The following are a few notes to the audio lecture, The Sherman Jackson Reader: Literalism Part 4. The Sherman Jackson Reader is a class Imam Marc teaches every Saturday morning after Fajr prayer at Middle Ground. On the topic of juristic induction and textual empiricism: The way that Islam has typically been taught is if… Continue reading
Fear can make you do some funny things. The word “fear” is much maligned: many young Muslims think if we fear Allah then we can’t love Him as well. “Muslims don’t realize what they’re buying into.” Shaykh Abdullah bin Hamid Ali Humanism has brought about a number of challenges for believers. Three of them are: skepticism; cynicism;… Continue reading
“…in contradistinction to materialism, spirituality is, to me, about finding what is essential about everything that Allah created, and seeing the similarities between them and myself.” — Shaykh Abdullah Bin Hamid Ali This is an interview with Dr. Abdullah Bin Hamid Ali of Zaytuna College on his book, Tears of the Yearners For the Meeting… Continue reading
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