Srinagar, July 1 -- Sectarian unity and the living legacy of Aga Syed Mohammad Hadi

Shabir Ahmad

The standard narrative of the modern Muslim world is too often written in the ink of division. Turn on the news or scan geopolitical analyses, and you are invariably presented with a binary view of Islam as a perpetual, rigid schism between Shia and Sunni traditions. Yet, this fixation on friction deliberately ignores a deeper, more profound truth: the theological architecture holding these two major traditions together is infinitely stronger than the historical grievances used to pry them apart. The foundational pillars- a shared allegiance to the oneness of God (Tawhid), the timeless guidance of the Holy Qur'an, and a deep reverence for th...