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Episode 53: Islamic Holidays# 5: Rajab
Rajab is the 7th Islamic month and marks the countdown for Ramadan. It’s also one of the four sacred months in Islam, and the month during which we commemorate the Prophet’s Night Journey (Isrā’) and Ascension (M’irāj). Lots of takeaways for this important month!
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Understanding the Muslim Mind
If we could take all of Islamic intellectual history, what sort of patterns and principles could we deduce? More importantly, if we found someone who actually knew all this information, what would they look like, think like, talk like, etc.?
What is Usuli Islam?
In The Clock of the Long Now, Stewart Brand argues that religion is one of the most durable institutions of civilization that helps ground us all in timeless values. In his concept of the forces of innovation (rapidly changing) and durability (slow changing) of civilization, religion would definitely be amongst the more slow adapting forces.
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