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Holy Spirit
All that Spirit enters is Holy, and Spirit enters Everywhere. Spirit simply Is, just like We Are. Each have their own unique value and relationship to Spirit. Thus, any notions of a Universal Sense of Holy and Unholy that Divides People is but wrongful religious inventions of Which God is not part of. All of…
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Colonization versus Conquests
I once asked an AI chatbot why, when it is about Europeans who seized new lands, it’s called “colonization”, but when others did the same – for example Arabs and Muslims – it is called “conquests”. The first term is very condemning while the second is much more forgiving. It basically answered something like “the…
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Revelation does not cease
There is a verse about God’s oneness in the Quran, painted by how it’s impossible for a servant to have two masters. Yet, in many instances throughout the Quran, God is constantly mentioned together with the prophet Muhammad (الله ورسوله). So to me, that verse about a servant having two masters serves an important point; when…
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The heart of diversity
How can diversity have any meaning, if diversity of thought is rejected? How can diversity in people’s external worlds be of any value, if diversity in their inner worlds is banished? The former is superficial while the latter is essential (both literally and figuratively). Our inner worlds are our most intimate parts. How can one…
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Diversity of thought
A person voiced that “this generation is all about diversity, except diversity of thought”. This is such an important statement. No diversity matters if there is no diversity of thought, because it’s by thought that we perceive, discern, categorize and come to an understanding of them and anything else. Allowing the very existence of that…
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About the burnings of the Holy Quran
Dear Muslims, You now have the greatest chance to prove to the world, the vastness of your religion’s complexity and its deep ability to handle conflict. It is now that you have a chance to show the world a mark of your religion’s tolerance and peace. It is now that you can show the greatness…
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Is truth a card?
The typical saying of that when you point a finger, three points back at you? It is indeed timeless. I once saw a picture in a window, facing the public, saying ”Give the red card to racism!”. How one could want to do such a thing is another topic. But it inspired this post. People…
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Assimilation
I recently wrote about assimilation. I would like to clarify something. Assimilation doesn’t mean that different cultures, traditions and norms can never be practiced within a society that prefers a specific form of these things. It also doesn’t mean that we cannot have healthy debate about which aspects of cultures are good or bad, cross-culturally.…
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National integrity
Diversity and multiculturalism presumes that all cultures are good or equally good, when they aren’t, depending on which frame of reference one starts from. Some cultures or cultural aspects are a matter of taste and personal (in this case national) inclinations, while others are bad on a moral, universal or human level for example. It’s…
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Healthy debate
Can we please, everyone, start listening to and responding to the actual point of an argument, instead of resorting to personal attacks or attacks on the structure of the argument? Because those things don’t say anything about whether the actual point someone proposes is true or not. What matters is whether a statement is true…
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Kindness and truth
When kindness becomes the highest purpose of truth, truth becomes threatened. Kindness is good as an ideal, but not as an expectation and demand. Then it loses its beauty and constructiveness. It is not kind to expect that people mustn’t speak about what is right, true, honest or of value to them, or stand for…
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Who am I?
Who am I? I am. I am me. A refining person. A searcher and creator of meaning. A lifeful person. A person that expresses my personality and my interests. A person that realizes, knows and cares for my worth, and lets it rise freely. A person that aims for greatness in all good things and…
The Searcher Who Wants to Give 