On Rumors

Here is another interesting article from Psychology Today. This is the first time I have come across with this magazine. The articles in it seem to be of mixed quality. Especially, I have problem with how they essentialize males and females – their desires, attitudes, behavior – without giving consideration to the variations within and [...]

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Justice and Resistance: A Tribute to Imam Ali

On this day, the 21st of Ramadhan, the day of Imam Ali’s martyrdom, I would like to pay him a tribute through Dr. Ali Shariati’s words.

In his speech, On the Plight of the Oppressed People, Shariati talks to the graves of those slaves who did not have any control over their lives and who were [...]

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THE WORLD IS THE BOOK OF GOD ALMIGHTY

I hope the readers were able to follow the ruminations in the previous six posts. The discussion started with the problem of ascertaining knowledge and culminated at outlining the Realistic Islamic Worldview.

Below I want to look at how this Realistic Islamic Worldview is presented by the Quran and how it may be applied to a [...]

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From Our Philosophy (V): The Realistic Islamic Worldview

The question of worldview is important because it shapes our understanding of self, our interaction with the world, its Creator, and other fellow creations. Our understanding of the world relates to the subject matter of natural and social sciences as well as philosophy and religion. So, for example, in the field of natural sciences, we [...]

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Pearls of Wisdom from Imam Ali

On this felicitous occasion of the birth anniversary of Imam Ali, I copy below some of his profound sayings that were quoted in the 2002 Arab Human Development Report, published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). As the title suggests, this report is an account of the current social, political, and economic conditions (including [...]

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