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What do you think of these verses? They seem to refute reincarnation to me!

023.098 And I seek refuge in Thee, my Lord, lest they be present with me,
023.099 Until, when death cometh unto one of them, he saith: My Lord! Send me back,
023.100 That I may do right in that which I have left behind! But ...

Shams,

As I said before your analogy is wrong. Primarily b/c hijab and facing the qibla are two different things. Hijab is nowhere mentioned in the Qur'an, all the Qur'an focuses on is modesty, while the Qibla issue is directly addressed. You cannot use something that is directly addressed and ...

Shams,

I am sure there are exceptions in which JK's face Mecca for example the one in Orlando does not from my understanding only because they were so despearate to find a location, they had to pick that place. There are always exceptions and islam is very flexible faith, however the guideliens for ...

I understand, but the bottom line is that our JKs do face Mecca, it seems like people on this forum are having a hard time understanding that. It is not to build bridges with other faiths. Plus, the Imam does not invent the relgion, he derives from the Qur'an and the Sunnah and as such all of our ...

Nagib,

I dont really understand your argument. We dont have to follow any Sunni mosque, my point is that you face in the direction of the kaaba, it doesnt matter how one does that. It if was only "technical" then why would it be specifically mentioned in the Qur'an and why would our community ...

Star and Shams,

I'll tell you why I disagree with you point by point:

1) Ismailis do face the Ka'aba when we pray, one of the regulations of the community in finding a new site for the JK is to have it face Mecca this is can be confirmed by any local or national council president.

2) Last time ...

As Ismailis we do face the Kaba when we pray and like other Muslims, which we are, there is no not to. Sure, you can say that our tariqah is a batini tariqah but that does not mean that we neglect the exoteric for the esoteric. If you read Fatimid Ismaili teachings it discusses a balance between the ...