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[quote][quote]Why do you call us Kafir?[/quote]

It goes back to Vinod's point.

The impact of a heterodox view is only momentary. If one seizes to catch it and contemplate on it, then it is gone. Instead of dealing with this fear, [b]one easily succumbs to the defence mechanism that kicks in. Demonize the originator [/b] of such thoughts as an attempt to "deviate" the community, "water down" God's religion and stuff like that.

This is actually a trap of the ego. [b]It gives a false sense of being right and fighting for the right, simply because it is the view held by oneself and others for a long time.[/b] it's really a spiritual problem.

NO AMOUNT OF EDUCATION or intellectual capacity can help a person with this. It's about controlling the ego. It's about giving up presumptions of absoluteness about one's views and the willingness to be open to the possibility that the contender has got it right. It's about humility.

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Finally Imam Shafi's statement is reproduced:

“I am convinced about the veracity of my opinions, but I do consider it likely that they may turn out to be incorrect. Likewise, I am convinced about the incorrectness of the views different from mine, but I do concede the possibility that they may turn out to be correct.” — Imam Shafa’i

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Edited by: junaidj on Thursday, November 16, 2006 1:01 AM[/quote]

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