Dialogues with secularists/modernists
Kalash people, ancient greeks, hebrew gnosticism, Ishmaelite pronomian gnosticism and anti-imperialist phariseeism
Shalom on truth seekers. I am a Pakistani orthodox Muslim with Hebrew roots. Although the article is informative it contains stereotypical inaccuracies repeated by xenophobic anti-gnostic trinitarian fundamentalists. This article can help overcome many westerners to overcome their anti-Eastern xenophobia. As far as forced conversions are concerned, Quran 2:256 explicitly forbids them unlike Bible. Many ancient Hindu and ancient Hebrew tribes have voluntarily converted to Islam by virtue of Sufi pro-Ishmaelite gnostics, so pro-Israelite gnostic should respect their Abrahamic cousins. The Phoenecian Hebrews you discussed can choose to prefer their Abrahamic roots over Hellenistic roots and vice versa. Muslim philosophers like Averroes are one of the best examples of synthetic civilized identities. Taliban are a recent political phenomenon initially supported by Reagan, but now many orthodox scholars denounce their antinomian instances of phariseeism fearlessly. I have a friend from Chitral who knows Kalash people voluntarily converting to Islam due to Sufi missionaries of Tabligh. He also shared a kalash joke telling Muslims, that if even Muslims drink alcohol, so if you want us to convert to Islam, stop sinning before lecturing us. This is called ad hominem but Sufi gnostics love ad hominem criticism as it is necessary for moral and spiritual progress.Descendants of Esau settled in Babylon and in some of the Phoenician Cities such as Tyre.
The Kalash People: The Lost Blonde Hair and Blue Eye Tribe of Alexander the Great in Pakistan
High Tech and sexual revolution
A message from the acting Chair
To the current and future electrical engineering community at Princeton:
As we respond to the recently revealed case of sexual harassment within our department, I want to reiterate the importance of treating each other with the greatest humanity and respect.
Any behavior or attitudes that lessen the dignity of another human being have no place in our department.
As acting chair, I commend all who speak up publically or privately and work to prevent abuse in all forms, and I pledge to work with you to foster a safe, inclusive, healthy, productive work environment for all.
Claire F. Gmachl
Acting Chair
Quran and violent intercultural conflict: The case of a controversial late fellow Pakistani
Assalamu alaykum Aurangzaib bhai. Thanks for the article. It helps modern educated pro-traditional people like me to know the ground realities more. My advice for both poles of Pakistani spectrum is to overcome our worst fears of the other by educating people about both anti-traditional and anti-modern xenophobia. The Recited Logos of Quran revealed to both physical and spiritual Ishmaelites teaches that homo sapiens are created weak and we have psychological weaknesses whether we are modernists or traditionalists. Modernists should empathize with traditionalists for preserving our roots although imperfectly and traditionalists should be educated about possible goodness of imperfect modern humans because Quran says we should stand for justice and truth even if is against our own selves (wa law ala anfusikum). Because sometimes we are defending our partially truthful egos instead of complete truth.
Urdu equivalent in Roman transliteration containing the gist: Mardan waqia awr Qurani rehnumai: Asa. Qadeem ulama ko chahiye ke wo Wa law ala Anfusikum par amal karay yani haq bat qubul karay hatta ke agar apne khilaf kiyu na ho. Jadeed talim yaftagan ko chahiye ke darakht ki hifazat karnay walo ke sath shafqat awr shukarguzari ke sath pesh aye. Allah farmata he insan kamzor he chahe qadeem ho ya jadeed.
Fighting public smoking and geopolitical oppression: Precedent of an injured Pakistani anti-tobacco activist
Is Left pro-Islamic?At the crossroads of cultural temptations and international law
Message to a modern nature photographer among Prophetic descendants
Assalamu alaykum bukhari bhai. I am so pre-occupied with reading the blessed and glorious history of your grandfathers that I am not left with time to appreciate your art of photography. But today while occasionally looking at your photos, I said SubhanAllah with greater aesthetic awe than felt within monasteries.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1178524
To proponents of integral spirituality
Although Quran 3:85 explicitly talks about soteriological exclucivism, but to make people appreciate that on their own terms I am involved in intra-Abrahamic and intra-Ishmaelic ecumenism in secondary issues after faith in unitarianism and all Abrahamic Messengers. I like existential psychology because Kierkegaard loved Abraham peace be upon him and because he tried to struggle with temptations like orthodox Muslims. Although I follow both Sola Scriptura and mystic movements and the middle integral path between them, I like it when Sufi saints think: I think therefore I am not, but Scripture also talks about self rights.
Existentialism, sexuality and facing the anxiety of abstinence
Being an orthodox Muslim, I was curious about the relationship between existentialism and sexuality. Kierkegaard was a monk. I read that although abstinence does not have any physiological adverse effects but it produces anxiety, which a failed sexual relationship also causes. But I found a clue in this article that one must face anxiety rather than trying to escape it. Thank you very much.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evil-deeds/201101/what-is-existential-psychotherapy
Letter of a traditionalist to Hartford Seminary
I am a traditional orthodox Muslim belonging to a scholarly family. Although I have an engineering background, PhD in Islamic Studies program here attracts me and it will keep attracting modern educated orthodox Muslims. My question is: Is the mode of education there halal/kosher? I mean co-education. Most of us cannot economically afford Hartford education because the most spiritually gifted and conservative of us are the least involved in secular activities of economic self-sufficiency based on Hadith: O God make my descendants (intellectual and biological) live at subsistence level. So, does Hartford aim at raising liberal rich interfaith leaders only? What are other modern alternatives for such academic rigour? If in future scholarships here are based on some test to analyze the academic merit in classical scholarship, may be you induct the right kind of students.
