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If you go by a dictionary, you get nowhere. This is why I've never posted on this message board. People try to argue when they do not understand what they're arguing about. Ask any religious scholar what is meant by a normative branch of an organizational religion, and you'll understand. Also, Ismai...

WILCO WHAT U HAVE POSTED IS IRRELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT OF DRINKING. It is perfectly relevant. There is a term called "example"; the definition is crucial for anyone who understands English ;). To bring up this point, I am merely saying that just because it is explicitly stated in the Qur'a...

Wilco if you are an Ismaili you will know that only Ismailies do baiyat on the hands of Allah and submit to Allah thereby. All others dont even have a clue about this essential aspect of becoming Muslim which is Baiyat of Allah through his Rasul and after Rasul the submission to the ULIL AMR who in...

We don't because we're not really a part of normative Islam (i.e. Ismailis aren't really Muslim, by the accepted definition), so in order to prevent "persecution" and the like, it would seem to make sense...

At least: "that's my opinion."

Befriending Jews and Christians is also explicitly forbidden in the Qur'an (see: Yusuf Ali's translation).