Islam

First Friday prayers at Hagia Sophia in 86 years

The full khutbah (sermon) and Friday prayers from the opening of the Hagia Sophia Mosque after 86 years. The khutbah was delivered by Ali Erbas, the head of the Presidency of Religious Affairs. https://youtu.be/EncbNx7DQw4 https://youtu.be/XAR4L7s5uuA

Friday Reflections 24.07.2020

Salam alaikum. Jummah Mubarak. This week I read and discuss one of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim's sohbets in Mercy Oceans Rising Sun (1986) titled, “No One is Refused” that goes into how we approach, treat, and respect one another as Human Beings, on the Human level transcending differences of belief, gender, age, and all other distinctions.…Read more Friday Reflections 24.07.2020

Friday Reflections 17.07.2020

Salam alaikum. Jummah Mubarak. In this week’s Friday Reflections I read from the Conference of the Birds by Shaykh Farid ud-Din Attar, reflecting on the story of the partridge and attachment to the things of this world. https://youtu.be/oNmpiBp-x2E

Friday Reflections 10.07.2020

Salam alaikum. Jummah Mubarak. In this week’s Friday Reflections I read from Mercy Oceans Endless Horizons (1981) by Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani, and discuss the how we achieve happiness, along with our rights and responsibilities as citizens within our societies. https://youtu.be/vgHt8sn_i40

Try not to Hate

https://youtu.be/Lg-MqzP6-E0 Mawlana Shaykh Nazim ‘Adil Al-Haqqani Sohbat, 25 September 1989 It is the horizon of humanity, a person reaching to highest position of humanity, then that hate goes from him. Under (that horizon) it always that people hating, loving, fighting, coming in peace - so many things. But real wisdom from old nations, from old…Read more Try not to Hate

Friday Reflections 03.07.2020

Salam alaikum. Jummah Mubarak. In this week’s Friday Reflections I read from Liberating the Soul, A Guide for Spiritual Growth, Vol. 1 by Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani, and discuss the need to be patient, especially during these difficult times. https://youtu.be/frJSTUxD2TY

Friday Reflections 03.07.2020

Salam alaikum. Jummah Mubarak. In this week’s Friday Reflections I read from Liberating the Soul, A Guide for Spiritual Growth, Vol. 1 by Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani, and discuss the need to be patient, especially during these difficult times. https://youtu.be/frJSTUxD2TY