Still awesome and awe inspiring, the renowned Carl Sagan discussing our Human Family's ongoing journey out of the darkness of ignorance, into the Light of knowledge.
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Carl Sagan: I have a foreboding of an America
QUESTION: In a book published nearly two decades ago, renowned scientist and thinker Carl Sagan wrote the following insightful words; was he really only talking about the United States? “I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly…Read more Carl Sagan: I have a foreboding of an America
Islam Calls Us To Seek And Disseminate Knowledge
"The righteous works that continue to benefit a believer after his death include: - the knowledge that he taught and spread among others - a righteous son whom he leaves behind - or a copy of the Qur'an that he bequeaths to his inheritors - or a mosque that he builds - or a rest…Read more Islam Calls Us To Seek And Disseminate Knowledge
Look at the world like those who abstain from it…
By Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Nahjul-Balagha, Sermon 102 Image: Sajjad's Graphics About Gluttony, Fear of Allah: O people! Look at the world like those who abstain from it and turn away from it. By Allah, it will shortly turn out its inhabitants and cause grief to the happy and the safe. That which turns…Read more Look at the world like those who abstain from it…
Will Our Story Shine?
While spirituality in its various manifestations is an integral part of our human nature, religious extremism of any kind is never a good thing. Fanatical, politicised extremism within Muslim communities produced the Taliban, Al Qaeda and similar groups, and few dispute the necessity to tackle these forms of religious extremism. However, what is often missed…Read more Will Our Story Shine?
Imam Ali’s Sermon about Selfish and Ignorant Mullahs?
Sermon 17, Nahjul Balagha (Peak of Eloquence), Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib, translated by Sayed Ali Reza About those who sit for dispensation of justice among people but are not fit for it. Among (1) all the people the most detested before God are two persons. One is he who is devoted to his self.…Read more Imam Ali’s Sermon about Selfish and Ignorant Mullahs?
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 