We hurt ourselves and others because we fail to realize that God’s signature is written on every soul, that it is apparent in every creation whether we are willing to acknowledge it or not. Fear drives sheep to commit atrocious crimes against innocent people. Frightened sheep are easy to herd, and quick to do what […]
May 10, 2012
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Hallaj’s corpse was burnt and when the flame Subsided, to the pyre a sufi came Who stirred the ashes with his staff and said: ‘Where has that cry “I am the Truth” now fled? All that you cried, all that you saw and knew, Was but the prelude to what now is true. The essence […]
May 31, 2011
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A voice speaks to Zulnoon Zulnoon said: “I was in the desert once. Trusting in God, I’d brought no sustenance – I came on forty men ahead of me, Dressed all in rags, a closed community. My heart was moved. ‘O God,’ I cried, ‘take heed, What wretched lives you make your pilgrims lead!’ ‘We […]
May 29, 2011
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SURAH YA SIN The Thirty-Sixth Collection of Recitals Eighty-Three Verses Among those reported to have been revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the city of Mecca. 1. Ya Sin. 2. This is the Recitation, replete with wisdom! 3. You are one of the messengers of God, O Prophet! 4. You are set on a straight […]
May 11, 2011
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WAR ON TERROR is one of the most commonly used terms by the cowboy minded people in America. The media and politicians have injected high doses of fear into minds of the US population making them meaner and dumber. Intrusive searches, jailing of innocent people without trials for simply being Muslims and insane probes at […]
May 3, 2011
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Bias-motivated violence has been on the rise in many countries across Europe, the former Soviet Union, and North America — in some cases more than doubling in the last five years. Racism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia, anti-Muslim and anti-Roma bias, religious intolerance, disability bias, and homophobia are among the prejudices that have fueled hate crimes in those […]
April 3, 2011
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“Charity means more than just donate” Larry Kahaner, “Values, Prosperity and the Talmud” “Tzedakah is equivalent to all the commandments of the world combined” Rabbi Assi, quoted from Bava Batra 9a of the Babylonian Talmud According to many sources of the Talmud, charity is the greatest force in the universe. How could we interpret such […]
April 2, 2011
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