For the last many centuries, Muslims all around the world are facing " Downfall situation". Every one analyses it according to the best of his knowledge. I am giving my 02 cents today.
Besides many reasons for this downfall, there is a major reason behind it. Mostly Muslims follow two schools of thoughts, Shiites and Sunnis. Then they are further divided into their sub- branches. Shiaates has Agha-Khanis, Bohri; People of Ziaratians (have their own ideas and faiths.) Similarly Sunni's have further divided into many sub-branches. Wahabi, Deobandi, Ahl-e-Hadith, Brelvi, Pervaizi, Sulfi etc.
Some of the cults also emerged from both of these branches. Qadiani-Ahmedis belong to Sunni's school of thought and later declared non-Muslims from Pakistan and some other countries. Nuseris, Baha’is and Durooz of Lebanon and Palestine came from Shiaates School of thoughts and later declared as non-Muslims. Apart from the declared one, I would say that we should stop immediately calling them FIRQAAS. They all are “PRESSURE GROUPS with their own views and interpretation of Islam". They have their own glasses by which they view Islam. Somehow or inadvertently, they are keeping the other group balanced. I would give you an example. In India, Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan Brailvi and Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi belong to the same Madrasah-e-Deoband. One became a torch-bearer for Tauheed and delivered an uncountable speeches on the topic of Tauheed and highlighted the Shirk especially. Within his tone, sometime when he was explaining Tauheed, some people especially Maulana Ahmed Raza of the same school felt that the dignity and Tauqeer of our beloved Prophet Mohammad is getting impacted by his views. So he gave innumerable speeches in order to highlight the Respect and “Adab-e-Rasool", and thus tried to preach it proactively thinking that if we ignore that respect then all our actions, and doings (Aemaals) would be ruined and would be in vain. So both scholars of India keep each other in balance and thus keeping their followers balanced as well.
Another example, if Shiite’s do not exist today, we would not be mourning the days of the grand-son of Holy Prophet Mohammad. When Muharram comes, it is Shiites, because of which we know that the days of remembrance of Imam Husain’s sacrifices have arrived. Honestly I would give them the full credit to make that day alive since centuries. Sunnis differ in many views with them, but they are the one who are working as a pressure group so we can remember all the names of 12 Imams, days of Ahl-e-Bait-e-Athaar. Otherwise a regular Wahabi, Deobandi, Salfi, Brailvi, Ahl-e-hadith never knew the names of 12 Imams from Ahl-e-Bait family. In short I want to say that there are only two schools of thoughts in Islam. Shiites and Sunnis. But they are not Firqaas. All the sub branches including the main school of thoughts some how keeping the other school of thought in Balance. However Ahmedis, Bahia’s, Durroz, Nation of Islam, Nuserie's are those firqaas who are really deviated from Islam and we are awaiting almost 72 like of those. But Shiites/Sunni's both are right successors of our beloved Prophet. One have the dynasty from the family of the Holy Prophet and they strictly rely on them and do not take anything from non-Ahl-e-Bait and the other has the dynasty from both of them and do not mind taking things from non-Ahl-e-Bait as well and they believe that Islam is not a family enterprises and it is like a sky that have many stars. Heavens are for the right successors and both have enough good things to claim it.
This is a journalist’s view on Islam. Finally I beg all the Muslims to stop this Kaafir Kaafir practice. We should respect the other school of thought, no one is perfect but still they are the real followers of Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
I would request all the viewers and readers to give their honest and independent view, not a view they adopted since birth and they never did any hard-work for that. While giving your views, please respect the other school of thought and never use any vulgar/inappropriate or obscene tone against them. At least in this sense we should follow our Prophet (PBUH) as he was dealing with his opponents.