Flag burning, effigy burning, stomping on symbols. These are all rituals of the Jamaican Voodoo religion. Is Islam a form of Voodoo?
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No, Muslims don't practice Voodoo.Muslims and Jews share part of the same religion.The Prophet Abraham is Ibrahim and so on in the Torah,Old Testament and Koran.Along the way these 2 tribes went their own ways and never really reconciled their differences to live in peace.This may be because of the Jews and Muslims priests and mullahs who perhaps benefit from keeping them apart together with politicians-like Arafat who was corrupt.Perhaps after reading this the will forgive each other and welcome each with open arms!
The cultural area of the Fon, Gun, Mina and Ewe peoples share common metaphysical conceptions around a dual cosmological divine principle Nana Buluku, the God-Creator, and the God-Actor(s) or Vodun(s), daughters and sons of the Creator's twin children Mawu (goddess of the moon) and Lisa (sun god). The God-Creator is the cosmological principle, who does not trifle with the mundane, and the Vodun(s) are the God-Actor(s) who actually govern on earthly issues.
The Pantheon of Voduns, though not complete, is quite large and complex. In one version, there are seven direct sons of Mawu, inter ethnic and related to natural phenomena or historical or mythical individuals, and dozens of ethnic Voduns, defenders of a certain clan or tribe.[citation needed]
West African Vodou, just as all indigenous African Religions, has its primary emphasis on the ancestors, with each family of spirits having its own specialized priest- and priestesshood which are often hereditary. In many African clans, deities might include Mami Wata, who are gods and goddesses of the waters; Legba, who in some clans is virile and young in contrast to the old man form he takes in Haiti and in many parts of Togo; Gu, ruling iron and smithcraft; Sakpata, who rules diseases; and many other spirits distinct in their own way to West Africa.
European colonialism, followed by totalitarian regimes in West Africa suppressed Vodun as well as other forms of the religion. However, because the Vodou deities are born to each African clan-group, and its clergy is central to maintaining the moral, social, and political order and ancestral foundation of its villagers, it proved to be impossible to eradicate the religion. Today in West Africa, the Vodou religion is estimated to be practised by over 30 million people. Vodoun became the official religion of Benin in 1996.
Both American and Caribbean variations of the religion center on ancestral spirits and two main pantheons of Lwas; tribal relationships are de-emphasized.
MUSLIM
A Muslim (Arabic: ????, Persian and Urdu: ??????, Turkish: M?sl?man, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. The feminine form of Muslim is Muslimah. Literally, the word means "one who submits to Allah (God)".
Most Muslims accept as a fellow Muslim (brother/sister) anyone who has publicly pronounced the Shahada, which states, "There is none worthy of worship except Allah, and Muhammad is His Messenger." This is often translated as, "There is no god except Allah," however "Allah" is the Arabic word for "the God".
Muslims believe that the basics of Islam existed long before Muhammad, and describe many Biblical figures -- such as Adam, Noah (Arabic: Nuh), Moses (Arabic: Musa) and Jesus (Arabic: Isa) -- as Muslims, because they are said to have submitted to God and preached His message as prophets.
Voodoo or black magic is common amongst Muslim's in Asia, specially India, Pakistan and Bangladesh Muslims do it as a common practice. (They even celebrate a different time for Eid, when the rest of the world has finished 24 hrs ago)..!!
Why do Muslims practice Voodoo rituals?
