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Making Dua’a [Imploring] 

Every conscious being for something sometimes or often implores. Either to God, to some deity or to deity-like. For believers, it has a spiritual dimension, so they often implore. Those who are patient wait for its fruition. Those who are impatient or after waiting a long time get frustrated begin seeking answers for its non-acceptance.  Here is my unconventional point of view about it. Readers…

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Making Dua’a [Imploring] Food for Thought. ...

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Islamic Traditionalism Vs. Modernism (Reinterpretation)!  

Most Muslims do not even realize that what they are following as a religion is a collection of centuries-old traditions passed on to them without any refinement or little, if at all. A general impression, understanding, or belief is that, like the Qura’anic text, everything else is as well sacralized, preserved, and immutable.   I must remind the readers that it is an extensive subject and would…

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Islamic Traditionalism Vs. Modernism (Reinterpretation)! Food f...

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Wife beating in Islam. Food f...

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Wife Beating in Islam! 

In the West, it is a common practice of the Governments, theologians, and media to pick some traditions, injunctions, or practices of Islam and start pounding upon them to malign Islam, the Quran, or the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). It reaches its epitome when it becomes imprinted on the minds of ordinary people, who are either Islamophobes, anti-religionists, atheists, or simply ignorant, hence…

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Will Atheism Overtake Theism?  [What contributes the most to atheism, Christianity, or Islam?]  The first use of the term atheism can be traced back to the Greek scholar Sir John Cheke in a translation of Plutarch’s on superstition. The 17th and 18th centuries were distinct due to significant intellectual achievements that paved the way for an academic type of skepticism and a form of…

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Why are In-laws despised in almost all cultures? 

In-laws are like a necessary evil. They do not volunteer their relationship, but a linchpin or third party drags them in. Initially, I thought that in-laws are despised only in South Asian cultures due to mother-in-law’s binge brutal behavior with their sons’ wives due to lack of education even though, more often, wives are their relatives. [Men’s mothers choose their nieces or close relatives as…

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A peaceful world? Food for Thought. S...

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How is one chosen as an Ayatollah? Food fo...

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Proof of the existence of God. . Food fo...

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Proof of the existence of God. 

[Through the creation of the universe and Miraculous Qura’an].  God’s existence cannot be argued or proven merely by rational reasoning until priori knowledge of God is elevated, from subjective to usual posteriori, empirical or consciousness level. Comprehension through the senses is the posteriori, or consciousness level amongst humans providing the basis for argumentation/reasoning about what…

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How is one chosen as an Ayatollah? 

Through decades of outstanding scholarly work, which inspires the devotion of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of followers.  A typical ayatollah’s career takes him to one of the Shiites’ holy cities, like Najaf in Iraq or Qom in Iran. There, he studies at one of the pre-eminent Shiite seminaries, where he becomes an expert in theology, jurisprudence, science, and philosophy. After years…

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