Assalamu alaykum. Anwar Masood brought me here due to his preference for a national Pakistani identity compared to his Punjabi identity. I also appreciate him for naming one of his humorous poems after Quran 59:2 about tragedy of East Pakistan. Islamic sexology has been practiced for centuries and even Mother of Believers has described the sacred sexual norms in detail and some narrow minded Shia brothers have criticized that. But even the Prophetic descendants in Shia texts have responded to questions vaguely similar to oral sex and fingering and supposedly allowed that. At least that responds to their biased criticism. Latest research has shown that many of Freud’s theories do not match the scientific evidence. For example oedipus complex never made any sense to me. Before dying Freud wrote about his Prophet Moses peace be upon him but secular Muslims are mostly ignorant about that. Cousin marriage, plural marriage and early marriage are still taboo in West. Darwin married his cousin. Martin Luther called plural marriage biblical and Romeo and Juliet were a case of teenage romance. NYT even published and glorified a Mormon pre-teen lesbian recently but they hate early heterosexual marriage. So, your criticism of Pakistani society is based on your own Scriptural and even western ignorance.
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Al-Atash: Dying with thirst in desert of karbala and the thirst for sacred knowledge
Assalamu alaykum sister. I am an electrical engineer and a student of Tafsir, Hadith and Ahlulbayt from Pakistan and I am happy to know there are pak(pure) people in India who love the pak struggle of Imam Husain(as) against secular Muslim government of his time. Today I wept when I read the word Atash in wikipedia biography of Imam Daralqutni(r) in the context of thirst for sacred knowledge. فحُبب إليه طلب العلم وقد ساعده على ذلك مامنحه الله من تعطش شديد للمعرفة For example, Imam Husain(as) learnt the dua of qunut from his Nana, I guess, even before puberty. I wanted to tell my mother why I wept, but she could not recognize what Al-Atash means. I am happy that there are still modern educated sisters in the world who know Arabic words of religious significance. I like the approach of Zaydi Shias of Yemen who do not exaggerate in mourning and avoid public weeping which can become riya (pretentious worship) and self-mutilation. Dr. Ali Shariati an Ithna Ashari scholar has said that we should become Alawi Shia instead of becoming a Safawi Shia.I am happy that you are informed about history like Dr. Rajendra. God bless you. Imam Muhammad Al-Baqir(as) said: Our true Shia are those who do not disobey Allah and pray tahajjud. God bless you. -
The passionate desire of 21st century believers for a sapio-adorans synthesis
Peter Bell I heard recently from a respected friend that the theology of technology is just beginning to be developed, and is not caught up to the actual changes in technology that we face every day. This is a cutting-edge field of work for the brightest minds and most faithful hearts to engage the ethics and cosmic dynamics of our upcoming technology. We as a society (and as believing people) very much need this.Ishmael Abraham Since, I am involved in cutting edge research in technology while being a student of sacred Islamic texts, please pray for me to contribute much to this area of sapio-adroans synthesis before dying, so that God consider us a knight of Christ as well as the Ishmaelite righteous King. Future belongs to the faithful, God willing/In Sha Allah. Martin Seligman admits that believers are far more optimistic about future than the Godless. I read the word technology in a spiritual context here, which may not be precisely relevant here, but shows the passionate desire of believers for a sapio-adorans synthesis. -
My orthodox Muslim zoologist mother and stolen dead body of James Lind
My mother was teaching students about James Lind so I wanted to know his beliefs so I discovered that his dead body has been stolen.From contemporary correspondence still on file we know that ‘the Vicar of Portchester had it by hearsay from his predecessor that an old lady organist told him that Lind’s body had been disinterred from the Portchester vault about 20 years after the burial, and removed to the Isle of Wight’ (Summary 1953). James Lind’s son John had moved to Ryde, and is buried in Holy Trinity Church there: but there are no other Lind coffins in the church except for those of John’s wife and two of his daughters. The Commander-in-Chief then advertised in the local papers, the Evening News (Evening News 1953a; 1953b) and the Hampshire Telegraph. No definite result emerged from this that did not contradict the story already known: but by 10 May 1953, the Sunday Dispatch carried the headline ‘Body vanished fifty years ago – hospital advertises for it’ (Sunday Dispatch 1953). The article continues ‘Search is going on all over the country for the body of the great naval surgeon, James Lind, which was buried in St Mary’s Church, Portchester, Hampshire, in 1794 but had disappeared – with its coffin – when the vault was opened 50 years ago.’ After some discussion of Lind and his work the article concludes on a dramatic note: ‘Some old inhabitants of Portchester say ‘It is possible body-snatchers took it. Those were queer days. Strange things happened.’’ -
Authentic Torah Zionism and how greco-roman pagan culture tries to destroy it
Ishmael Abraham Hertzl was anything but orthodox.James Lay Zionism predates Hertzl, he may have been responsible for the modern take on it but it’s integral to the Jewish culture and religion.Ishmael Abraham We believe in Torah Zionism too which means that God’s laws should prevail in the Holy Land. But heretic Godless Zionists use that desire of believers to advance gay rights and greco-roman paganism of western culture.James Lay Nothing wrong with gay rights or the Greco-Roman pagan culture.Ishmael Abraham The cultural imperialists think like that. But we are not like Native Americans, we have Quran.James Lay Native Americans had less of a hangup about homosexuality than their European western counterparts. In fact homosexuality has more of a stigma in the judeo Christian islamic traditions. The Quran doesn’t mean anything to me, it has the same position as any other holy book.Ishmael Abraham But their traditional culture has been completely obliterated. And, we and our future generations will keep resisting it. Prostitution arrived in North America with the early European settlers. According to The Reader’s Companion to American History, there was no Native American counterpart to the purchase of sexual favors (Gilfoyle) -
A Shia believer shares a story from a book about ten vanguard Companions
A rare sacred manuscript unavailable on internet about the virtues of ten vanguard Companions. It’s name is Riyad An-Nazirah fi Manaqib Al-Asharah.My response to an Urdu-speaking Shia believer who shared that: Allah humain dono khazano se istifaday ki tawfiq de. Yeh kitab un 10 Ashab(r) ke baray me he jin ke baray me Shaheede Ahlebayt Hazrat Saeed bin Jubayr(r) farmatay he: Yeh 10 Namaz me apke peechay sab se qareeb hotay awr jang me apke agay apkay sab se qareeb hotay.May God allow us to benefit from both treasures of sacred knowledge. This book is about the virtues of the ten vanguard Companions about whom the martyr of Prophetic family, Saeed bin Jubayr, remarked: These ten were the vanguard both in the congregation and in the battlefield. -
A unifying story: Sitting together at the blessed pulpit and playing with pebbles
The second Caliph of Islam and the Prophetic grandson sitting together on Prophetic pulpit.أقلب حصى بيدي میرے ہاتھ مین کنکریان تھین جن کے ساتھ مین کھیلتا رہاYe jumla zahir karta he ke Apka ikhtilaf dil lagi awr muhabbat per mabni tha.I kept playing with pebbles in my hand while sitting on the pulpit. This statement shows that the disagreement was based on humour and affection.واہ اچھا ہے -
Silicon valley and EE vs CE: Dialogue with one of the brightest minds of engineering from my Muslim country
Me:What is your favorite area in EE?Yar my focus shifted a bit towards computer engineering. I mean the overlapping area between EE and CE. So mostly I’m doing some kind of programming.VHDL or C++? I think programming is suited to your logical nature of IQ, while I was horrified by programming because my IQ is of spatial nature. I love understanding structures like a cell in biology or structure of semiconductor devices. CE always seems as the most latest and popular thing because masses interact with it more while EE can seem to be a boring traditional discipline beyond the admiration of masses.He works for Silicon valley. May God protect him from contributing to murderous military industrial complex and may he serve in partially philanthropic industries like biomedical engineering.Do you work on military or biomedical projects? Neither. These days working on home automation kind of projectsThanks God, we do not serve the nwo military industrial complex.Hahaha. And to respond to your earlier query, I use C, C++, python etcI fear python and its brothers like Moses peace be upon him .
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Sociology research: Why West celebrated right to drive in Saudi Arabia?
Sex and cars two of America s and the worlds favorite thing, it should be no surprise that they have ties.It is obvious the tremendous impact the car has had on our lives and the world we live in. Whether you believe it is for better or for worse that the automobile was created it will no doubt continue to have a great impact on travel and an array of other characteristics of our lives. As for sex , well all things aside we need it to reproduce.Muhammad Mushrraf Really interesting.I remember an old man, in eighties, told me before a month or so, that bicycle was a great source for he corruption of the youth in his village, and when a boy had a bicycle, then it means that he wouldn’t be able to continue his study. Everything which facilitates easy communication and interaction, has the potential to stir such things.And, when it comes to cars, then the matter is on gigantic scale, definitely.Peter Bell I heard recently from a respected friend that the theology of technology is just beginning to be developed, and is not caught up to the actual changes in technology that we face every day. This is a cutting-edge field of work for the brightest minds and most faithful hearts to engage the ethics and cosmic dynamics of our upcoming technology. We as a society (and as believing people) very much need this.Ishmael Abraham Since, I am involved in cutting edge research in technology while being a student of sacred Islamic texts, please pray for me to contribute much to this area of sapio-adroans synthesis before dying, so that God consider us a knight of Christ as well as the Ishmaelite righteous King. Future belongs to the faithful, God willing/In Sha Allah. Martin Seligman admits that believers are far more optimistic about future than the Godless. I read the word technology in a spiritual context here, which may not be precisely relevant here, but shows the passionate desire of believers for a sapio-adorans synthesis. -
Existential dysphoria, nihilistic sufism and nihilistic militancy
Thinking about existential dysphoria made me visit the blog and I liked it. Since I am both a patrilineal and matrilineal descendant of Abraham peace be upon him, my DNA made me explore theistic existentialism via Kierkegaard who wrote Fear and Trembling about my grandfather. I have theistic psychotherapist friends who recommend reading Martin Seligman who has acknowledged that theists tend to be more optimistic than secularists. I think nihilism is a logical consequence of industrial revolution and sexual revolution, but our traditional culture is still successfully resisting both revolutions and therefore nihilism but one can find nihilistic movements in the traditional world. Nihilism literally means annihilation and some sufi saints have talked about annihilation of ego while witnessing the divine ego. However, that is incompatible with our modern existence as well as our own texts. Then, there are militant anarchists who think that it is impossible to resist temptation while being a part of modern culture so they resort to militant anarchism to destroy with nihilistic passion. However, I have embraced a synthesis of radical anti-modern skepticism and self-annihilating sufi compassion.
https://wewalkamongyou.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/how-existentialism-helped-with-my-dysphoria/
A spiritual Ishmaelite 