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• “What we are asked to do is to love…”

  
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  Salaam and Greetings of Peace: “Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody’s business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.” ~ Thomas Merton ...
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• Life Song of the Child – Welcoming Spirit Home

  
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  Salaam and Greetings of Peace: There is a tribe in Africa where the birth date of a child is counted not from when they were born, nor from when they are conceived but from the day that the child was a thought in its mother’s mind. And when a woman decides that she will have a child, she goes off and sits under a ...
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• Altar-ations: A Brief Story in the Salt Mine (Part I)

  
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  Preface to a Brief Story in the Salt Mine: All that I have posted so far, this 9-link chain each consisting of parts I-II-III (see here ), can be read altogether as a brief story from inthesaltmine .  I should like to tell that narrative of my experience as I experienced it first-hand. Though I had neither ...
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• Haji Jamil Dayi al-Naqshabandi Passes Away

  
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  Bismillah … Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh , We pray this finds everyone well, wrapped in Allah’s mercy and steadfastly traveling the path to eternal felicity, in sha Allah. The Erudite Scholar Haji Jamil Dayi passed away yesterday in Cyprus. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un. May He give ...
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• Be Praised, My God!

  
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  Salaam and Greetings of Peace: Be praised, my God, by butterfly and dragonfly wings exercising for their first flight. Be praised by lightning and thunder causing spring showers. Be praised by the silent voice of grass growing and trees budding. Be praised by all the colorful flower trumpets of spring. Be praised by ...
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• Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar on New Amsterdam Records

  
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  In 1904 the Swiss adventurer Isabelle Eberhardt (born 1877) drowned in a flash flood in the Sahara, only 27 years old. For four years she’d traversed the desert on horseback, dressed as a man, smoking, drinking, and even gaining access to a Sufi brotherhood. She documented her travels in journals and short stories, ...
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• ‘Do You Know What I’m Going To Say?’

  
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  The Sufi wise man Mulla Nasrudin arrived in a small town on his donkey. The great one’s reputation preceded him. The Mulla’s name was on everyone’s lips. Never before had such a famous man come to this town. To the townsfolk, … Continue reading → The post ‘Do You Know What I’m Going To Say?’ ...
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• Shujaat Husain Khan - Unforgettable Sufis

  
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  Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan Unforgettable Sufis Unforgettable Sufis brings together the eternal poetry of mystic poets, Kabir Sahib and Hazrat Amir Khusrau. The evocative lyrics drawn from their poetry explore the myriad shades of love and spell the rich experience of musical ecstasy. The most fascinating aspect is ...
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• The Crown of the Muslim Jurists – Shaykh Abd al-Haq Bandyalwi from Pakistan

  
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  The Crown of the Muslim jurists – Shaykh Abd al-Haq Bandyalwi Hafidahullah from Pakistan: “Taj al-Fuqaha” (crown of the Muslim jurists), Allamah Shaykh Abd al-Haq Bandyalwi is perhaps the “greatest accepted scholarly authority” alive among the Ahl al-Sunnah circles of ulama today in Pakistan. At the age of ...
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• Your Echo Depends on You

  
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  Salaam and Greetings of Peace: “This world is like a mountain. Your echo depends on you. If you scream good things, the world will give it back. If you scream bad things, the world will give it back. Even if someone speaks badly of you, speak well of him. Change your heart to change the world.” - Shams i ...
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• Sikh History – The Life and Times of Guru Arjan

  
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  Sikh History | 1469 to Present Sikh History – The Life and Times of Guru Arjan Dev Transcript Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh! Gurudwara Dera Sahib,  situated opposite Lahore, where Guru Arjun’s body was thrown into the river Ravi. The Gurudwara was built by Ranjit Singh. Welcome to the ...
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• Shaykh Sayyid Hamid al-Haddad Passes Away

  
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  Bismillah … Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh , We pray this finds everyone well, wrapped in Allah’s mercy and steadfastly traveling the path to eternal felicity, in sha Allah. The Erudite Scholar Shaykh  Sayyid Hamid al-Haddad Passed Away on friday in Jeddah. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi ...
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• On Not Leaving Kashmir

  
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  When I crossed the lake to Bobba’s house, in a low wooden boat something like a canoe, it was my next-to-last day in Kashmir. I had come to write and report on the region’s exiled Hindus and the work was maybe done. Also, I was very tired. The boatman threw the water back with a heart-shaped blade on a stick, hard ...
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• “You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”

  
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  Salaam and Greetings of Peace: “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of ...
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• Why Housing Won’t Save the U.S. Economy

  
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  In a new essay, University of Chicago’s Amir Sufi says we should “temper our optimism on what a housing recovery can do for the U.S. economy."
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• Sultan Salahuddin al-Ayubi | A Miracle of Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani from Baghdad

  
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    An Introduction to Sultan Salahuddin Ayubi Rahimahullah:   Sultan SalāH ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb was a Kurdish Muslim who became the Sultan of Egypt and Syria. He led Islamic opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant. At the height of his power, he ruled over Egypt, Syria, ...
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• Fes Festival of Sufi Culture 2013 ~ Photo Essay

  
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  The Fes Festival of Sufi Culture 2013, was one of the best to date. The audiences were huge for the evening concerts and the Round Table discussions were popular and well attended. The local Moroccan population crowded in every evening with the only downside being the small size of the venues Festival Director, ...
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• Shaykh Abdul Wahid al-Naqshbandi from Jhelum Passes Away

  
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  Bismillah … Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh , We pray this finds everyone well, wrapped in Allah’s mercy and steadfastly traveling the path to eternal felicity, in sha Allah. The Erudite Scholar Shaykh Abdul Wahid al-Naqshbandi (Haji Pir Sahib) from Jhelum has Passed Away . Inna lillahi wa inna ...
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• The Sufi Message of Love, Harmony, and Beauty

  
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  Salaam and Greetings of Peace: “The Sufi sees the truth in every religion. If invited to offer prayers in a Christian church, the Sufi is ready to do so. The Sufi will go the synagogue and pray as the Jews do; will offer Salat with Muslims; and in the Hindu temple worships the same God. Yet the Sufi’s true ...
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• Fes Festival of Sufi Culture - The Final Night

  
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  The final night of the Fes Festival of Sufi Culture was held at The Jnan Palace Hotel in Fez and was packed with an appreciative audience who savoured highlights of the festival - the Majmouat Adhakirine and the Tariqa Khalwatiyya from Turkey Turkish delight The evening started a little on the ...
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