• Ep. 33 – When Religion Is A Stranger

  • Nov 8 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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Ep. 33 – When Religion Is A Stranger

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  • Exploring what it means to practice Islam in a world filled with evil, Omid Safi explains how strangeness can bring us back home to God.

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    In this episode, Omid Safi holds a talk on:

    • Sacred sounds and the movement of the heavenly spheres
    • Heavy hearts from global suffering and genocide
    • The counterculture of Islam when it began
    • Looking into our own communities to consider what seems strange
    • Not being afraid to veer from tradition
    • Ways that we can become strangers to our own religion
    • Standing with those who are vulnerable
    • Returning home to the loving presence of God
    • Remembering what it means to be a Sufi
    • Taking care of the poor, the needy, the strangers, the lonely

    “We want to become re-acquainted and return to our original home which is the very loving presence of God. That’s where and when we’re going to be at home.” – Omid Safi


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