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**rowneigerie** · 09-04-2012, 03:57 AM

Hamza Yusuf is not saying anything perrenialist there he is talking about gentleness.

He is saying tht gentleness is a good quality that some people who were influenced by Buddhists had

and that helped them to see Islam in a merciful light, but that this was textually justified (i.e. they found the justification for this view that they inclined to from Islamic texts).

Perrenialism is not saying that some people in other religions can have some good qualities that is just common sense,

Perrenialism is saying that other religions other than Islam are also valid 'paths to God'.

Hamza Yusuf is not a Perrenialist.

09-04-2012, 03:57 AM	#18
rowneigerie Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 542 Senior Member	Hamza Yusuf is not saying anything perrenialist there he is talking about gentleness. He is saying tht gentleness is a good quality that some people who were influenced by Buddhists had and that helped them to see Islam in a merciful light, but that this was textually justified (i.e. they found the justification for this view that they inclined to from Islamic texts). Perrenialism is not saying that some people in other religions can have some good qualities that is just common sense, Perrenialism is saying that other religions other than Islam are also valid 'paths to God'. Hamza Yusuf is not a Perrenialist.
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