunni Muslims do not follow Sufi traditions.

as for Muhammad Ali, he is most likely Sufi Sunni. but he was loved and still is loved by all Muslims, Sunnis and Shia. he visited Iran, the holy city of Karbala in Iraq, and holy Najaf. he did not discriminate along sectarian lines. the two branches/interpretations that Muslims fall into is Sunni and Shia. even the Ahmadiyyah who can today be considered a sect evolved from Sunni Islam.

the majority of Nigerian Sunni Muslims (as is the case in west Africa) are of Sufi Sunni leanings. this was the norm until Saudi started sponsoring scholars, giving scholarships, funding schools and mosques; then things started changing and Sunni Muslims started leaning towards Salafist/Wahhabi Sunnism. in the Sunni world, the Sufi Sunnis and the Salafist/Wahhabi Sunnis are two extremes of Sunni Islam. you see the majority of Sunnis are peaceful and tolerant because they are not Salafist/Wahhabi. they are either mainstream Sunnis or leaning towards Sufism. recently there was a very big Sufi event in Katsina celebrating the birthday of Sheikh Inyas. Sufi Sunnis are also very tolerant of Shia Muslims because even Sufi Sunnis honor the 12 holy Imams from the Prophet Muhammad's (s) Household whom the Shia regard as the righteous caliphs/successors of the Prophet (s). the Sufi Sunnis consider them as "awliyah" or Islamic saints. the Shia movement in Nigeria spread easily and there are millions of Shia through Sufi Sunnis who found it convenient to change.

[quote author=ShiaMuslim post=46303958]@OP

Sufi is not a "Muslim sect". it is a movement, a tradition and mystical practices that Muslims, who are both Sunni and Shia, can identify with.

being a Sufi does not stop one from still identifying as a Sunni, or a Shia; however majority of Shia and Sunni Muslims do not follow Sufi traditions.

as for Muhammad Ali, he is most likely Sufi Sunni. but he was loved and still is loved by all Muslims, Sunnis and Shia. he visited Iran, the holy city of Karbala in Iraq, and holy Najaf. he did not discriminate along sectarian lines. the two branches/interpretations that Muslims fall into is Sunni and Shia. even the Ahmadiyyah who can today be considered a sect evolved from Sunni Islam.

the majority of Nigerian Sunni Muslims (as is the case in west Africa) are of Sufi Sunni leanings. this was the norm until Saudi started sponsoring scholars, giving scholarships, funding schools and mosques; then things started changing and Sunni Muslims started leaning towards Salafist/Wahhabi Sunnism. in the Sunni world, the Sufi Sunnis and the Salafist/Wahhabi Sunnis are two extremes of Sunni Islam. you see the majority of Sunnis are peaceful and tolerant because they are not Salafist/Wahhabi. they are either mainstream Sunnis or leaning towards Sufism. recently there was a very big Sufi event in Katsina celebrating the birthday of Sheikh Inyas. Sufi Sunnis are also very tolerant of Shia Muslims because even Sufi Sunnis honor the 12 holy Imams from the Prophet Muhammad's (s) Household whom the Shia regard as the righteous caliphs/successors of the Prophet (s). the Sufi Sunnis consider them as "awliyah" or Islamic saints. the Shia movement in Nigeria spread easily and there are millions of Shia through Sufi Sunnis who found it convenient to change.[/

You should know that she is a nonentity on the social media.
Her brain is full of stinking garbage.

ShiaMuslim:
@OP

Sufi is not a "Muslim sect". it is a movement, a tradition and mystical practices that Muslims, who are both Sunni and Shia, can identify with.

being a Sufi does not stop one from still identifying as a Sunni, or a Shia; however majority of Shia and Sunni Muslims do not follow Sufi traditions.

as for Muhammad Ali, he is most likely Sufi Sunni. but he was loved and still is loved by all Muslims, Sunnis and Shia. he visited Iran, the holy city of Karbala in Iraq, and holy Najaf. he did not discriminate along sectarian lines. the two branches/interpretations that Muslims fall into is Sunni and Shia. even the Ahmadiyyah who can today be considered a sect evolved from Sunni Islam.

the majority of Nigerian Sunni Muslims (as is the case in west Africa) are of Sufi Sunni leanings. this was the norm until Saudi started sponsoring scholars, giving scholarships, funding schools and mosques; then things started changing and Sunni Muslims started leaning towards Salafist/Wahhabi Sunnism. in the Sunni world, the Sufi Sunnis and the Salafist/Wahhabi Sunnis are two extremes of Sunni Islam. you see the majority of Sunnis are peaceful and tolerant because they are not Salafist/Wahhabi. they are either mainstream Sunnis or leaning towards Sufism. recently there was a very big Sufi event in Katsina celebrating the birthday of Sheikh Inyas. Sufi Sunnis are also very tolerant of Shia Muslims because even Sufi Sunnis honor the 12 holy Imams from the Prophet Muhammad's (s) Household whom the Shia regard as the righteous caliphs/successors of the Prophet (s). the Sufi Sunnis consider them as "awliyah" or Islamic saints. the Shia movement in Nigeria spread easily and there are millions of Shia through Sufi Sunnis who found it convenient to change.

You should know that she is a nonentity on the social media.
Her brain is full of stinking garbage.

ShiaMuslim:
@OP

Sufi is not a "Muslim sect". it is a movement, a tradition and mystical practices that Muslims, who are both Sunni and Shia, can identify with.

being a Sufi does not stop one from still identifying as a Sunni, or a Shia; however majority of Shia and Sunni Muslims do not follow Sufi traditions.

as for Muhammad Ali, he is most likely Sufi Sunni. but he was loved and still is loved by all Muslims, Sunnis and Shia. he visited Iran, the holy city of Karbala in Iraq, and holy Najaf. he did not discriminate along sectarian lines. the two branches/interpretations that Muslims fall into is Sunni and Shia. even the Ahmadiyyah who can today be considered a sect evolved from Sunni Islam.

the majority of Nigerian Sunni Muslims (as is the case in west Africa) are of Sufi Sunni leanings. this was the norm until Saudi started sponsoring scholars, giving scholarships, funding schools and mosques; then things started changing and Sunni Muslims started leaning towards Salafist/Wahhabi Sunnism. in the Sunni world, the Sufi Sunnis and the Salafist/Wahhabi Sunnis are two extremes of Sunni Islam. you see the majority of Sunnis are peaceful and tolerant because they are not Salafist/Wahhabi. they are either mainstream Sunnis or leaning towards Sufism. recently there was a very big Sufi event in Katsina celebrating the birthday of Sheikh Inyas. Sufi Sunnis are also very tolerant of Shia Muslims because even Sufi Sunnis honor the 12 holy Imams from the Prophet Muhammad's (s) Household whom the Shia regard as the righteous caliphs/successors of the Prophet (s). the Sufi Sunnis consider them as "awliyah" or Islamic saints. the Shia movement in Nigeria spread easily and there are millions of Shia through Sufi Sunnis who found it convenient to change.

mr muslim the point of my post is not to discuss on the nature of sufism or argue if it is a sect or not. you can categorize sufi sunnis and sufi shia anyway you like. however i appreciate the effort you put at elaborating on it..

my point though is that the dominant or rather mainstream muslim is a sunni with strong undertones of wahabism and/or salafist idealogy, these same muslims are posting on social media how a great sunni muslim muhammad ali was when in fact his group/sect/subsect of islam, sufism has been a persecuted minority in the islamic world, persecuted by both sunnis and shias.

As a shia, am sure u understand what persecution is. i dont know why you muslims are allowing the wahabis win. you as a shia should be appalled by the attempts of sunni muslims to propagate the idea that muhammad ali was a sunni when in fact he left sunni islam in 11 years ago for the peaceful sufis.

You shias have one big problem and i bring this up because you are a shia (if your username is to be believed) and since it ties to the theme of this thread, as a persecuted minority. the big problem is that you shias leave the sunnis to drive the narrative, revise history and always come up at an advantage over all other muslim groups especially the peaceful ones. that has to change.

hakimmiyya:


You should know that she is a nonentity on the social media.
Her brain is full of stinking garbage.

i can see why you are angry muhammadian. Go blow yourself up if it helps

Ifeann:


[s]i can see why you are angry muhammadian. Go blow yourself up if it helps[\s]

Your brain is full of stinking garbage.
The prostitute is back.

Ifeann:
islamist

Wow this boy creature looks malnourished

Ifeann:
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i dont know why you muslims are allowing the wahabis win. you as a shia should be appalled by the attempts of sunni muslims to propagate the idea that muhammad ali was a sunni when in fact he left sunni islam in 11 years ago for the peaceful sufis.

...................
Qur'an 2 vs 120
Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with thee UNLESS THOU FOLLOW THEIR FORM OF RELIGION. Say: 'THE GUIDANCE OF ALLAH, THAT IS THE (ONLY) GUIDANCE. 'wert thou to follow their desires after the knowledge which hath reached thee, then wouldst thou find neither protector nor helper against Allah.
.......................
Qur'an 9 vs 67
The Hypocrites, men and women (have an understanding) with each other. THEY ENJOIN THE WRONG, AND THEY FORBID THE RIGHT, AND THEY WITHHOLD THEIR HANDS. They have forgotten Allah; so he hath forgotten them. VERILY THE HYPOCRITES ARE REBELLIOUS AND PERVERSE.
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May Allah protect us from people whose aim is to sow discourse among we Muslims. May He forgive us our sins and increase us in eeman.

tartar9:

Your brain is full of stinking garbage.
The prostitute is back.

Assalam alaikum bro. I think you need to apologise to her for insulting her unjustly.
.......................
Let Allah judge her on her lies against us. The best you can do is to preach and pray for her.
.....................
Remember, Allah is just. Fear is punishment and apologise to her for insulting and accusing her of prostitution.
....................
May Allah guide us and increase us in eeman. May he protect us from the punishment of hell-fire.

ypeace:

...................
Qur'an 2 vs 120
Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with thee UNLESS THOU FOLLOW THEIR FORM OF RELIGION. Say: 'THE GUIDANCE OF ALLAH, THAT IS THE (ONLY) GUIDANCE. 'wert thou to follow their desires after the knowledge which hath reached thee, then wouldst thou find neither protector nor helper against Allah.
.......................
Qur'an 9 vs 67
The Hypocrites, men and women (have an understanding) with each other. THEY ENJOIN THE WRONG, AND THEY FORBID THE RIGHT, AND THEY WITHHOLD THEIR HANDS. They have forgotten Allah; so he hath forgotten them. VERILY THE HYPOCRITES ARE REBELLIOUS AND PERVERSE.
...........................
May Allah protect us from people whose aim is to sow discourse among we Muslims. May He forgive us our sins and increase us in eeman.

muslims have been killing each other for ages without my help

Ifeann:



muslims have been killing each other for ages without my help

................... Why remind them now? Hiding under the cover that you love SUFI? ................... Same thing the jews tried to do to the Ansar. Alhamdullillah, it isn't workin ..................

ypeace:

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Why remind them now? Hiding under the cover that you love SUFI?
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Same thing the jews tried to do to the Ansar. Alhamdullillah, it isn't workin
..................

I remind muslims of what they are and do and did everyday i can. I say the truth about the rapist mass murder muhammad the evil Arabian prophet of islam and i sow these facts in the muslims mind. . Time will do the rest.

By the way i never said i love sufi/sufism.. i dont know what ur al taqiyya mind is tying to imply..

ypeace:

Assalam alaikum bro. I think you need to apologise to her for insulting her unjustly.
.......................
Let Allah judge her on her lies against us. The best you can do is to preach and pray for her.
.....................
Remember, Allah is just. Fear is punishment and apologise to her for insulting and accusing her of prostitution.
....................
May Allah guide us and increase us in eeman. May he protect us from the punishment of hell-fire.

He has been a good muslim insulting and fabricating lies to defend islam.. your Islamic allah would be proud..

ypeace:

Assalam alaikum bro. I think you need to apologise to her for insulting her unjustly.
.......................
Let Allah judge her on her lies against us. The best you can do is to preach and pray for her.
.....................
Remember, Allah is just. Fear is punishment and apologise to her for insulting and accusing her of prostitution.
....................
May Allah guide us and increase us in eeman. May he protect us from the punishment of hell-fire.

Bro... We know her-she's a PROSTITUTE! tartar9 is correct.

Ifeann:
islamist

Huh!.. You still molesting his pic You need serious help

Ifeann:
islamist

This is wrong, you all take this Islam/Christian thing to a whole new infantile level.. its absurd.

I am absolutely sure posting someone's pictures violets nairaland rule number 10

10. Don't violate the privacy of any people e.g. by posting their private pics,
info, or chats without permission.

Lalasticlala mynd44 this stuff is way out of line

johnydon22:


This is wrong, you all take this Islam/Christian thing to a whole new infantile level.. its absurd.

I am absolutely sure posting someone's pictures violets nairaland rule number 10

10. Don't violate the privacy of any people e.g. by posting their private pics,
info, or chats without permission.

Lalasti.clala m.ynd44 this stuff is way out of line

cry me a river

Ifeann:

cry me a river

LOL... Alright thank you

crusadistic:

Bro... We know her-she's a PROSTITUTE! tartar9 is correct.

Do you know the ruling before you can name someone a prostitute in shari'ah?
Remember this verse is not about muslims alone:
Q 24 vs 12

بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَاجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا ۚ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

And those who launch a charge against chaste women, and produce not four witnesses (to support their allegations),- flog them with eighty stripes; and reject their evidence ever after: for such men are wicked transgressors;-

And this::


Q 24 vs 23

الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ لُعِنُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

Those who slander chaste women, indiscreet but believing, are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter: for them is a grievous Penalty,-

ypeace:

Do you know the ruling before you can name someone a prostitute in shari'ah?
Remember this verse is not about muslims alone:
Q 24 vs 12

بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَاجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا ۚ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

And those who launch a charge against chaste women, and produce not four witnesses (to support their allegations),- flog them with eighty stripes; and reject their evidence ever after: for such men are wicked transgressors;-

And this::


Q 24 vs 23

الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ لُعِنُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

Those who slander chaste women, indiscreet but believing, are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter: for them is a grievous Penalty,-

bro... you serious o.I should start calling Ifeann the infamous whor!e-monger,a 'chaste woman',lol .Well,dont expect me to treat the one who slanders Allah and his Apostle(SAW) with any respect.In a Sharia state,she would have been long dead!

ypeace:

Do you know the ruling before you can name someone a prostitute in shari'ah?
Remember this verse is not about muslims alone:
Q 24 vs 12

بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَاجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا ۚ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

And those who launch a charge against chaste women, and produce not four witnesses (to support their allegations),- flog them with eighty stripes; and reject their evidence ever after: for such men are wicked transgressors;-

And this::


Q 24 vs 23

الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ لُعِنُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

Those who slander chaste women, indiscreet but believing, are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter: for them is a grievous Penalty,-

That was the verse 'allah' quickly revealed to mohammed to save Mohammed's child bride from being stoned to death when she was caught in controversial circumstances with a young lover. mohammed always got 'revelations' to suit his selfish interests

crusadistic:

bro... you serious o.I should start calling Ifeann the infamous whor!e-monger,a 'chaste woman',lol .Well,dont expect me to treat the one who slanders Allah and his Apostle(SAW) with any respect.In a Sharia state,she would have been long dead!

Ypeace.. thats ur religion.. infact tartar9 is correct.. i would have been killed long ago if i said some of these things in a muslim dominated area.. thats ur religion of intolerance. Freedom of speech will outlive islam .. thats for sure.

ypeace:

Do you know the ruling before you can name someone a prostitute in shari'ah?
Remember this verse is not about muslims alone:
Q 24 vs 12

بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَاجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا ۚ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

And those who launch a charge against chaste women, and produce not four witnesses (to support their allegations),- flog them with eighty stripes; and reject their evidence ever after: for such men are wicked transgressors;-

And this::


Q 24 vs 23

الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ لُعِنُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

Those who slander chaste women, indiscreet but believing, are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter: for them is a grievous Penalty,-

By the way this verse was "revealed" after people suspected aisha commited adultery when she was escorted back to the village by a handsome young man and some tribes men saw them. .

Annunaki:


That was the verse 'allah' quickly revealed to mohammed to save Mohammed's child bride from being stoned to death when she was caught in controversial circumstances with a young lover. mohammed always got 'revelations' to suit his selfish interests

@ypeace it seems u don't know that aisha was caught in a very controversial act with a fine young man.. And the only guy-man who could saved aisha from Allah.... Is nobody else than *parara* mohamed !


Hence that hayat...

And nobody could question our holy prophet, because na one way traffic communication.

crusadistic:

bro... you serious o.I should start calling Ifeann the infamous whor!e-monger,a 'chaste woman',lol .Well,dont expect me to treat the one who slanders Allah and his Apostle(SAW) with any respect.In a Sharia state,she would have been long dead!

The one who slanders Allah and his Apostle (SAW) WILL BE DISGRACED BY ALLAH:

Q 31 vs 23

But if any reject Faith, let not his rejection grieve thee: to Us is their return, and We shall tell them the truth of their deeds: for Allah knows well all that is in (men's) hearts.
.................

Your own part as a Muslim is:

Q 3 vs 134

الْغَيْظَ وَالْعَافِينَ عَنِ النَّاسِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ

Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in adversity; who restrain anger, and pardon (all) men;- for Allah loves those who do good;-

There brother, Allah commands us to be just in our dealings. Do not transgress out of anger...... Correct the disbelievers and if they persist, leave then to Allah.

Remember Allah's command to Musa:
Q 20 vs 44

"But speak to him mildly; perchance he may take warning or fear (Allah)."

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May Allah's wrath be hastened on liars, transgressors, hypocrites

@crusadistic

Can you bring forth an evidence that a nonbeliever can be accused wrongly?

Perhaps, your evidence will be stronger than mine.

ypeace:
@crusadistic

Can you bring forth an evidence that a nonbeliever can be accused wrongly?

Perhaps, your evidence will be stronger than mine.

Go tell the who!e-monger @ifeann to stop pestering me.