PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 66: Islamic Holidays #11: Hajj Season The Hajj pilgrimage is the largest communal devotional act Muslims preform. While it is the trip of a lifetime, the blessings...
Read more PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 65: Understanding the Self (nafs) This episode is a brief commentary on َQuran 45:23. It explores the power of the lower self and how only by turning to God can we dig...
Read more PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 64: Conflict, Perspective, & Time Why are some people passionate about issues that we might not care about? Why are some people willing to fight one another, indeed go...
Read more PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 63: Islam & Politics In this episode I address the role of Islam in high-politics and low-politics (defined by me in the beginning of the episode). Faith, understood...
Read more PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 62: Islamic Holidays #10: Eid al-Fitr Eid al-Fitr is the culmination of the massive achievement of Ramadan. In this episode I offer some points on how to really make the...
Read more PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 61: Islamic Holidays #9: The Night of Power The Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr) is the peak of Ramadan and a tremendous opportunity for us to not only turn to God with...
Read more PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 60: Islamic Holidays #8: The Battle of Badr The Battle of Badr is the most important and decisive battle from the life of the Prophet (God bless him and give him peace)...
Read more PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 59: Islamic Holidays #7: Ramadan Ramadan is the peak of the Islamic calendar. It is the greatest opportunity we have to reset our spiritual system. While we let the body...
Read more PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 57: Islamic Holidays #6: The 15th of Sh’aban The eve of the 15th of Sh’aban is one of the most significant and spiritually important times in the Muslim calendar. It is a...
Read more PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 56: Islamic Principles #20: The Environment We cannot be who we are or do the things we do except through and by the natural world around us. The Quran and Hadith...
Read more PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 55: Islamic Principles #19: Benefiting from Others The boundaries of civilizations and religions are fundamentally porous. It is common for them to speak to one another...
Read more PODCAST Making sense of islam with tarek Elgawhary Listen Today on Episode 54: Islamic Principles #18: Towards an Islamic Paradigm In our current context it is common to hear discussions about the compatibility or non compatibility of Islam with...
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