Inspiring Faith and Creativity & Exploring the Arts through a Spiritual Lens
There is something that I notice about Christian-Muslim theology debates that kind of runs on repeat. Basically, Muslims have a tendency to bring up Bible verses where Jesus is shown as praying, or emphasizing in…
I admit, I started reading His Dark Materials with a chip on my shoulder. One writer said Pullman was what “atheists would have been praying for, if atheists prayed.” He’s also been called the Anti-C.S.…
I'd like to start off by saying that none of the thoughts I will express here belong exclusively to me, it's the accumulation of discussions & reading from various people, scholars and books. As a…
It’s been eleven long, interminable years since I traversed land and sea, crossed oceans and sand dunes, and embarked upon the most sacred journey a Muslim can possibly make: the Hajj (pilgrimage to…
It has always seemed presumptuous, even somewhat preposterous, to me for men to pontificate in an authoritarian manner about the role of women in Islam as if the feminine principle is something which needs to…
“The people of the city, young and old Were all lamenting, crying, sighing loud The villagers as well as Turks and Greeks, They tore their shirts from grief for this great man. ‘He was our…
There is a common claim made that the distinction between Muslim and Christian understandings of God are a stark difference between a distant, remote, severe deity and an intimate, invested, and loving one.…
Having an artistic nature, one of my main interests in Islamic culture has been its proclivity for creativity. This is true in writing, design, textiles, fashion, architecture, and a host of other avenues.…
“This world is not a permanent place, it’s a passage, a road on which you are passing.” ~ Imam Ali (AS) The Middle East has served as the womb and nurturer of the world’s three…
Here we are, not just in the season of Chanukah and Christmas and various other festivals, but in the season of the “Urs” of Mevlana, Rumi’s “wedding” night on December 17, when he passed away…
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