The Conference title is: The Many Faces of Mental Health: “Demons” in Faith Doctrines The panel questions were:   How is Mental Health addressed in the primary holy book for your faith/theology?   This is a difficult question to ask in that the very term, “mental health”, has no singular or apparent authoritative definition.  … Continue reading

وَأَوحىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى النَّحلِ أَنِ اتَّخِذي مِنَ الجِبالِ بُيوتًا وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمّا يَعرِشونَ ثُمَّ كُلي مِن كُلِّ الثَّمَراتِ فَاسلُكي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًا ۚ يَخرُجُ مِن بُطونِها شَرابٌ مُختَلِفٌ أَلوانُهُ فيهِ شِفاءٌ لِلنّاسِ ۗ إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِقَومٍ يَتَفَكَّرونَ “Your Lord revealed to the bees: ‘Build dwellings in the mountains and the trees, and also… Continue reading

In this episode, Imam Marc discusses the tendency for some Muslims to turn to self-deprecation in times of stress and how this is ultimately to our own demise. All your self-loathing/self-deprecating humor in the world will not shift the attitude of the Left nor the Right that Islam is irredeemable. — Marc Manley (@manrilla) November… Continue reading