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On Rumi, meeting, and the places where our categories dissolve DIYAR-E-GHAYR I often wonder whether we have truly grasped the depth of Rumi’s words: “Somewhere beyond right and wrong, there is a garden. I will meet you there.” And perhaps the moment we think we have exhausted their meaning is precisely the moment we drift furthest from it. These words…
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YouTube link By Sa’īd Abdul Latif (on Medium.com) author of “The Muslim Priest” This is a talk that I recently gave for the Center for Process Studies. I was terribly sick and severely lacking in sleep when I gave it, but mashallah… it seems to have been well received. I would invite everyone to donate and support the Center for…
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By Laurent Guyenot Kevin Barrett is one of the most active and insightful (and funny) thinkers on Israel and Jewish power. His Substack newsletter is often featured on the Unz Review. He is also a convert to Islam, holds a PhD in Islamic studies, and lives in Morocco with his family. A polyglot who studied in Paris, he speaks excellent…
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Muslim Skeptic by Bheria In the context of the current tensions between Iran and the U.S.-Israel axis, a number of ideologically driven actors, ranging from Wahhabis to neo-Ba’athists, have sought to adopt what appears to be a “centrist” posture. Their stance can be summed up via the claim that “the defeat of both sides would be preferable.” This framing, however,…
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Youtube link Eon English sits down with Dr. Farah El-Sharif, scholar of Islamic intellectual history, public theologian, and author of the Substack publication Sermons at the Court, to discuss her forthcoming paper Islam After Gaza, a theological and civilisational account of what this moment demands of the Muslim world. About the Guest Dr. Farah El-Sharif holds a PhD from Harvard…
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STUDIO OF MEANING Peace and love, Welcome to the Studio of Meaning book club, where we will be sharing important books on Ibn ʿArabi’s life and thought as well as community discussions about these works in the future. For our first post in this series, we respond to a query which quite a few people have asked about recently, an…
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Youtube link On March 21, I visited the Grand Mosalla of Tehran, Iran’s largest mosque, where more than 100,000 had gathered calmly for the Eid Prayer. After the service, I asked several worshippers to comment on the West’s war on the Islamic Republic. Here’s what they had to say. -Dmitri Lascaris
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NAOKI YAMAMOTO MAR 21 A diagram of the “Heart” (心) from the Han Kitab tradition, a classical Sino-Islamic intellectual heritage. The Arabic word for Allah is written within the Chinese character for “heart” (心). At its core, East Asian thought may be understood as a sustained reflection on the harmony of the Three Powers (三才): Heaven, Earth, and Humanity. Heaven…
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By Kabir Helminski A deep prejudice against Islam runs in the veins of many Westerners. Palestinians and Iranians have been the target of dehumanizing lies, a classic case of psychological projection in which Israel and the West accuse Muslims of the kind of crimes they themselves are guilty of. In flagrant denial of their own crimes, they project the mirror…
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Watch the video from the Holy Quran Does Not Burn campaign, to restore damage from the rioters, at The Al-Andalus Tribune Substack By Indi.ca From the Holy Quran Does Not Burn campaign, to restore damage from the rioters Why won’t Iran attack first? Why did they agree when sued for peace before? Given that Iran is an Islamic Republic, these…
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