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As Sala al-Aqam Mohammed Uybaraqahatoo.

One of the most difficult questions I get asked by students who are beginning to study the classical sciences is the fact that they come

across these different theologies within even Sunni Islam and each one of them is

very passionate about what it itself is preaching and it might view the other

uh... versions or manifestations as as being uh... in error as being

theologically deviated and you even have some very if people on all sides of the equation

basically expelling the others from being authentic or pure Sunni Muslims and

the fact of the matter is that this does raise some

eyebrows. The beginning student knowledge is confused. What is to be done? This

person might even be quoted various great scholars, whether they're Imam

al-Gazari, whether they're Shekla Samibh and they're being quoted things that seems to suggest that the quote-unquote other side isn't quite legit, it's not quite correct in its understanding.

And this raises problems because on the one hand these quotes do exist.

On the other hand, given the circumstances and the world that we're living in,

one wonders, is this really our priority is to split hairs over finer details into

we're already a minority within a minority, within a minority, and for us practicing Muslims to

disagree over some of the more advanced theological topics.

Does that make sense or not?

So I've been asked this question.

I myself have gone through a number of phases of my own life in this regard.

And the fact of the matter is that as I keep on saying to my students

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