Banglaguy raised some valid point. But it must be noted that not all "inventions" are necesarily bad. The excessive celebration during Shob-e-barat" is something I personally don't like. Others like Milads are ok, I can't find fault with it. There is worse distortions going on with our religion these days then nitpick on little things like Milad and Shob-e-Barat.
But we should take steps to eradicate some practices/beliefs that are prevalent only in South Asian muslim community and have no place in Quran/Hadith and wider Islamic community. Such as:
1) Must not sleep with feet facing west
2) must face west when reciting Quran
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