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An Italian Philosopher from Italy, writes:
1. You are a theologian, and more precisely a scholar of spirituality who has reintroduced to Western audiences the major insights of Medieval mystics, insisting on their practicability today. Yet in this book you do not use the word "God" even once? Why?
2. I was especially struck, in this book, by your deep yet free relation with the tradition, with the wisdom of the past. What are the difficulties that people have, in your opinion, for understanding this balance? How much do you think this vision is advancing in the world today?
Answer: By Matthew Fox
These questions were put to me by an Italian philosopher on the occasion of the publication of my book on education, The A.W.E. Project: Reinventing Education, Reinventing the Human, into Italian. I felt they were deserving of sharing with an American audience as well.
1. Well, not all medieval theologians were obsessed with God language either after all. Meister Eckhart said, "I pray God to rid me of God" and Thomas Aquinas says every creature in the universe is another name for God—and no creature is. And Francis of Assisi's great poem on Brother Earth and Sister Moon never mentions God or Jesus' name once! The mystical path includes not knowing and unknowing and letting God be God in whatever form he/she is rising to present the Godself.
Furthermore I wrote this book with public school educators in mind and in the US God talk is not encouraged in our public schools. As a spiritual theologian I am more interested in our experiences of God than our invoking that name as such (didn't Jesus say not all who invoke the words "lord, lord" will enter the kingdom?).
I think the experiences of living out the values inherent in the 10 C's presented in this book constitute our experience of the Divine and our putting our spirituality into practice. (The 10 C's that lie at the heart of my agenda for reinventing education are the following: Cosmology/Ecology; Contemplation; Chaos; Creativity; Community; Compassion; Critical Thinking; Character Development; Courage; Ceremony, Celebration, Ritual.)
And that is the point. To do compassion and justice, not to talk about them. The term "awe" summarizes nicely our deepest experiences of the Divine, as Rabbi Heschel taught. Awe is the door for Wisdom and Wisdom is one (of many) names for the Divine, isn't it? And education needs to move beyond mere knowledge to wisdom if humans are to survive and the planet as we know it is to survive.
2. I think the biggest obstacle is ignorance. If for example people do not know that there is and has been a creation spirituality tradition that is rich and foundational in our Western consciousness, a tradition of Original Blessing as distinct from Original Sin and guilt, then we are set up for pessimism and lack of creativity. We fall into Patriarchy and what feminist poet Adrienne Rich calls its "fatalistic self-hatred." If we don't know this tradition we lack a hermeneutic for interpreting our greatest thinkers and artists. Education becomes education for a society based on a secular version of original sin which we now call consumer capitalism. In such a scenario competition and greed triumph rather than joy and truth-seeking. Beauty loses its rightful place as an inherited, original, blessing, into which we are all born.
I think the desperation of our times is calling forth wisdom from the young and from many who recognize that our current, modern way of looking at the world, our lack of a sense of the sacred, is not working and is not sustainable. Education needs a thorough reinventing.
~ Matthew Fox
About the Author
Matthew Fox holds a doctorate in spirituality from the Institut Catholique de Paris and has authored 32 books on spirituality and contemporary culture that have been translated into 60 languages. Fox has devoted 45 years to developing and teaching the tradition of Creation Spirituality and in doing so has reinvented forms of education and worship. His work is inclusive of today's science and world spiritual traditions and has awakened millions to the much neglected earth-based mystical tradition of the West. He has helped to rediscover Hildegard of Bingen, Meister Eckhart, Thomas Aquinas. Among his books are Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the FleshTransforming Evil in Soul and Society, The Pope's War: Why Ratzinger's Secret Crusade Has Imperiled the Church and How It Can Be Saved and Confessions: The Making of a Postdenominational Priest
A new school, adopting the pedagogy Fox created and practiced for over 35 years, is opening in Boulder, Colorado this September. Called the Fox Institute for Creation Spirituality it is being run by graduates of his doctoral program and will offer MA, D Min and Doctor of Spirituality degrees. See www.foxinstitute-cs.org


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Can Not Stop UsPublished October 7, 2014
What can I say about what has happened since the last time I wrote to you all. God has overwhelmed us in many ways, so I am going to share a few with you all. I know that I started out the last post how God has overwhelmed us, but there is more as I said in closing the post. Since the last time I wrote we have had 3 more Bible studies and as I am writing this one, we will have our fourth. So let me get you all up to speed, first as for "new" people, we […]read more


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Instead there's a political storm up north (perhaps wrought by Lord Indra?). The Raja of Perlis, as a constitutional monarch, has somehow got His Royal Self directly involved in politics by installing a man not supported by the party which won 10 out of the state's 15 seats, namely Barisan Nasional.
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barb on October 14, 2014 at 4:22 pm
Is the bubble starting to burst? When is the next election for school board members?? What are they hiding that they can't post a video of their meetings? Get real, have you seen the flags & boots someone placed on the "memorial site" — Pretty impressive if you ask me! Think how great it would look if you 3" who have voted no, would say, "yes, yes, yes" let's put it there. Let's be proud of our vets & put this memorial where it will be seen!!!
Lance on October 14, 2014 at 5:38 am
Atwell, while your at it, why don't you ask the district for how much they spent on lawyers fees to draw up that 75 year lease with the veterans?
WI Mother on October 13, 2014 at 9:02 pm
If Village Residents have any say in this Veterans Memorial and it's location, as agreed upon, it will be done as planned. School Board beware, the petitions are coming and beware of your next election day..
Richard on October 13, 2014 at 7:07 am
Peet and Scott make a good point.
Peet on October 13, 2014 at 6:06 am
Why bring it to a vote? Knowing the vote will fail? Because then it at least shows everyone where each of the Board members stands. Otherwise, if they won't vote yes, what do you do? Wait? Delay? That would be stringing everyone along, and the members in opposition would be unaccountable. That's why you bring it to a vote. Now everyone knows exactly who it holding this back and who supports it.
Scott on October 13, 2014 at 6:38 am
I totally agreee pete. I'm glad Tharp and Crapitto decided to expose these three school board members for the lefty, anti-veteran liberals that they are.
Richard on October 12, 2014 at 6:38 pm
Post the video Tharp and Crappitto. Post the video of every board meeting. We are a busy citizenry in Greendale. The Village post their video. You record every meeting.
Why won't you post video's of your meetings?
Mr. Attewell: Why don't you file a Freedom of Information Act request politely respecting Mr. Crappitto and Mr. Tharp release a dvd or MP3 fileof each school board meeting up to and through last Monday's meeting.
They have the video done. If they refuse, haul them into the court of law and court of public opinion.
Ask the three no voters on the veterans memorial if they don't believe in the public's right to know too
Panther Backer on October 12, 2014 at 2:42 pm
This village deserves more than this level of stonewalling.
Please post the meeting video Superintendent Tharp.
Please start placing every meeting video recording on your web site and on the Village TV Channel. We know you record each meeting.
Do this now before we the people start attending your meetings and put the video recordings on You Tube. Fill Attewell's fia request.
Daniel on October 11, 2014 at 6:46 pm
Bill, thanks for your excellent reporting on this. I mostly agree with you, but I don't know why you give the school board members the benefit of the doubt on their motivations. I'm not sure what more these three women could have done to show their disdain for local veterans and the military.
The part that bothers me most is that I moved to Greendale from Milwaukee 4 years ago in large part because of the school district. I have two children who will soon attend Greendale schools and I'm a tad worried the incompetent leadership might have infected the teachers and front line staff. I don't know many successful organizations who have such rotten leadership (except maybe the NFL). This have been an eye-opening week.


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Tokyo is about the safest urban area imaginable. My wife grew up near Tokyo and between the two of use we have lived in and visited Japan maybe 50 times. Never at any point were we the victims of any crime and no one we know personally has ever been the victim of a crime, unless you count paying US$5 for coffee once.
That said, there are a few things to watch out for with your kids.
- Folks drive on the "wrong" side of the road for us North Americans. Even older kids used to crossing a street need to slow down and remember to look the, um, "wrong" way first.
- Many Japanese street are narrow and without sidewalks. Keep a close watch on little ones.
- Trains and subways have automatic doors that can whack a small kid, or catch an arm or shoe.
- Taxis have back doors that swing open automatically. If your child is too short such that the cabbie can't see her, he might pop that door open and hit her smack in the face curbside (another "safety" tip is to be careful when you use a taxi—the flag drop cost is about US$6 and a ride that sees you stuck in traffic can run up a mighty bill in a hurry).
- Many train and subways stations have no escalators or elevators, so be prepared to carry a small child, a baby stroller or a tired spouse.
- While it is very easy to avoid eating meat while in Japan, it is very, very hard to avoid all seafood. A friend whose child is allergic to peanuts complains that few products have full ingredient descriptions on them, even if you can read Japanese. Be careful with allergies.
- Trains, buses and subways can get very crowded. Be careful if your child stands at about the right height to get whacked by a briefcase or shopping bag carried by a fellow passenger. Weekday mornings, from 07:00-09:00 are the most crowded times.
Sort of a safety issue are the advertisements for adult/sexual services around town. You'll see these playing card sized ads stuck all over some phone booths at night. The ads can be quite graphic and may not be something you'll want the kids to see (or pick up).
On the same subject, magazines and comic books with sexual/violent content are sold fairly openly in Japan. You'll want to make sure the magazines on the rack in front of your child are appropriate. Some after midnight TV shows feature mild sexual content but unless your kids have really bad jet lag they won't likely see any of this.
Some of the most offensive pornography comes in the form of comic books on sadomasochistic themes. We've had experiences where someone was reading such a comic on the train in front of our kids, who we felt should not have to be exposed to such things (not that adults shouldn't also have to have such content displayed publicly to them either). This thing can jump at you in odd places: a stop into a plastic and model railroad kinda toy shop took a weird turn when we faced a display with painted anime-style figures tied up in nasty sexual poses.
Be aware that areas around certain train stations (the "bad" sides of Shinjuku and Ikebukuro Stations come to mind) after dark have lots of night clubs and massage parlors, many of which have photos of the performers on display out front. Exercise good judgement based on what is most appropriate for your kids.
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i found one of the most scary experiences (and there were really very few) with my 3 year old and 6 year old in tokyo to be the "gap" between train and platform as well as crowded platforms themselves. not enough to dissuade us from using the subways constantly, but i was very careful and i think my son has a permanent hand mark around his wrist where i was clutching him.
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Paris, November 18 2015 - Indigo publications is pleased to announce that Philippe Vasset, 43, has been appointed Executive Editor, overseeing the editorial teams at Africa Intelligence, Intelligence Online, PresseNews and La Lettre A.
An investigative journalist and author, Philippe Vasset first joined Indigo publications in 1999, serving as Editor in Chief of Africa Energy Intelligence and, from 2007, as Editor in Chief of Intelligence Online.
He left the company in September 2014 after being awarded a one-year artist's residency at the Villa Médicis in Rome by the French Ministry of Culture.
Now that he is back with Indigo Publications, he will draw on his 15 years of experience within the group to strengthen the investigative capacity of its different publications and develop their editorial content.
Philippe Vasset obtained master's degrees in philosophy and geography from Paris Sorbonne University and a master's degree from the School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (Maryland) in the United States.
He is also a writer of fiction who has published seven novels, all published by French publishing house Fayard. His work has been translated into Italian, English and Russian.
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Anna H. Walter
Anna H. Walter is an extraordinary artist. Anna was born in New York and has lived in New York her entire life. Anna has an admirable positive outlook on life despite the challenges that she has encountered. Anna sees art in everything. For our Art Cards and Holiday Bazaar exhibition, we were very happy to display Anna's tote bags with her mixed media art cards. I loved spending time with Anna in her home and studio and it was honor to get to know her and her work on a deeper level.
BH: What prompted you to become an artist?
AW: When I was in first grade, the teacher setup easels, poster paint, big paint brushes with red paint, and jars. I drew a girl. I was having a ball. I took the brush and put it in the paint and then I splattered the paint. I watched it drip down and I was in awe. I thought, this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. But the teacher came over and because I wasn't in the box, she said to me "Anna, you're so messy." I laughed. I burst out laughing because I realized that she doesn't understand what joy this is. That is when I decided that this is what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
BH: How did you get into textile design?
AW: I studied fine arts at School of the Visual Arts. After graduating, I did clerical work. It was mindless so I could still do my art. When my son was three I began to look for a job that I could stick with. I was speaking with my son's nursery school teacher and she asked me what I was good at. I replied that my color sense is great and I can do design. She suggested that I go to FIT and see if I could do something with design, so I did. I got a full scholarship. I then did textile design for eight years.
BH: What happened next?
AW: Then I started to have trouble with my eyes. My retinas tore. My retinas were fused and I now see pretty well. My left eye is almost perfect. It hasn't affected my art because all of the pictures are in my brain. I was freelancing as a textile designer but I did not have benefits. I needed benefits, so I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The only position they had was the guard position, which I took.
A younger guard at the Met did this drawing of me. He asked me what I did when I was young. I said, I used to do the frug, which is a dance. He did this sketch of me.
I was a guard for five years when I was approached for a position in the Lost and Found/Uniform Room. We were in charge of the security guards tailoring and lost and found. There were three of us. I was the first woman that they had down there. I started in 1988 and I retired in 2001/2. When I had the spine surgery, they gave me a year to come back because it was a very physical job. It was a two year recuperation before I could feel normal. I went on disability and then I retired early. But the good thing is that it freed me up to do my art.
BH: Can you tell me about this piece?
AW: This piece is about my body. I had two ten hour operations to fuse my spine in 2001/2. The surgeries were scheduled back to back over two weeks. When I came home, I started doing visual journals. With the visual journals I am able to transform all of the bad stuff that I've gone through. At first, I could physically only do postcard size watercolors. I don't time my work, but this took about a year or two. I tried to transform my body with all the hardware and all that I went through. It was a two year recuperation. I had to learn how to use my limbs again. I transformed my body into the ocean and things that make me happy: the ocean, the Jersey shore, there is a lot of New York in the background because that is my environment.
AW: My art and my creatively are the one thing that I can rely on. When I am making my art, I don't think of anything. I am in the moment. The text in this piece "I wore my heart on my sleeve" refers to how I am sensitive and I wish I was more teflon. I have heart, which I suppose is a good thing.
BH: What inspires your work today?
AW: I focus on seeing things as I walk down the street. I have always looked at the way moss grows out of cement. Most people don't notice, but if I look at the sidewalk, I see murals.
I was with my son and Ned and these were by the garbage but not in the garbage. The workers must have stopped for the day. I said to my son, they are throwing these away, could you pick them up for me. My son said, are you sure that's legal. I said, to the workers it is garbage, but to me that's art. It is the life of NYC, that people have walked over. It is the activity. It's alive.


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A Novel of Suspense
by M. J. Rose
A gothic tale about Victor Hugo's long-buried secrets and the power of a love that never dies ... In 1843, novelist Victor Hugo's beloved nineteen-year-old daughter drowned. Ten years later, still grieving, Hugo initiated hundreds of séances from his home on the Isle of Jersey in order to reestablish contact with her. In the process, he claimed to have communed with Plato, Galileo, Shakespeare, Dante, Jesusand even the devil himself. Hugo's transcriptions of these conversations have all been published.
Or so it has been believed ...
Recovering from a great loss, mythologist Jac L'Etoile thinks that throwing herself into work will distract her from her grief. In the hopes of uncovering a secret about the island's mysterious Celtic roots, she arrives on Jersey and is greeted by ghostly Neolithic monuments, medieval castles and hidden caves. But the man who has invited her there, a troubled soul named Theo Gaspard, hopes she'll help him discover something quite different transcripts of Hugo's lost conversations with someone he called the Shadow of the Sepulcher. Central to his heritage, these are the papers his grandfather died trying to find. Neither Jac nor Theo anticipate that the mystery surrounding Victor Hugo will threaten their sanity and put their very lives at stake.
Seduction is a historically evocative and atmospheric tale of suspense with a spellbinding ghost story at its heart, written by one of America's most gifted and imaginative novelists. Awakening a mystery that spans centuries, this multilayered gothic tale brings a time, a place and a cast of desperate characters brilliantly to life.
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"Starred Review. A luxurious, sensual experience for the reader. This atmospheric tale of suspense is fully engrossing." - Library Journal
"The 1843 drowning death of Victor Hugo's beloved eldest daughter, Didine, provides the catalyst for Rose's well-crafted paranormal novel of suspense. Rose is especially good at recreating Hugo's despair...making his abandonment of rationality all too plausible." - Publishers Weekly
"What sells the book - what sells all of Rose's books [is] the author's boundless enthusiasm for the material... and we can't help getting caught up in that enthusiasm." - Booklist
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by Shaikh Abdullah El Faisal
03.15.2012 (Evening Dars)
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We will continue with the Tafseer of Surah Taubah
- many people missed many segments
- go to the blog and get the recorded version
- we stopped at Ayah 64
The hypocrites fear lest a Surah (chapter of the Qur'an) should be revealed about them, showing them what is in their hearts. Say: "(Go ahead and) mock! But certainly Allah will bring to light all that you fear." (At-Tawbah 9:64)
- so, one of the characteristics of a Munafiq
- is that he fears that what is in his heart will come to light
- a man who drinks alcohol is not a Munafiq
- many of you do not know what Munafiq means
- a man who drinks alcohol is a faasiq, a sinful person
- a munafiq is one who says that he believes in Islam
- but in his heart does not really believe this
- a Munafiq is worse than a kaafir
Verily, the hyprocrites will be in the lowest depths (grade) of the Fire; no helper will you find for them. (An-Nisa 4:145)
- there are two types of hypocrisy
- the man who goes to the casino and gambles is hypocrisy of the limbs
- people who go to casino also commit Zina and they gamble away
- to commit Zina, gamble, drink alcohol are hypocrisy of the limbs
- we are not Khawarij, so we do not make Takfeer on people who commit hypocrisy of the limbs
- when a person says that he believes that Muhammad was prophet
- but in his heart he does not believe, then he is worse than a kaafir
- the ones who have doubts about Islam and about their faith
- when these hypocrites borrow your money, they do not give it back
- and when they know your secrets, they reveal them
- the hypocrites fear that a Surah will come down to reveal whom they are
- Allah said I will bring to light the very thing that you fear
- Allah meant that He was going to send the Angel Jabreel to Muhammad
- and reveal all the names of the hypocrites
- when the angel came and gave the list to Muhammad
- Omar Ibn Al Khattab said, oh Muhammad, let me chop of their heads
- the prophet said do you want the people to say that Muhammad is killing his own companions?
- so the prophet did not pronounce a death sentence on the hypocrites
Ibn al-Qayyim (rh) said: The more faith and knowledge a person has, the more he will fear that he may be among this class of people (i.e., hypocrites), hence the leaders and earliest generations of this ummah were so afraid that they might be among them. 'Umar used to say to Hudhayfah: I adjure you by Allaah, did the Messenger of Allaah (SAW) mention me along with the people (i.e., the hypocrites)? He said: No, but I would not praise anyone after you, meaning; I would not praise people (by saying that they are not mentioned among the hypocrites). It does not mean that 'Umar was the only one who was free of hypocrisy. Tareeq al-Hijratayn (p. 604)
- the hypocrites went to jihad for the booty and for the concubines
- sometimes you abstain from doing something because you do not want it to backfire in your face
- some scholars say in Islam it is not allowed to kill hypocrites
- they use this hadith to say that, this fatwa is wrong
- and it goes against the Sunnah
A man came to the rasul and asked for his opinion
- but when he was given a verdict, he did not accept it
- so he went to Abu Bakr for his opinion, Abu Bakr asked, did you ask the prophet?
- he said yes; but I want your opinion. Abu Bakr drove him away
- then he went to Umar for his opinion, Umar asked, did you ask the prophet?
- he said yes; but I want your opinion. Umar said wait I'll bring you my opinion
- he reached for his sword and chopped off his head and said this is my opinion
- the prophet did not rebuke Omar, this is evidence that you are allowed to kill a Munafiq
But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad SAW) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission. (An-Nisa 4:65)
- and when you give the verdict, they have no resistance to your verdict,
- but they accept it whole heartedly, this is why this ayah was sent down
- so where did these scholars get this dodgy Aqeedah from?
- a layman cannot kill a munafiq, if you leave this to a layman, they will kill innocent people
- if you spy for the kuffaar against the Mujahideen, a layman cannot pass the verdict to kill the spy
- one of the Khawarij picked up a date from the ground and ate it
- he was asked did you ask permission of the owner of the orchard, he said no
- the layman said you are a kaafir and cut of his head
- when a layman makes Takfeer it is because his feelings were hurt
- but when the time comes for them to make Takfeer, they never make it
- but they make it when their honour is dragged through the gutter, then they make Takfeer
- or if they lose their property
- but when it comes to making Takfeer when Allah's Shariah is dismantled
- they never make Takfeer, these people do not know anything about the religion
- if you see a man bowing down to Idols
- will you say I cannot make Takfeer on him because I do not know what is in his heart?
- this is hislam
- You are not allowed to say that you cannot make Takfeer on this person
- the man who goes to the Kaafir courthouse for judgement is like the man who bows down to idols
While 'Allama al-Shinqiti-May Allah be merciful with him-has said: To commit shirk with Allah in judging is of the same meaning as to commit shirk in His worship, there is no difference between the two in any manner. There is no difference in any sense between he who follows a system (nizam) other than Allah's system or law other than Allah's law (sharia) and he who worships an idol or prostrates to a false god. They are the same and both are polytheists [associating others] with Allah. (Adwa' al-Bayan, 7:162)
- because Tauheed Hakimiyah is the brother of Tauheed 'Ibadah
Muhammad Ibrahim [the shaikh of bin Baaz] said in page 6 of his book Tahkeem al Qawaneen: "Tawheed haakimiyya is the twin half of tawheed Ibaada."
- some of you do not know how to debate with the hypocrites
- you need to sharpen your debating skills
So Whosoever abandons the wise Shariah which was revealed upon Muhammed ibn Abdullah, the seal of the prophets, and goes to other abrogated Shariah for judgment, he becomes a Kaafir. So how about the one who goes to al-Yaasiq (man-made law) for judgment and gives it precedence (over the Sharia of Muhammed (saw). Whosoever does this has become a Kaafir by the Ijma of the Muslims. Ibn Kathir, Al-Bidayah Wan-Nihayah, Vol 13, p119
- you have to make Takfeer on the one who dislodged the Shariah
- when multi-corporations come to your country with Riba banks
- they need the permission of the king, the king made Haram Halal, that is Istihlal
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (SAW) said: "Riba has seventy segments, the least serious being equivalent to a man committing adultery with his own mother." [Ibn Majah, Vol. 3, p337, #2274 and Mustadrak Al-Hakim, Vol. 2, p43, #2259]
- the hypocrites are terrified, they do not want the prophet to know what is in their heart
- but when a hypocrite speaks they tell you what is in their heart
Surah 47 verse 30
Had We willed, We could have shown them to you, and you should have known them by their marks, but surely, you will know them by the tone of their speech! And Allah knows all your deeds. (Muhammad 47:30)
- when they open their mouth to speak they tell on themselves
- a kaafir would say "why did Ali and Mu'awiya battle at the battle of Sifin?"
- a Munafiq always asks questions that only Allah can answer, why?
- because he is searching for a reason to leave to Islam
- like he will say: "Where was Allah before He created His Arsh (His throne)?"
- "how is Allah over the 'Arsh?"
Imam Malik: "Allah's rising over the throne is known, and how is unknown, to have faith in it is obligatory and to question it is an innovation ". Then he said to the questioner: "I do not think except that you are an evil man". So he ordered him to be expelled
- how Allah is over the Arsh is unknown to us, to believe that Allah is over the Arsh is Wajib
- to ask about it, is a bidaa - a cursed innovation
- Imam Malik was not the first to kick someone out of his study circle and he will not be last
- this is because hypocrisy is contagious just like the AIDS virus
- do not sit with someone who ridicules Islam, they talk about the negative aspects of Islam
- why don't you talk about when the Muslims conquered Egypt
-1453 AD that is when Muhammad Al-Faatih conquered Constantinople
- till today the Kuffaar of Europe are still licking their wounds, he was only 19
- till today they do not want Turkey to be part of Europe
- the empire destroyed by al-Faatih lasted one thousand five hundred years
- by the Roman empire
- Shaikh says to the hypocrites
- why do you talk about the Fitna of Ali and Mu'awiya? the negative aspects of Islam
- talk about when the Muslims conquered Constantinople, Sheikh has been in Turkey twice
- Tariq Ibn Ziyad was 17 when he conquered Spain
- talk about when the Muslims destroyed the USSR, recently, in 1980s
- whenever al-Munafiq brings up these topics always remember Baqara 134
- use this ayah to checkmate the Munafiq
That was a nation who has passed away. They shall receive the reward of what they earned and you of what you earn. And you will not be asked of what they used to do. (Al-Baqarah 2:134)
- that Ummah has passed away, they shall reap what they sow, and you shall reap what you sow
- Allah will not ask you about the fitnah of Ali and Mu'awiya
- He will ask you about the siege of Gaza, what did you do to help?
- what did you do about Syria, or when the Muslims were being raped in Bosnia
- British Soldiers are raping 9 year olds in Afghanistan
- An American soldier killed a 2 year old and they flew him out of Afghanistan
- Aghori Hindu eating human flesh and drinking their own urine
- half of the people in this room are not aware of this DVD
- Sheikh has 50 students who search the web and bring him DVDs
Aghori Hindus:
- watch this in your spare time
- Allah said, I am going to do the same thing your fear
- I am going to send the angel Jabreel with a list of your names
- some scholars say it was 30 people on the list
- Allah sent the list so the prophet did not have to guess who the hypocrites were
- and the prophet told one Sahabah the name, Hudhayfah Ibn Yaman, the keeper of secrets
- why did prophet chose a man and not a woman?
- because a man can keep a secret better than a woman, this is the reality
...'Umar used to say to Hudhayfah: I adjure you by Allaah, did the Messenger of Allaah (SAW) mention me along with the people (i.e., the hypocrites)? He said: No, but I would not praise anyone after you, meaning; I would not praise people (by saying that they are not mentioned among the hypocrites). It does not mean that 'Umar was the only one who was free of hypocrisy. Tareeq al-Hijratayn (p. 604)
- Omar Ibn Al Khattab used to watch Ibn Yaman, to see if he goes to a Janazah
- so Omar can go to the Janazah and pray over the dead person
- and if ibn Yaman does not go, then Omar knew he was a Munafiq
- it is haraam to go to the Janazah of a Shi'ite or a Goofy Sufi
- a man who calls the Mujahideen Khawarij and terrorist, you cannot go to his Janazah
- the Mujahideen are fighting to liberate land and man
- you are not allowed to listen to a Sheikh who does not support the Mujahideen
- some of you are so evil, you gravitate to these Sheikhs
- listen to Fawzan, to fight and kill the Mujahideen is the greatest Jihad, that is haraam
- the British MP said AT should be closed down
- you the British if you are worried about what I am saying, why do you not assassinate me?
- I do not want fame, I want Shahada (martyrdom)
- the kuffaar are in Afghanistan killing 2 year olds, they killed 18
- so who has more hatred in their hearts, Sheikh or the kuffaar?
- the kuffaar urinate on the bodies of dead Muslims, kill toddlers, Abu Ghraib
- just when we think we have seen it all, they do worse
- Shaykh does not have any blood on his hands
- Shaykh does not rape or kill anybody, so who has hatred in their heart?
Narrated by An-Nu'man bin Bashir: The Prophet (SAW) said: "The likeness of the believers in their mutual love, mercy and compassion is that of one body; when one part of it suffers, the rest of the body joins it in staying awake and suffering fever." [al-Bukhaari (6011) and Muslim (2586)]
- the Muslims, in their love for each other, are like one body
- as a Shaykh if you keep quiet about, Iraq, occupied Palestine, Chechnya,
- and not only that, but you call the Mujahideen names
- you are not a real sheikh, you are a 'milk-sheikh'
- back to our tafseer
If you ask them (about this), they declare: "We were only talking idly and joking." Say: "Was it at Allah, and His Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and His Messenger (SAW) that you were mocking?" (At-Tawbah 9:65)
if you ask the hypocrites what they said about Muhammad
- they will say we were speaking Idly/joking
- say to them: is it Allah and His Ayahs, His signs, you were mocking? don't seek to find excuses
Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after you had believed. If We pardon some of you, We will punish others amongst you because they were Mujrimûn (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals, etc.). (At-Tawbah 9:66)
- some of you see a Muslim woman in a niqab, you say look at the ninja, you are a kaafir
- if you laugh at an aspect of Islam, you are a kaafir
- if you see a Muslim brother with his beard and laugh at his beard
- and say "you are a Billy goat", you are a kaafir
- do not die as a kaafir, we produced a CD, the 25 things that make you a Kaffir
- it does not get clearer than this
What did they say about Muhammad?
- they said his ears are everywhere
see 9:61
And among them are men who hurt the Prophet (Muhammad SAW) and say: "He is (lending his) ear (to every news)." Say: "He listens to what is best for you; he believes in Allah; has faith in the believers; and is a mercy to those of you who believe." But those who hurt Allah's Messenger (Muhammad SAW) will have a painful torment. (At-Tawbah 9:61)
They were annoyed the prophet kept in touch with fiqhul waaqia (current events)
- they said we can not escape him
- I tell you the munafiq, when they prayed behind the prophet
- he knew what they were doing, he could see behind him
- and this was one of his special merits
How did he know Abu Sufyan was coming from Syria with a huge caravan?
- because he had spies
- because he kept in touch with fiqhul waaqia
- the hypocrites of Madina were annoyed
- saying 'how is it this Prophet has ears everywhere'
- they tried to justify what they said about Muhammad
- they said we were joking
Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after you had believed. If We pardon some of you, We will punish others amongst you because they were Mujrimûn (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals, etc.). (At-Tawbah 9:66)
- say: is it Allah and his messenger, you were laughing at?
- when you laugh at something Islamic you are a Kaafir
- this is one of the 25 things that make you become a kaafir
- it is called Kufur in perspective, we covered this before
- but many of you missed the topic. Sheikh sees new faces in the room every single day
- the topic is important, because Allah said, do not die, unless you dies as a Muslim
- 3:102
O you who believe! Fear Allah (by doing all that He has ordered and by abstaining from all that He has forbidden) as He should be feared. [Obey Him, be thankful to Him, and remember Him always], and die not except in a state of Islam (as Muslims) with complete submission to Allah. (Aali Imran 3:102)
The hypocrites, men and women, are from one another, they enjoin (on the people) Al-Munkar (i.e. disbelief and polytheism of all kinds and all that Islam has forbidden), and forbid (people) from Al-Ma'rûf (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do), and they close their hands [from giving (spending in Allah's Cause) alms, etc.]. They have forgotten Allah, so He has forgotten them. Verily, the hypocrites are the Fasiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allah). (At-Tawbah 9:67)
- Allah said, they forbid people from Ma'aruf
- Ma'aruf means Islam, anything Islam has ordered
- they do not give Sadaqah and Zakat
- they forgot Allah, so Allah forgot them, the fasiqoon are rebellious to Allah
- a scholar who is a Munafiq will tell you you are allowed to join the British Army
- Yusuf Qardawi passed this fatwa
- his walaa wa baraa is upside down and around
- then you have a scholar who will tell you Democracy is Islam and Islam is Democracy
- that is another example of a dodgy fatwa like Azzam Tamimi
- I am sure Shaikh Haitham Al-Haddad believes in Democracy as well
- how can you pass a fatwa and say that it is halal to have a military base in Jazeerat Al Arab?
- Bin Baaz passed this fatwa
- the American Army that urinates on the dead Muslim bodies!!
- many Sahabahs died to cleanse the Arabian Peninsula of the Kuffaar
- Tubbah:5, tells you the Kuffaar should not be on the Arabian Peninsula
Then when the Sacred Months (the Ist, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of the Islamic calendar) have passed, then kill the Mushrikûn (see V.2:105) wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and prepare for them each and every ambush. But if they repent and perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and give Zakat, then leave their way free. Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (At-Tawbah 9:5)
- so Bin Baaz betrayed the blood of the Sahabahs
- no wonder the Mujahideen called it the Satanic Fatwa of Bin Baaz
- how can he betray the blood of the Sahabah?
- by allowing a base of the Kuffaar in the Arabian Peninsula
- Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar are part of the Arabian Peninsula, Syria is not
- Tantawi passed a fatwa, about obeying the French government banning the Hijab
- Tantawi of Egypt,
Egypt cleric 'to ban full veils' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8290606.stm
- how can you say that the Kuffar who died September 11 in NY
- they will go to Jannah because they died as Shaheed? Hamza Yusuf passed this fatwa
- what about the ones that were Atheist and Homosexuals? will they go to Jannah as well?
- that is impossible!
- because if you die outside the fold of Islam your destiny is to abide in the hellfire for ever
And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers. (Aali Imran 3:85)
- in 1979 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and Bin Baaz passed a fatwa
- that Jihad is Fardul Ayn to liberate Afghanistan
- I say to the MADkhalis, when Bin Baaz said that Jihad is mandatory
- we did not have a caliph, so what do you mean "there is no jihad without a caliph?"
- who is teaching you your religion? your religion is not Islam, it is Hislam
- why did I bring up these thing? the rubbish Aqeedah of the covenant of security?
- this makes Sheikh want to vomit
- how can there be a covenant of security with people who kill babies
- covenant of security means a peace treaty with the crusaders
- the covenant of security is broken a million times by the kuffaar
- every time they kill a Muslim
- you are not allowed to take your deen from any Sheikh who preaches that Democracy is Islam
- or one who says to dismantle the Shariah of Allah is a minor Kufur
- or one that does not highlight the plight of the Muslims of Gaza or Chechnya
- or from a Sheikh that claims that Fiqh Al-Waqi is not important, that is the MADkhalis Aqeedah
- You are not allowed to take your deen from a Sheikh that says that if you insult Muhammad
- you are not a kaafir, because you may have had a bad upbringing
Al-Albani: (We don't think this accurate is in absolute sense, because it is possible that this insult (sabb) or reviling (satam) is the result of ignorance, bad upbringing, negligence, And lastly it could be with intent and knowledge, and in that case, it is a clear apostasy, of which there's no doubt. But if it carries either of the former situations which I pointed at. Then it's best Islamic to refrain from Takfeer than to rush towards it.) Source: Silsilat al-Huda wa al-Nur, tape nr. 820, min. 46:03).
- Albani passed this fatwa, Albani was an extreme Murji
Al-Imam Ishaq Ibn Rahawayh said: (All muslims are in consensus that whoever curses Allah or curses His Messenger, or rejects something from what Allah revealed, or killed a prophet, that he is a kafir; and even if he accept what was revealed by Allah. And Al-Khattabi said, "I don't know of anyone who disagrees with the obligation of his killing." And Muhammad Ibn Sahnun said that the scholars are in consensus that the one who curses the Messenger is a Kafir; and whoever doubts his Kufr is a Kafir.) Taken from (Kitab al-Sarim al-Maslul 'ala satim al-Rasul, by Ibn Taymiyya)
- many Muslims in Northern Nigeria, believe that where Aqeedah was concerned Albani was not a Muslim
- the second part of the fatwa is devastating to Albani
Abu al-Husain Muhammad Ibn Ahmad al-'Asqalani said: «The Mu'tazila of Baghdad and Basra, and all of ahl al-Qibla, there is no ikhtilaf between them concerning, that the one who doubts regarding the kafir then he himself is a kafir, because the doubter (sakk) concerning kufr there's no 'iman for him, because he don't know kufr from 'iman. So there's no dispute between the Umma, the Mu'tazila and other than them; that the doubter concerning the kafir is kafir!" Taken from (Kitab al-Tanbih wa al-Radd 'ala ahl al-Ahwa' wa al-Bida', by Muhammad Ibn Ahmad al-Malati)
- the one who insults Muhammad is a Kaffir
- this is why this room is called Authentic Tauheed because we have Hujjah for everything we say
If you think that I made a mistake, come forward, so I can make amends publicly
- not privately – PUBLICLY - because the Taubah of a Sheikh has to be made publicly
- the hypocrites say "what if Bin Baaz made Taubah for allowing the Americans in the holy land?"
- the Taubah of the Sheikh has to be made publicly
Except those who repent and do righteous deeds, and openly declare (the truth which they concealed). These, I will accept their repentance. And I am the One Who accepts repentance, the Most Merciful. (Al-Baqarah 2:160)
- this ayah says that the Taubah of the Sheikh has to be done publicly
- you can use this for a debate
- if the Sheikh bets on the national lottery, gambling, this Taubah can be done privately
- but a mistake that he made while preaching on the Minbar or in a book
- this Taubah needs to be public
…They have forgotten Allah, so He has forgotten them. Verily, the hypocrites are the Fasiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allah). (At-Tawbah 9:67)
- Allah is saying: they forget Allah so Allah forget them
- is there anyone in this room who believes Allah forgets? if you believe this then you are a kaafir
- you cannot take this Ayah literally, so what does it mean?
- Allah has no weaknesses, he does not forget, lie or oppress
- the Tafseer is, they ignored Allah so Allah ignored them
- you cannot take all of the Quran literally, this is why we studied, Nahw, Sarf, and Balagha
- When Allah said: I swear by the morning hour, and I swear by the night, your lord doesn't forsake you, neither does he hate you
By the forenoon (after sun-rise); (Ad-Duha 93:1)
And by the night when it is still (or darkens); (Ad-Duha 93:2)
- wa wajaduka dalen fa hadak
- 93:7
And He found you unaware (of the Qur'an, its legal laws, and Prophethood, etc.) and guided you? (Ad-Duha 93:7)
- dalan means you are astray, that is the literal meaning of the word
- we found you astray and gave you guidance
- are you going to say that our beloved prophet Muhammad was astray?
- Is that how you are going to translate it?
- the proper translation is: we found you unaware
- you were not aware that there was a holy book called the Quran
- we sent the Angel Jabreel and he said "Read"
- these are the first five verses of the Quran to be revealed
Surah 96
Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists), (Al-'Alaq 96:1)
Has created man from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood). (Al-'Alaq 96:2)
Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous, (Al-'Alaq 96:3)
Who has taught (the writing) by the pen [the first person to write was Prophet Idrees (Enoch)], (Al-'Alaq 96:4)
Has taught man that which he knew not. (Al-'Alaq 96:5)
- Allah said we found you unaware and we gave you the guidance
- you cannot translate the Quran literally and say that he was astray
- he did not worship the idols, he was pure before he became a prophet
- before he became a prophet he was called "the truthful" and "the trustworthy"
- Balagha= you are not allowed to give a Tafseer until you are learned in Balagha
we stopping at Ayah 67
-Sheikh will explain each Ayah, without rushing the knowledge


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Five Ideas To Spark Creativity In Kids
Children are known to be very curious when it comes to knowing everything they wanted and they seemed to be very much interested about just anything around them. There are different ways on how you are going to make your child even more creative, but first you should know what they are more interested in.
Here are the five ideas to spark creativity in kids such as reading with your kids, build something together, play games together, watch television together, and draw together. Consider doing these things if you want your child to be more creative.
Reading with your kids is one of the fun things to do especially if you are reading with them their favorite story and you explain to them every detail of it. Reading alone will not spark creativity with your kids; you should entertain their questions and explain to them what they are trying to understand. Here you can say that they did really learn something from what you have read. If they are already able to read, you can also let them read it would you and afterwards you can discuss it to them, and ask them what they have learned from the story.
Another exciting thing is to build something together, if you want to teach your kids to be creative, let them build something with you together. It may be building a little play house, or build any fun things. You can let them suggest what is the best thing to do and how they wanted it to be like. In this situation you have just learned how creative they can get if you listened to them, and let them do things. If they have projects in school get involved with it but do not do it yourself.
Children love to play games and if you will just let them they wanted to do it all the time unless they get tired. However, if you want your kids to develop creativity play with them, and when you buy toys consider buying they can learn something. There are already toys that even toddlers can learn how to count number, and read the alphabet. Nowadays that computers are one of the kids toys, they would prefer playing it than other play things, so you must also play with them.
Kids love watching television especially those cartoon movies. Make sure they only watch movies where they can also learn something, and let them do it if they wanted to.
Through watching television your kids can see and learn a lot of things like music, motor skills such as dancing, and art. If your kids got interested with what they, let them do it. Provide them with all the drawing materials and draw together. You must be a great example to your kids so that you can make them creative individuals.
When children live each day aspiring to express themselves, they become imaginative, creative and free. It's important that we instill in them the confidence that it's alright to be creative and express their emotions, dreams and ideas through what they most love to do.


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Christian Bale is a Welsh actor who came to fame in 1987 as the child star of Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun. He has emerged as a remarkable performer and a versatile actor in the film industry. Batman's saga proved to be his phenomenal success. He has this amazing ability to transform his body and disappear into the character. Lets have a look at the following 15 best Christian Bale movies of all time:
15. Metroland (1997)
Based on the novel Metroland by Julian Barnes, this comedy drama is the story of a British photographer Chris (Christian Bale) who was happily married and started a family in Metroland. After 10 years Chris's friend Toni returns and makes him think to get back to his carefree youth where he used to take drugs and make love with Annik.
The motion picture is all about whether Chris picked the right life or not.
14. Laurel Canyon (2002)
This R-rated drama is the story of Sam (Christian Bale) a recently graduated psychiatrist and Alex whose completing her Ph.D. in genomics. The newly engaged couple moves to Los Angeles at Jane's, Sam's mom, place.
Jane is a wellspring of dismay for Sam, as they both have a fairly strained relationship, because of their different mindsets. Alex, however, is fascinated by the new way of life choices exhibited by her mother in law.
"Laurel Canyon" overall isn't a win apart from the terrific performance of Christian Bale.
13. All the Little Animals (1998)
The story focuses on a fearful and mentally disturbed man named Bobby (Christian Bale). He escaped from the home in order to get rid of his oppressive stepfather nicknamed "The Fat" who murdered his pets.
To spare himself, Bobby flees to the countryside where he gets to know John Hurt, a hermit with the awkward disposition of burying dead animals.
The film is the story of love, the power of the simple and the "unpowerful" in society.
12. Public Enemies (2009)
This is the story of the bank robber John Dillinger living openly in Chicago and chased by an FBI agent Melvin (Christian Bale).
He was at the height of his criminal career and no jail could hold him. However, at the end Dillinger was inevitably betrayed by a relative who disclosed the authorities exactly where to discover him on one night.
This crime drama was honored as the Top Box Office Films at ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards.
11. American Psycho (2000)
This Bret Easton Ellis's novel based story is about the dual personality wealthy New York banker Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) who is an egoistic Wall Street official by day and a killing sociopath by night.
This dazzling period satire retains the balance between a psychotic state, thrill and fun. Bale got the best actor award at different award ceremonies and the movie was awarded as the Best Movie at International Horror Guild.
10. I'm Not There (2007)
This musical drama is inspired by the life of an American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan who remained in the limelight for more than five decades for his popular music. Seven characters played by six actors interlaced together to reflect the various shades of Dylon's life and music. Each character depicts a new and fresh take on Dylan's life.
The fascinating Christian Bale gets the chance to show two sides of the master, as folk prophet Jack and later as the Pastor John.
The picture was awarded the Best Film award at the Venice Film Festival.
9. Treasure Island (1990)
This film is the adaption of a famous adventure novel Treasure Island written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1883. Jim Hawkins (Christian Bale) finds a treasure map and sets out on a trip to discover the treasure, but pirates accompanied by Long John Silver intend to take the treasure for themselves.
Treasure Island has been adapted for both the film and television more than fifty times, making it the most filmed story of all pirate tales. However, this film is the most accurate and the best interpretation of the novel.
8. The Machinist (2004)
The Machinist delivers all the suspense and thrills a great movie in this genre needs. Bale spent months on a diet of tuna, apple and black coffee to lose almost 60 pounds to fit in a character of a skinny insomniac factory worker who is a forlorn man, disdained at work, returning to two ladies who are benevolent to him: Stevie, a hooker, and Marie, an airport diner waitress.
The heart of the film is a star-making performance by the handsome Christian Bale. He pulls it off with great finesse.


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