kalu_miah
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I have noticed this phenomenon lately. Mostly people who belong to Shia sect. and people who are more "secular" Muslims, will paint all Sunni Muslims with a broad brush, specifically those that oppose the Shia agenda of Shia supremacy or "secular" agenda of some "secular Muslims" who actually want to reduce and perhaps end Islamic influence in their society.
And then there are non-Muslims, like Hindu's and Christians who would pick this up from the above two groups and use the same words to put down majority Sunni Muslims. Of course the strategy here is to use the internal division within Muslims (Shia/Sunni and secular/Islamist) to weaken Muslim unity and solidarity, so that is very much understandable.
What can be done to counter this phenomenon?
Definitely not all Sunni's are Salafi and not all Salafi's are promoting violence and terrorism. So why this generalization and name calling, specially from some Shia and "secular" Muslims and specially using the derogatory word "Wahabi"?
And then there are non-Muslims, like Hindu's and Christians who would pick this up from the above two groups and use the same words to put down majority Sunni Muslims. Of course the strategy here is to use the internal division within Muslims (Shia/Sunni and secular/Islamist) to weaken Muslim unity and solidarity, so that is very much understandable.
What can be done to counter this phenomenon?
Definitely not all Sunni's are Salafi and not all Salafi's are promoting violence and terrorism. So why this generalization and name calling, specially from some Shia and "secular" Muslims and specially using the derogatory word "Wahabi"?