To understand the heart and mind of a person… To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do. – Kahlil Gibran Note: The gender exclusive […]
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Tag: Islamic
Amir’s Fable
Truth and Falsehood AMIR’S FABLE There is an old fable, which tells that Truth and Falsehood went for A swim together, leaving their clothes on shore. Falsehood Coming out of the water first, puts on Truth’s clothes. Truth, being what […]
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Rumi on Religion
Rumi on Religion “I belong to no religion. My religion is love. Every heart is my temple.” – Rumi
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Looking at Muslim-Christian Relations, We Should Be More Optimistic
I have been writing a paper to present at a conference at Cambridge University (an amazing privilege), and was researching the history of Muslim-Christian Relations. Despite what we hear in the media, hatred and violence between Muslims and Christians is […]
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True Religion Is Tolerance
I am not at all religious, but I respect religion and religious people. Honestly, I find religion fascinating–what people believe and how their beliefs motivate their actions. That is part of what separates humans from animals. Humans are belief-motivated beings. […]
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Ibn Battuta on Traveling
Traveling–it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. – Ibn Battuta
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