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3 months

Join us on our immersive, contemplative journey to Turkey, June 5-16, 2024. Focus on Mawlana #Rumi . Yes, you will stay in this very beautiful place pictured here. #Istanbul , #Bursa , #Cappadocia , and #Konya . #Mevlana #Mesnevi #Sufi #Sufism #Turkiyye

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omid safi

@ostadjaan

7 years

Remember #Nabra , remember her life, her light, her activism. Don't reduce her to vicious violence inflicted on her. mobilize #NabraHassanen

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7 years

"Not saints, not whores, just women." "We just added English so you wouldn't get scared." #WomensMarch

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5 years

Devastating, dignified, powerful presentation by my sister Suzanne Barakat at the arraignment of the domestic terrorist responsible for the murder of #Deah , #Yusor , and #Razan . Keep the Barakat and Abu Salha families in your prayers, and support the work of #OurThreeWinners .

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4 years

A Thread on Imam Ali. Since these day overlap with the anniversary of #ImamAli ’s martyrdom, I thought it was a good time to offer a thread on his significance in Islam.

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Today’s public service announcement: When you see a poem or saying attributed to #Rumi in which he is reported as saying: “I am not a Muslim”, or “I belong to no religion”, it’s probably fake. A short thread on fake Rumi poems. #mevlana #mawlana #masnavi #sufi #sufism #fakeRumi

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5 years

For fans of #Qawwali music, today is a gift from the God of all beauty: A new recording of the classic 1985 #WOMAD recording of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan at the peak of his powers has been discovered. It's sublime! #Sufi #NFAK #Nusrat #NusratFatehAliKhan

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's Voice Offers A Sonic Refuge

Right before he recorded a string of beloved albums for Peter Gabriel's label, the Pakistani vocal master of qawwali gave a milestone performance in 1985. It's now available for the first time.

www.npr.org

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7 years

They said to give @realDonaldTrump a chance. He declared war on environment, war on facts, and war on education. Enough of a chance for ya?

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4 years

"We sent you as a mercy to all the worlds" All the worlds, all the universes, all the cosmoses. Where our compassion stops at the boundaries of race, nation, gender, religious community, or species is where we have failed the #Prophetic light. All the worlds...

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4 years

Condolences to all Iranians, lovers of Persian poetry, and Sufi poetry worldwide on the passing of the incomparable maestro Mohammadreza #Shajarian , the unsurpassed reciter of poetry of Hafez and Rumi in the original. Virtually every classical Persian vocalist imitated him

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5 years

If you declared a position on whether #Halloween is Halal or Haraam, but haven’t had a mumbling word to say about poverty, babies in cages, global warming, or rise of white supremacy, you might be a part of turning religion into “pious irrelevances & sanctimonious trivialities.”

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8 years

Mayor of London @SadiqKhan breaking #Ramadan fast with Archbishop & Chief Rabbi. Yes, we can live like this.

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4 years

For all y'all fake #MalcolmX lovers who are posting his picture today, the anniversary of his assassination, but have done nothing to actually stand up for his anti-racist, anti-colonial stances in today's world, Malcolm would've been the first to call you out.

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5 years

Long before there was the madness of having 29 tabs open on your computer screen, there was this more serene device to simultaneously keep seven books open and handy nearby. Swoon. ❤️ #books . (located at Biblioteca Palafoxiana in Puebla, #Mexico ) #book #bookclub #booklover

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4 years

A thread on why 99.9% of Hafez quotes on the internet are… fake. Including the ones you probably like. A thread on #Hafiz #Hafez , or I should say #FakeHafez . (Including the one here, which is alas, Fake!)

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I met this saint today She had already read all the books taken their wisdom to heart Then put them aside and became illuminated directly through the light of God

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#EidMubarak . It's indeed strange to think about "celebrating" when there is so much suffering around. And yet I remember ancestors who kept writing poetry in the midst of war, dancing in weddings, praying, doing dhikr, making love, & having babies. We are a people of hope.

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8 years

Jesus said: "Blessed are the poor"? You don't run in front shouting: "No, everyone is blessed." #BlackLivesMatter

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6 years

What will it take for the @nytimes to actually have a title saying: " #Israeli snipers kill unarmed #Palestinian female medic." What the hell is this "woman loses life?" Where did she lose it? How did she lose it? Who took it? Language matters. Who killed her? #Razzan_AlNajjar

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7 years

WOW! this just got real: "Federal judge blocks Trump immigration ban nationwide" #NoBanNoWall #Muslimban

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3 years

#Jedis are #Sufis (part 523). Akhavan House in Kashan, Iran.

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3 years

Here are the stages of ripening that a blackberry goes through. We are like this too. Be patient with yourself. Shower yourself with the deepest grace you’d show someone you truly care about. Do the same for each person you encounter. We are all in this journey together.

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3 years

On Saturday I complete 50 revolutions around the sun. Alhamdulilah, Alhamduilah. Grateful for 50 years. A chance to pause, breathe in gratitude, and breathe out gratitude. Thank you God, for the gift of life itself. Every day is a blessing.

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4 years

Big announcement is here! ❤️ A chance to study the heart-transformative teachings of #Rumi online with me. Our first course is open & online: “The Heart of Rumi’s Poetry” Please share! Much love omid #Masnavi #Mesnevi #MawlanaRumi #Sufi #Sufism

Online Course: The Heart of Rumi's Poetry by Omid Safi

Journey to the heart of Rumi’s poetry. This online course will accompany you through the key teachings of Rumi from his masterpiece, the Masnavi. Sufism. Sufi. Mesnevi. Mevlana.

www.illuminatedcourses.com

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4 years

A lot of discussions recently about works that present an inaccurate view of Islamic spirituality. I wanted to share a thread on accessible and accurate English primary sources on #Sufis , #Sufism #Islamic #spirituality . (prioritizing primary sources, not secondary studies).

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4 years

Here is my new article in Al Jazeera English on the Fake Hafez. #FakeHafez , or why your favorite quote by "Hafez" is not actually something the real Hafez ever said. How a supreme Persian Sufi poet has been appropriated. #Hafez #Hafiz #FakeHafez

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8 years

Let's interrogate families of the #OregonUnderAttack militiamen and spy on their places of worship. Then I remembered: nah, they're white.

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"Calligraphic panel from Morocco features stylized views of Mecca & Medina and representation of the Prophet Muhammad’s sandals, alongside prayers praising the Prophet & a selection of verses from the Qur’an." 20th century #Moroccan sacred art.

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@RealJayWilliams Loved you at @DukeU . Love you now. Respectfully I say you're a prisoner of the moment. MJ: 6 for 6 in finals, 6 MVP.

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4 years

You want to know what it feels like to be an #Iranian & #Muslim in @realDonaldTrump 's America? It is to have a conversation with your little girl about all the war talk against #Iran & to have her grow quiet & ask you: "Baba, are we safe? Is our family safe? We are Iranian."

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There's this radiant 1400 year old Ginkgo tree in Japan that covers the whole ground of a Buddhist temple in golden leaves. If you could see it through the eye of the heart you'd see it as one of the saints #Trees #lifeoftrees #saints #ayat

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4 years

New #Banksy piece is poignantly titled Scar of Bethlehem. #Jesus is not under a Christmas tree. Nor in a shopping mall. And not in many churches either. Look for him (and Mary) where there’s suffering. And bring healing and light there. #MerryChristmas

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6 years

Someone takfir this ish Straight up blasphemy

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9 years

Want to honor #jordanianpilot ? Remember him as a pious Muslim coming to worship his Lord. #MuathalKaseasbeh http://t.co/NWbuTPv5XJ

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4 years

A powerful reminder from the Qur'an [49:13] that the diversity of races, languages, religions, communities is part of the Divine plan. We are not meant to only have others learn about us. We are to learn, intimately, about one another, with one another, through one another.

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1 year

Today's article from the @nytimes featuring professor Christiane Gruber (and me) on the controversy at @HamlineU on the professor who was fired for showing historical, devotional images of the #ProphetMuhammad .

A Lecturer Showed a Painting of the Prophet Muhammad. She Lost Her Job. (Gift Article)

After an outcry over the art history class by Muslim students, Hamline University officials said the incident was Islamophobic. But many scholars say the work is a masterpiece.

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4 years

May we never settle for a small God There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on the Earth why should we hang on to a God bound by a tribal, racial, national conception? Should the God of an unlimited universe not be...vast? Grand? Never settle for a small God

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3 years

Many things in life are complicated This is not one: #Israel , one of largest military forces in the world, armed with hundreds of nuclear warheads, dropping bombs on a defenseless urban population in #Palestine This is an abomination, a disgrace There is no "both sides" here

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4 years

The purpose of sacred architecture is not merely to pull your eyes towards the Heavens It's to remind you that Here & Now on this illuminated earth there is already a bit of Heaven for those who have made God a reality "on earth as it is in Heaven" [Shaykh Lotfollah in #Esfahan ]

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A poem from the Palestinian poet Ghassan Kanafan. Read this poem 3,000 times, once for each of the Palestinian children killed by the barbaric Israeli bombing of Gaza, and speak out on their behalf. Demand a ceasefire NOW. [1/3]

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4 years

There are small shrines in Iran going up to honor George Floyd. We as human beings are capable of this: of reaching out and identifying with the full humanity, the vulnerability, and the desperate cry of our sisters and brothers. #GeorgeFloyd #BLM #blacklivesmatter #Iran

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Best piece of advice i received for writing a #dissertation is this: This is not your masterpiece. That you'll write, insha'allah, when you are in your 60s. This is a "competency demonstration exercise" to persuade 4 advisors that you deserve to join the rank of those w/ a degree

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2 years

@BLKAmericans_ Seems to be: Orange Blossom, 1895. Photographed by Clarence Bloomfield Moore, 1852-1936.

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An gentle, giant tree has fallen and risen as a light in the heavens. Rest in power, rest in peace Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay).... who has returned to the Divine realm. Inna lilah wa inna ilayhi raji'un. #Thichnhathanh #thay

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4 years

My editor gave me one of the best pieces of advice for #writing : 1) Shut off the wifi 2) write first thing in the morning before you get online and get sucked into social media and email. This advice works. When I follow this advice, I write more, better, and more joyfully.

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5 years

@hodakatebi He’s ready. Been practicin’!!!!

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6 years

#Rumi explained through donuts: It’s not enough to have knowledge of the donut, or to see the donut. If you love the donut, you become one with the donut. Then there’s no more “you”, no more “donut”, only yum yum. 💕 #Philosophy #philosophyexplained #Sufis #Sufisdodonutbetter

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And now my watch has ended. It has been my pleasure to serve the @IslamicAtDuke community as Director of the @DukeU Islamic Studies Center for the last five years. Today, I finish my term, and stepping down to return to full-time teaching, writing, and public intellectual work.

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4 years

Fun little fact: In the Qur'an, the same root word is used for #herbs and for #stars . When you eat herbs with this awareness, you are also connected to celestial origins. #Gardening is #sacred . It is life-giving #resistance . (نجم) A star, planet; the Pleiades; also herbs.

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Beauty of Islamic art Here is a beautiful door from Abiyaneh in Iran Inscribed on the door is the lovely statement from the Prophet: "I am the city of knowledge & Ali is its door." When you come to the physical door, you recall prophetic wisdom & how to access it. Masha'allah.

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My heart goes out to friends in #Afghanistan . You have suffered for more than 40 years. Betrayed by so many. And all too often, as in now, there is a deafening silence from so many. May God have mercy, and may your beautiful people be kept safe.

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5 years

Today is #Ashura . May we rise up against injustice and oppression, in our own hearts, in our communities, anywhere and everywhere in the world, no matter by whom or to whom. May every rising up be a redemption, a saving, an act of grace and sanctification. Hossein, #Hossein .

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Pausing today, as I do every 9/25 to honor #EdwardSaid on the anniversary of his passing, and vow to carry on the struggle for dignity & liberation. How can one feel so close to someone we’ve never met in person, but feel guided by their spirit, intelligence, & resistance?

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8 years

All I have to say re: #IstanbulAttack : Love, Beauty, Justice, Mercy, Healing. These shall have the victory #Istanbul

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4 years

One post not about the #Elections2020 . Here is the tower of pigeons in traditional #Iranian architecture. If this was their sense of where birds deserved to live in, imagine what they thought of the aesthetic needs of the human spirit.

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learn from trees be rooted in the soil reach for the heavens offer fruit offer shade to the weary keep the company of others observe the seasons of your life drink deeply from the hidden deep turn towards the sun learn from the trees saints they are

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'Murica: When we go from our first black president @POTUS to the president elect endorsed by the KKK. @realDonaldTrump No, it's not OK.

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Short thread on politics of representations about #Afghanistan . It has already begun: Reduction of #Afghan people to vulnerable women, children to be saved by white savior (soldiers), & monster men. As if there is no kindness in the men & no courage in the women. [1/11]

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7 years

First thoughts on the #LondonBridge Attack. #London #LondonBridgeAttack #LondonAttacks

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6 years

@realDonaldTrump You stupid dumb fuck. Can't even tell the difference between weather and climate. How on God's green Earth did you become president? What a gigantic embarrassment you are to America, science, and the world.

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8 years

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. #martinlutherking #ElectionDay

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5 years

Honored to visit the new #Cambridge #Mosque . It’s a beautiful vision of a harmonious sacred space intended to signal an indigenous aesthetic.

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4 years

I was asked to officiate (over Zoom!) my beloved cousin, Maryam's #wedding . I am (with some of my family) in quarantine in the USA, she and the rest of family in Iran, also in quarantine. In these unprecedented days, where there is much fear, there is also a love that overcomes.

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A thread on the “Night of Power” (Laylat al-Qadr), one of the holy nights in the last ten nights of Ramadan. In honor of approaching the last nights of #Ramadan , known as Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Power, Night of Destiny, a thread on: #Laylatalqadr #Nightofpower #Ramazan

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8 years

This looks like the America that's coming, just around the corner. Confident. Diverse. Excellent. #Rio2016

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8 years

Amazing picture of Brother #MalcolmX , courtesy of @TIME

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3 years

Have you heard that the crescent is the symbol of Islam? This is the crescent.

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4 years

I’ve been saying for years. The problem with the concept of “moderate Muslims” is this: what is it exactly moderating? One side is “extremism/terrorism.” Ok. What’s on the other side? White bread? Vanilla? Total assimilation into Empire? Subjugation? Let us do better.

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“Moderate Muslim” makes it seem like if you were fully Muslim there would be a problem. Like: “Well no, he’s only 50% Muslim so it’s fine.” — @ramy

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Going into my book with @PrincetonUPress on appropriations of #Rumi . Here we have the picture of nepotism, the unqualified daughter of @POTUS , opining on Rumi, erasing his Muslim-ness and his Persianness. Rumi was Muslim and Persian. And we haven't forgotten your "Muslim Ban."

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“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.” ― Rumi, 13th Century Afghan Poet

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You wanna know where God is? God is with the terrified #children , torn away from their parents’ embraces. God is with the brokenness of the grieving parents. God is awaiting inside you, waiting for you to rise up, stand up, straighten your back, and say enough! #ChildrenInCages

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Lots of things in life are complicated. But some are not. Genocide is not complicated. The repulsiveness of bombing a densely populated Gaza to such a rubble is not complicated. Standing up for over 1,500 Palestinian children killed by Israeli bombing should not be complicated.

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Each morning from before dawn till about 9, there is a symphony of birds singing outside my window. There is always a first bird who appears before others & for a while sings alone, summoning the others, beaconing them to arise, awake & sing their song. I am in awe of this bird.

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8 years

So @newtgingrich wants to send me back home. That'd be Jacksonville, Florida. I do miss my parents, so go ahead.

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2 years

Academic friends: We have a full-blown pedagogical crisis on our hands. Went to teach my 1st year seminar. Typically, I make lots of jokes/references to "classic" movies to illustrates points about religions/spiritual paths. Matrix? LOTR? Star Wars? They have seen *none* of them.

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Walking on a beach, you come across this lovely creation. Surely, you'd pause and marvel at the #artist responsible for it. Should we do any less with a rose, a waterfall, the giggles of a child, or the marvel of the fact that we can remember the smile of a parent, a beloved?

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A thread on #Qawwali , ascension and devotion: In the multi-lingual (Arabic, Persian, Urdu) song by the Sabri Brothers called Balagha 'l-Ula Bi-Kamalihi there is this marvelous line about why the Prophet was brought to the immediate Divine presence on the #Miraj (1/4)

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Be mindful of your hearts these days. Reach out for an act of kindness, love, and service. Donate your time, money, or service. Connect your suffering to others, as our humanity is already wrapped up in one another's. #Talmud #SquirrelHill #Pittsburgh #TempleofLifeSynagogue

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Our haft-sin table is set with the traditional-to-us items, including The special “s” item (“sin-drella) that was my daughter’s contribution when she was 4. Wishing everyone a blesssd Nowrooz!!! عید نوروز مبارک!!! #سیندرلا #haftsin #norooz #nowrooz

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4 years

When we say every day is #Ashura when we say every place is #Karbala That means here and now. That means Kenosha. The Yazid of the world today is not a person, it is the very ideology of white supremacy. #YaHossein #YaHusayn #ImamHossein #BlackLivesMatter

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look at a leaf closely see the outline of a whole tree you yourself are like this you contain multitudes you keep thinking you are so small insignificant in this vast world my love you yourself are the vastest cosmos contained in this beautiful small leaf body

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What do we find on the Path? whatever we bring to it. In Attar's majestic Conference of the Birds (Manteq al-tayr), there is a powerful line that states when the birds set out on the path, the path is empty. In other words, the path appears when we take the first step. (1/3)

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There is goodness in this world. There is real kindness. Let's amplify the good.

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My heart wasn't ready for this 😭😭 This seven-year-old girl shows friends her new prosthetic leg for the first time and their reaction is beautiful.❤️❤️❤️ Retweet

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In watching the heartbreaking news out of #Jerusalem #AlAqsa and #SheikhJarrah in #Palestine , I really want to keep the focus on the suffering of our Palestinian sisters and bothers. But I do have to make one short comment on the failed politics of "interfaith dialogue". (1/2)

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Seek places, prayers, and people that open up for you beautiful realms within and around. Then... Become such an opening yourself. Ya Fattah

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You and I friends in isolation God: closer than the beating of your heart وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ #Quran in a time of #Coronavirus #Covid

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"Today, almost every journalist asked me why an Iranian general was in #Iraq . Non of them, however, asked why American generals & thousands of soldiers are in Iraq." & #Afghanistan & #Saudi & #Turkey & #Qatar & #Syria & #Kuwait & #Israel And... This is what #Empire looks like.

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When folks in the East read #Rumi , this is what their manuscripts looked like! This one is from the 1820s. To see Rumi in his original context, join us on the online course: #Mevlana #Mawlana #Masnavi #Mesnevi #sufi #sufism

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Undergrad: "Hi Professor Safi. I missed class today. What did I miss?" Me: Magic. Undergrad: ... Me: 🤷🏾‍♂️

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If earthly beauty is an echo of heavenly #beauty , let's hope a corridor in paradise looks like this. #Iran #Isfahan

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4 years

Once more for those in the back: Our task is not to *humanize* one another. Nope, Nope. We are already fully, completely human. Our task is to remove the structural and institutional obstacles that prevent some people from seeing the already existing humanity of all of us.

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omid safi

@ostadjaan

4 years

#Iranian cultural sites belong not only to #Iran , they are recognized @UNESCO world heritage sites. They belong to the whole of humanity & are protected under Geneva & Hague Conventions. Most of these pictures are from #Esfahan , my ancestral home. #nowaronIran #PeacewithIran

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omid safi

@ostadjaan

6 years

It is not that the theologian John Milbank is merely wrong on faith, wrong on theology, wrong on Christianity, and wrong on Islam. Perhaps as importantly, this view of civilization is outdated, racist, and a slippery slope to ethnonationalist fascism.

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omid safi

@ostadjaan

8 years

Loving both the thunderous roar & the silent dignity of my Muslim sisters. Shine on my sisters & lead. Love & solidarity #CanYouHearUsNow

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omid safi

@ostadjaan

4 years

There is a masterpiece awaiting in the shrine of the heart. We just have to remove the extra. Remove the extra greed the extra ego the extra selfishness the extra pride the extra me-first-ism the extra anger and let the masterpiece shine. Image from shrine of Najm al-Din Kubra

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omid safi

@ostadjaan

4 years

The #Quran offers us a reminder that standing up for #justice is linked to being witnesses for God: stand up for justice first in your own heart, in your own families, and in your own community. May we be such a people, insha'allah. #ihsan #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd

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omid safi

@ostadjaan

7 years

@realDonaldTrump You gutless hypocrite. You can't actually bring yourself to say that it was Muslim worshippers who were killed, victims of ISIS? 'Cause to do so would disturb your binary worldview? When will you see that Muslims have been the majority of ISIS' victims.

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omid safi

@ostadjaan

3 years

A short thread on "HU": The great sage Ahmad Sam'ani wrote an exquisite commentary on the Asma al-Husna (Beautiful Names of God). In it, he brings out something powerful about breath, prayer, and the Names of God. (1/4)

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omid safi

@ostadjaan

3 years

@aaolomi people colonized the whole world for spices and this is the best they can do? 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️😂

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omid safi

@ostadjaan

4 years

Getting ready for the brave new world of online teaching tomorrow. Bismillah! At least @zoom_us zoom lets you pick your background settings, so for the #Rumi class I get to have the background of Mawlana Rumi's shrine in #Konya . Ya Hazrat-e Mawlana!!! #Mevlana

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omid safi

@ostadjaan

8 years

I'd like to report a presidential candidate who's stolen millions from the American people by not paying taxes. #MuslimsReportStuff #debate

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omid safi

@ostadjaan

4 years

Definitive proof that God is real, and God is good: when after three weeks of a quarantine, you find your mom’s qormeh-sabzi hidden in the back of the freezer! masha’allah!!! ❤️ #Qormehsabzi in a time of #Coronavirus . :-)

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