"Peace, justice and dignity are essential notions that need to be lived and celebrated"...Dr Tariq Ramadan
"This whole world is one big womb and eventually we will exit it and be birthed into the hereafter."..Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
"Depression is a spiritual disease & there are many prayers that can cure it ".....Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
"Intelligent people surround themselves with people who challenge them, not yes people" -Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
"Don't share sinful, indecent, or scandalous matters through social media. Spread good, virtue, and benefit".. Habib Ali al-Jifri
"Jellyfish are mindless, spineless and; all they do is consume. This is the manifestation of our state"..Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
"We don't need national unity, we need tolerance for pluralism where people can disagree safely"...Sr. Dalia Mogahed
""In the face of injustice, silence is a political statement."...Dr Tariq Ramadan
"The South Africans will never be free until the Palestinians are free. - Nelson Mandela"..Imam Zaid Shakir
"Thomas Jefferson "Muslims are not enemies as they are creatures of God" - Denise Spellberg
"Everything physical in this world will perish, but the spiritual endures." - Imam Zaid Shakir at #RIS2013 Knowledge Retreat
"Only the Lord can judge the intentions of people, to do so is trespassing against Allah's (swt) territory." Habib Ali al-Jifri
"We remember Allah swt at our level, but He remembers us at a level of His magnificence that our minds can't encompass." Habib Ali al-Jifri
"Nothing you seek through your Lord will be difficult and nothing you seek through yourself will be easy." Imam Zaid Shakir
"Prophet's (saw) last words to his ummah were about upholding Salah. Salah purifies the inner eye" Shaykh Mokhtar Maghraoui
"I used to think that the Muslim world had a spiritual problem. The crisis of the Muslim world is a crisis of knowledge, a crisis of the intellect."- Shaykh Hamza Yusuf #RIS2013 Knowledge Retreat
"A sinner in repentance to Allah (swt) is one of the nearest servants to Allah (swt)."- Shaykh Mokhtar Maghraoui #RIS2013
Don't be disappointed by this world (dunya). Its not suppose to be easy. Allah (swt) said "We will test you" Imam Zaid Shakir at #RIS2013 Knowledge Retreat
"A sinner in repentance to Allah (swt) is one of the nearest servants to Allah (swt)."- Shaykh Mokhtar Maghraoui #RIS2013
"Greatest pleasure for one is from the eyes and the ultimate pleasure is upon seeing the Divine."Shaykh Hamza Yusuf at #RIS2013 Knowledge Retreat
"Patience is emotional, not intellectual. It is to withstand the bitterness & pain of adversity." Shaykh Mokhtar Maghraoui at #RIS2013 Convention
"Having a proper response to hardship is dependent on having a positive opinion of Allah (swt)".Yasmin Mogahed at #RIS2013
"Islam's genius is to prevent extremism in activism and spirituality" Dr Seyyed Hossein Nasr at #RIS2013
"Love your enemies, bless those who curse you and be good to those who mistreat you." Habib Ali al-Jifri
"Have refuge with Allah (swt), paradise in your heart and the winds of adversity will not effect you." Yasmin Mogahed at #RIS2013
"Obstacles strengthen your faith and help you to obtain wisdom and skills." Professor Tariq Ramadan at #RIS2013 Convention.
"There is no sacred text that speaks about nature as much as the Quran." Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr at #RIS2013 Convention
"Muslims are a vital organ in the body of society and not a benign cancer." Dalia Mogahed #RIS2013
"If we are distanced from the source, then we cannot drink from it. To get out of darkness, Allah says Help yourselves with patience." Shaykh Mokhtar Maghraoui at #RIS2013
"When we don't forgive negative emotions, we experience darkness & constriction in our hearts." Shaykh Mokhtar Maghraoui #RIS2013
"Pain & concern you feel for others like seeing a child freezing in the snow is an act of worship" Habib Ali al-Jifri "In Islam our definition of brother should never mean other." Ambassador Shabazz at #RIS2013 Convention
"Don't victimize yourself & tell people they should know about Islam. Muslims need to know the people." Professor Tariq Ramadan at #RIS2013
"Ethical role of North American people is to say we stand for justice, we stand for dignity" Professor Tariq Ramadan (official) #RIS2013
"If anyone who says there's no environmental crisis in order to get elected is committing a sin." Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr"
"Humanity that tried to live in the idea of an absent existence of God is now facing the consequences." ~ Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Our heart is the same as our center. Once we lose our own center it is impossible to avoid extremism. ~ Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Happiness does not exist by excess but by harmony and balance. ― Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr #RIS2013
"Islam's genius is to prevent extremism in activism and spirituality" Seyyed Hossein Nasr at #RIS2013 Convention
Only way to overcome environmental crisis is the revival of the sacred sciences - Dr. Syed Hossein Nasr #RIS2013
Sunday, December 29, 2013
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Friday, December 6, 2013
Nelson Mandela's quotes not in the media
We wanted to share some Nelson Mandela quotes which we don't expect to read in the corporate media's obituaries: . Source : http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/12/06-0
- "A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must have the economic strength to stand up to the blandishments of government officials. It must have sufficient independence from vested interests to be bold and inquiring without fear or favor. It must enjoy the protection of the constitution, so that it can protect our rights as citizens."
- "If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don't care for human beings."
- "The current world financial crisis also starkly reminds us that many of the concepts that guided our sense of how the world and its affairs are best ordered, have suddenly been shown to be wanting.”
- "Gandhi rejects the Adam Smith notion of human nature as motivated by self-interest and brute needs and returns us to our spiritual dimension with its impulses for nonviolence, justice and equality. He exposes the fallacy of the claim that everyone can be rich and successful provided they work hard. He points to the millions who work themselves to the bone and still remain hungry."
- "There is no doubt that the United States now feels that they are the only superpower in the world and they can do what they like."
- “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.”
- “Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.”
- “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
- “No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective.”
- "If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers."
- “When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.”
- On Gandhi: "From his understanding of wealth and poverty came his understanding of labor and capital, which led him to the solution of trusteeship based on the belief that there is no private ownership of capital; it is given in trust for redistribution and equalization. Similarly, while recognizing differential aptitudes and talents, he holds that these are gifts from God to be used for the collective good."
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