Image: Reuters "And do not take any human being's life - [the life] which God has willed to be sacred - otherwise than in [the pursuit of] justice. Hence, if anyone has been slain wrongfully, We have empowered the defender of his rights [to exact a just retribution]; but even so, let him not exceed…Read more AOBM: Condolences to the Victims of the Mumbai Attacks
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Imam Ibn Taymiyyah al-Qadiriyyah as-Sufi?
By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong "Thus the meaning of sufi alludes to the meaning of siddiq or one who has reached complete Truthfulness, because the best of human beings after prophets are the siddiqin..." - Ibn Taymiyya, At-Tawassuf, Majmu’a Fatawa Ibn Taymiyya al-Kubra 11. Imam Ibn Taymiyya then went on to say: Some people criticized the…Read more Imam Ibn Taymiyyah al-Qadiriyyah as-Sufi?
The Circle in Native American Spirituality
Music "Dawning of the Seventh Fire" by Bill Neal Elk Whistle, video creation by Tim Wozny. "You have noticed that everything an Indian does in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything and everything tries to be round. In the old days all our power…Read more The Circle in Native American Spirituality
Happy Beltane!
Wishing everyone a Happy Beltane, from the Association of British Muslims! Beltane is the anglicised spelling of Old Irish Beltain, Scottish Gaelic Bealltainn, the Gaelic name for either the month of May or the festival that takes place on first day of May. Beltane was historically a Gaelic festival celebrated in Ireland, Scotland and the…Read more Happy Beltane!
The Children’s Fire
Tim "Mac" Macartney founder of Embercombe (www.embercombe.co.uk) introduces the "Children's Fire" to the attendees of the Qi Global summit in Singapore. He speaks of how over a period of 20 years he was trained by a group of mixed-blood Native Americans to appreciate that many ancient cultures used to govern themselves by a fundamental guiding princiciple, "no…Read more The Children’s Fire
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