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Andalus Book Club __________________ I finally finished putting this together and I'm really excited about it!!! Andalus Book Club is a forum where the gap between Islamic teachings and the dominant intellectual milieu is filled. Many young Muslims get taught something in the mosque, then go to college and get taught something that either appears to contradict their shaykh, or does actually contradict it. Either way, most of the time they can't really tell and when they do they don't know how to handle it. Every month a new book will be assigned for reading and discussed from an Islamic lens by members under my direction. While we may sometimes cover a best-seller, the goal of this forum is to open minds and raise consciousness. Hence, many of the books will be chosen for what they have to offer as opposed to how widely known they may or may not be. The books we will examine throughout the year are going to be non-fiction and will span multiple genres, including philosophy, psychology, political science, biology, Islamic studies, and the like. Each month a topic thread will open for a book in the forum where its main points will be summarized by me and a discussion can take place afterwards. Andalus Book Club will begin on October 15th, 2016. The first 6 books to be discussed in the next 6 months will be: 1. The Colonizer and the Colonized by Albert Memmi 2. Islam between East and West by ‘Alija ‘Ali Izetbegovic 3. The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt 4. The Tao of Islam by Sachiko Murata 5. Aping Mankind by Raymond Tallis 6. Soul Machine by George Makari We are the Ummah of Iqra' Bismi Rabbika Allathi Khalaq (Read! In the Name of your Lord Who created). Andalus Book Club is a humble attempt at enacting the first command ever revealed in the Quran. For more information and to become a member visit link in the bio. #books #reading #library #learning #knowledge #islam #wisdom Of all the things one could do at a coffee shop 🤔 #coffee #starbucks #psycho #caffeine #people Consumer culture flips everything around to create a false sense of accomplishment when in fact you're just being taken for a ride. #shopping #consumerism #buy #debt #money #savings #business The Masculine Impulse in the Feminist Critique of Islam ______________________ Sachiko Murata is not a widely known figure among Muslims. But she should be. Currently a professor of religion and Asian studies at Stony Brook University, where she teaches Islam, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, she holds a PhD in Persian literature on the role of women in the Haft paykar, a poetical work by Nizami Ganjavi (1141-1209). She tried to pursue a second PhD in Islamic law in the Faculty of Theology at Tehran University, Iran, where at the time she was the first woman and first non-Muslim to study Islamic jurisprudence. However, she did not manage to complete it because the Iranian Revolution broke out shortly before she could write her dissertation. and she had to leave the country to the U.S. along with her husband Willian Chittick. Among Murata’s published works is the 1992 book The Tao of Islam, which stands on its own in opposition to others written on the subject of gender relations and the positions of men and women in Islam. Murata’s background sets her apart from other writers on this subject in that she deliberately quarantines the Western perspective in her analysis. Her concern is not so much about the law as it is about the cosmological underpinnings of it. Instead of engaging with the sociopolitical manifestations of the Sharia, Murata does what she calls a “backdoor approach” to this topic, where she comes “at Islam not from within a Western context, with all the presuppositions about sexuality and gender roles that this implies, but from the East.” ______________________ Read the full article at Andalus Online. Link is in the bio. ______________________ #religion #spirituality #quran #prophet #muhammad #sunnah #islam #feminism #women #hijab #sufism #philosophy #west #east Are You One of those Sufis? ____________________ The heart of Sufism is about setting on the path of fulfilling the Quranic commands to leave the outward of sin as well as the inward of it (Al-Anaam 6:120). It’s about having a constant concern over the state of one’s heart, because when all is said and done, only a sound heart will be of benefit (Ash-Shuara’ 26:88). Sufism is about taking the recitation of the Quran with the tongue and turning it into a recitation with the heart. It’s about adhering to the Sharia not because of an ulterior motive of obtaining Paradise or avoiding Hell, but because God is deserving of it. It’s the ultimate realization of the love of God and fearing not His punishment, but His not accepting our always deficient prayer and fasting. It’s the hope that He accepts our repentance for not being able to fulfil his due rights upon us. This type of worship and relationship with God is what Imam An’Nawawi, in his commentary on his 40 Hadith collection, calls the Worship of the Free People as opposed to the Worship of the Slaves or the Worship of the Merchants. ____________________ Read the the full article at Andalus Online. Link is in the bio. ____________________ #sufism #islam #quran #sunnah #prophet #muhammad #spirituality #religion This is a point many "activists" don't seem to understand. In fact, many of them take pride in their misunderstanding of it. #spiritual #activist #islam #sufism #ethics #prophet #muhammad #quran #truth #hate #love #fame What Was Rumi Talking About? __________________ Sorry to ruin this, but when you read poetry by Jalal al-Din Rumi or any other Sufi figure’s poems, the wine is not literal, and Layla is not actually a woman. It is quite a depressing realisation to witness great Sufis such as Rumi become reduced to drunkards raving about their current love partners or unable to get over losing their past ones. This is precisely what modern pop culture’s misappropriation of Sufi poetry about love has done. The misappropriation of Sufi poetry can be seen as resulting of unfamiliarity with how Sufis made their indications. For example, the intoxication of wine refers to the loss of one’s sense of rational self in the sea of Divine Love. The tavern is the experience of being overwhelmed from being surrounded by Divine Presence. Layla is an Arabic female name that linguistically refers to the darkest night of the month, and in Sufi poetry refers to the hidden realm that lies behind outward appearances of this world. __________________ Read the full article at Andalus Online. Link is in the bio. __________________ #love #poetry #rumi #prophet #muhammad #islam #sufism #spiritual I launched a new website where you can find my articles, video projects, podcast, and information on any upcoming events and seminars all in one place. If you've benefited from my work over these past years and are feeling generous can also find ways to financially support it there as well with either one-time donations or by becoming a monthly donor. It will go along way in helping me pay for all the costs involved in producing this work. What you will see there now is the beginning of a vision I have that fits under the tagline you see in the picture: finding divinity in modernity. Your support would be much appreciated. Web link is in the bio. __________________ http://www.andalusonline.org __________________ #god #islam #sufism #quran #sunnah #religion #spiritual #divine #humanity #love #revolution #prophet #muhammad Revolt ✊🏽 #america #resistance #racism #violence #social #justice #black #oppression #revolution

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