There is absolutely no doubt in my mind the secterianism being promoted by some on the I-Soc.
I have been here for a number of years, and i swear by Allah:1. Many users (not most, but many) have abused me, insulted me, some of them even asking for me to get booted out of the thread. Some of these users have even recognised just how badly they felt i was abused, they offered heart felt apologies.
2. Some of the most prominent users of the I-Soc have referred to me as a 'Rafidha', which when used by salafi's and secterians is a very vile and abusive word used to label shia muslims. Even after telling them to stop, they did not apologise and gloated about using it on other shia's.
3. A number of neutral, non secterian posts, which merely promote prophetic ahadith, Quran, etc, have been over the years without me provoking anyone, quoted, and i have been told to stop quoting deviant shia books again and again. When some salafi's quote the likes of ibn taymiyyah, and praise him, i have never decided to call them out.
4. There is definitely a gang mentality between some users on the I-Soc, who share their hatred of shia's, and will cluster together against me. I don't like to raise or bring up the issues again, but you have personally called me an online paid agent, and on the shia-sunni discussion thread, asked me if i read what i type, or input the first thing that comes into my head. Continually on the I-soc, you have sided with people like ideasforlife et al. Although you have shown kindness to me and far better manners than some of your friends here, there is no doubt in my mind your behaviour to me is because i am a shia muslim. You would not talk like this towards a sunni muslim.
5. When i asked for the Original Post, to have two clear headings, one for sunni resources, and one for shia resources, so people could by their own free will refer to each one, as this thread after all, is for all madhabs, and not the 'sunni islamic society', i was told the following by Ideas for life, who is a prominent member on the I-Soc, who has referred to me by the abusive nick-name 'rafidha', continually tried to provoke me by cursing my Ulema, Ayatullah Khamanei (ha) and i have had to endure bitterly so as to not refute or cause an argument, has refused to reply to my salams, and on several of his temporary accounts, has continually tried to provoke me.
Here is what he had to say about me when i requested equality in posting resources in the Original Post. Note, do take a look and see if anyone spoke up for me:
Instead of even once calling out IdeasforLife for this bigoted and secterian remark, you told me "this was a new low for you" - for asking brother Zamestaneh if a moderator could edit his post and add my links in, if he felt he could religious not do so.
I am merely speaking the truth. The level of secterianism among some users on the I-Soc at some points, has grieved me so much so, i could not emotionally cope , and left TSR altogether for a few months.
Brother Al Farhan, i will never ever forget the kindness you showed me in may'june when i was going through a very tough time. But i have to be open and fair here. Will you, condemn ideasforlife, for referring me as a Rafdiha, considering me not a brother in Islam, the bigoted post he has written in the i-soc, refusing to reply to my salams, and making several temporary accounts and posting secterian things in the I-Soc ?
My heart tells me you won't. You consider me a deviant, and ideasforlife your brother. But i would love to be proven wrong.