It is not sad at all. It would be funny if people did not get killed in this matter. It is just a reflection of the diverse myths people live by.ghulam muhammed wrote: Muslims from both sects have been reading the hadith since over a thousand years but still nothing has changed, so its no use harping upon an issue which is the fundamental reason of the shia/sunni split. Each one is going to remain adamant no matter what evidences are put forward as people have been conditioned to view things from a pre set prism and they don't want to explore the other side of the arguments. This the sad state of affairs of the Muslim world !!
On one side is the myth of God, angels (with wings?), jinns, messenger and his oligarchically elected deputies, now defunct.
On the other side is the myth of God, angels (with wings?), jinns, messenger and his personally nominated deputies, some defunct, some allegedly hidden and at least one living who pays lip-service to 'Islam'. Hidden deputies also have living deputies. All these deputies have built a cult of personality around their persons and turned themselves into money-milking personal enterprises. They all purvey sweet nothings to make their cult members docile consumers of illusory good life now and in the hereafter.
No more sad than global infotainment systems purveying hollywood, bollywood. gossipy tabloids, facebook, whatsapp, twitter and other mind-numbing entertainments. Think of religion as an entertainment system.
And it is not illegal as long as they do no physically harm. Mental harm is not illegal but who is to decide if their minds are being harmed.
