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[quote]"Taqlid" is actually a verbal noun which means "to gird your neck with a band". This thus shows obedience to and following a particular person. 
As a term, it denotes following someone without asking 'reason or argument' for the religious verdict so forwarded.
Initially, taqlid was not related to one particular school of thought. Common Muslims were only supposed to go to the scholars and without asking them any reference or argument for  religious verdict, take fatwa from them as regards their problems or issues. 
Later, Muslim scholarship thought that this may give rise to 'following the low desires' by taking fatwa from so many scholars and then accepting only that which is favorable to the seeker. In other words, the scholars thought that allowing the Muslims to take fatwa from many scholars would cause them to fall prey to satanic whispers since they would not be following Allah by Satan by accepting easy verdicts. 
Seeing this, the Muslim scholars took another drastic step. They issued the verdict that only ONE JURIST should be followed throughout the lifespan. Since four schools of thought as described by the sister above was only preserved in complete form, the Muslim scholars propagated these to become prevalent among all the Muslims. In the beginning, there seems to have no bigotry among the adherents of these four schools of thought. However, as it was based on 'following without thinking' , false feelings of pride and prejudice ultimately found place in the hearts of the blind followers. This is why that the adherents of these schools, if they do not call Kafir to each other, they do think of others as inferior.
I hope you understand that this is totally against the spirit of Islam—a religion which supports critical thinking.

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