Islam is a faith like no other in that we celebrate acts of worship. Our main two celebrations, Eid, both happen around two (of five) of the pillars of faith: fasting and pilgrimage.
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The title to this post in a line from one of my favourite songs Warrior//Worrier by Outlandish. I was driving on the highway after dropping my daughter at school a few weeks back and as I was driving I was scanning my head for trying to think of something to listen to that would give my spirit a spark. This song came to my mind and I turned it on; from the first line it was like it was the missing piece that tied so many life experiences together into a nice package that made it all make sense. That’s the beauty of art – something I have come to really appreciate in these « panorama » days of our lives.
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We have all, without exception, experienced a challenging and difficult year. I too have had quite the experience that I can say has broken me in a way I never could have foreseen.
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We live in a world full of opportunity and with each opportunity dozens of options. In the midst of all these choices I have also begun to notice a culture of control, rather than having these options expand our horizons and provide a new sense of freedom, instead I find it nails down our limbs and limits our expectations. We now only expect what we want and are almost never willing to try something different or do something new outside the boundaries of our own expectations.
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منذ فترة كتبت الخاطرة التالية: “ليس هناك أصعب من مسامحة نفسك .. وليس هناك أسوأ من الندم”، لا أدري ما هو الأمر عند الرجال ولكن أعرف أن بالنسبة لنا نحن النساء نمر بمراحل عصيبة نتسائل هل نحن نستحق ما نحصل عليه؟ وهل كل ما نفعله كافياً؟ وأهم سؤال… هل هناك ضوء في نهاية النفق؟ والإجابة العاقلة هي بكل تأكيد نعم دائماً هناك أمل ولكن في بعض الأحيان من الصعب على العقل إقناع القلب بهذا الإيمان في الله في هذه الظروف الصعبة (more…)