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**resegooredo** · 04-07-2011, 05:53 AM

Sufis feel pressure as Salafi power grows
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/388126

This month, the Salafi movement organized a conference at Al-Azhar University, and one of the movement's key figures, Sheikh Yasser Burhamy, accused the Sufi movement of heresy and of being sponsored by the United States.

“That was so silly. Yes we expect them to accuse us of heresy because the Salafis are single-minded people,” said al-Kholy. “But as for the American support, what we did is simply have visits for two American ambassadors in Egypt, a move we thought would introduce them to a moderate version of Islam.”

picture removed, please refer to rule 2.19

Yes and we all know that it is pure nonsense to suggest that some Sufi's are sponsored by the US/Great Britain, dont we?

I mean the Sufi Muslim Council is not really funded by the CIA as suggested by oneof these American Ambassedors like Craig Murray! No preposterous!!

http://www.mpacuk.org/os/content/view/5469/103/

Or that the Rand Corporation- a US Govt think tank has called for quote "The Reformation of Islam" by promoting Sufism as an alternative to Islam.

Or even more unbelievable...the hard right neocon think tank the Nixon Center published a document by Zeyno Baran which encouraged using Sufism as a means to attack Islam.

[http://www.nixoncenter.org/publicati...hs/Sufism.pdf]

We all know they are neither heretics nor support the US..... right?

04-07-2011, 05:53 AM	#13
resegooredo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 462 Senior Member	Sufis feel pressure as Salafi power grows http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/388126 This month, the Salafi movement organized a conference at Al-Azhar University, and one of the movement's key figures, Sheikh Yasser Burhamy, accused the Sufi movement of heresy and of being sponsored by the United States. “That was so silly. Yes we expect them to accuse us of heresy because the Salafis are single-minded people,” said al-Kholy. “But as for the American support, what we did is simply have visits for two American ambassadors in Egypt, a move we thought would introduce them to a moderate version of Islam.” picture removed, please refer to rule 2.19 Yes and we all know that it is pure nonsense to suggest that some Sufi's are sponsored by the US/Great Britain, dont we? I mean the Sufi Muslim Council is not really funded by the CIA as suggested by oneof these American Ambassedors like Craig Murray! No preposterous!! http://www.mpacuk.org/os/content/view/5469/103/ Or that the Rand Corporation- a US Govt think tank has called for quote "The Reformation of Islam" by promoting Sufism as an alternative to Islam. Or even more unbelievable...the hard right neocon think tank the Nixon Center published a document by Zeyno Baran which encouraged using Sufism as a means to attack Islam. [http://www.nixoncenter.org/publicati...hs/Sufism.pdf] We all know they are neither heretics nor support the US..... right?
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