Why Sunnis [and Shi'ites] are not Muslims

To be legitimate followers of their Holy Book, they need a verse that isn't there. So here it is:


“And we have given you (O, Muhammad) your Sunna, that with it you may explain the verses that are already clear (2:118, 3:7, 4:176, 6:55, 6:105, 6:126, 9:11, 11:1, 29:49), so that Muslims will not have to study the Qur’an again, though We said that they should in 2:44, 2:121, 4:82 and 3:79, that you may admonish those who interpret it themselves, though we gave them such a right in 5:42-43, 23:68, 34:46, 38:29 and 67:10, that they may claim to be illiterate in Arabic, though it is in clear Arabic tongue (12:2, 13:37, 14:4, 16:103, 19:97, 26:195, 41:3, 41:44, 42:7, 43:3, 46:12), that they may ask silly questions (2:67-71), that you may admonish those who take the Message as a complete guidance, though We said that it was in 2:159, 4:174-175, 5:16, 7:52, 10:57, 17:9, 17:89, 18:54, 28:49, 34:6 and 42:52, or a distinct explanation of all things as We ordained in 7:145, 12:111, 25:33 and 44:4; that they may record your ahadith for everything, although they may not believe in any hadith besides this (45:6), for who is truer in hadith than God (4:87)? That you and others may be taken as Lord, against 3:79, that you may alter the Message though it contains the same system We revealed to other Prophets (4:26, 42:13), and though God does not change His Sunna (17:77, 35:43, 48:23), that you may render it incomplete, though We completed it (5:3, 6:115), that you may not judge by the Book as We revealed in 2:176, 4:105, 5:44, 5:48 and 6:114, that you may impose on them teachings We allowed them to disbelieve (2:23, 11:13, 52:34), that you may prohibit what God has not prohibited (5:87, 6:145-146, 7:32) that you may be more than a plain warner, though your only duty is to give a plain warning (5:62, 5:99, 6:19, 6:51, 7:2, 7:184, 16:35, 18:27, 19:97, 20:113, 24:54, 35:23, 38:70, 42:7), that you may follow a path other than the right one (2:170, 6:50, 6:106, 6:126, 6:153-6:157, 7:3, 7:203, 19:36, 25:56-57, 34:6) that they may accept religion based on their opinions of people (10:35-37), believing in Abu Huraira as well as what we ordained in 4:136, and justify it with obvious distortions (47:30) and flowery, frivolous ahadith (6:112, 31:6), that they may worship as the Jahiliyyah (43:21-22), that they may play the majority game (6:116, 12:106) and deny (6:23). Indeed, God is Knowing, Wise.”


With the realisation that Islam basically does not exist, we can understand that it is not about faith, but fulfilling the need for meaning and identity. When the facade is exposed, we can focus on replacing old approaches and attitudes with ones which deal with root psychological and social problems (rather than just pointing fingers at books). Tweet