Sep 305 min
Praying as a Local in Nusantara: Migration to the Malay Archipelago
My parents brought me to the United States when I was 12 years old, with one purpose: to find a better education and life trajectory. In...
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Jul 84 min
Deciphering the Suffering Heart of Ahlul Bayt: Imam Husayn and Jesus Christ in Ibn al-ʿArabi’s Writings
The suffering and martyrdom of imam Husayn, the son of Ali b. Abi Talib and Fatima al-Zahra the daughter of the prophet Muhammad ﷺ, may...
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Apr 244 min
Interreligious Dialogue at the ‘Unsaid’: Reflections from the Kaufman Institute Interfaith Convening
I had the pleasure of attending a two-day interfaith convening at the Kaufmann Interfaith Institute, housed at Grand Valley State...
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Apr 154 min
Metamodernism and Interreligious Dialogue: The Advent of Paradox
I began my previous blog with a mention of ‘Metamodernism’, the name given to the artistic, intellectual and spiritual epoch we find...
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Apr 94 min
Eid as the Space Between: Mysticism and Viewing Religion as Art
The advent of ‘Metamodernism’, a much better description of post-postmodernism, began with a discussion on art, as evident in Vermeulen’s...
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Mar 234 min
SimplyIslam: Singapore and the Unscared Sacred amidst Secularism
Stepping inside SimplyIslam, one of the foremost institutions of Islamic education in Singapore, one does not sense much difference from...
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Mar 164 min
Mukha Café: Liminal Spirituality in a Post-Secular Age
He merged the two seas, they meet. Between them is a barrier, they do not transgress Holy Qur’an (55:19-20) In the universe, there are...
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