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    Christian Mysticism

    Hi, I am reasonably knowledgeable in sufi, buddhist, hindu, and western esoteric traditions. It was weird that I couldnt find much about christian mysticism on the net. There wasent much data on theory and zero information on practice. So anybody? :)
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    Questions

    Salam, I've been reading Buddhism off & on for some time. So, had a few questions in my mind. 1) If atman isnt permanent, what is? 2) What is the final end of human being? And the final end of all of creation? 3) Whats the Buddhist view of God? AS far as I remember, Buddha didnt answer this...
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    Michael Jackson Converts To Islam ... Again

    michael jackson islam - Google News The source is a British tabloid, The Sun. So is this for real this time?
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    Sufi ascension: Stages of the self

    by Robert Frager Ph.D The goal of all mysticism is to cleanse the heart, to educate, or transform, the self, and to find God. The lowest level of the self is dominated by pride, egotism, and totally self-centered greed and lust. This level is the part within each person that leads away from...
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    Jihad

    Four articles from Zaytuna Institute's Seasons Journal Jihad in the Modern World Dr. Abdul Hakim Sherman Jackson Seasons Journal | The Journal of Zaytuna Institute Jihad is Not Perpetual Warfare Imam Zaid Shakir Seasons Journal | The Journal of Zaytuna Institute Religion, Violence, and...
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    The Wisdom of Jesus - Hamza Yusuf

    The following sayings of Jesus, peace be upon him, from traditional Arabic sources are excerpted from Walk on Water, a forthcoming book by Hamza Yusuf: According to Ahmad, Jesus, peace be upon him, was known to have said, “Virtuous action does not consist in doing good to someone who has...
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    Coherence in Quran

    One of the long-standing objections levelled against the Qur'ān by its non-Muslim critics is that it appears to have no regular form or structure. It is said that its verses follow one another with little sense of interconnection and its sūrahs seem to have been arranged in a sequence based on...
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    Biography of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

    Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (THE SEALED NECTAR) by Saif-ur -Rahman al-Mubarakpuri http://www.ymsite.com/books/aram/index.htm
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    Islam & Women

    A few e-books The Status Of Women In Islam by Dr.Yusuf Al Qaradawy http://www.ymsite.com/books/Q_WI/default.htm Gender Equity in Islam by Jamal A. Badawi http://www.ymsite.com/books/gei/genderequityinislam.html THE STATUS OF WOMAN IN ISLAM by Jamal Badawi...
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    mysticism

    HI , Shouldnt there be a separate section of Mysticism with sub-sections of Kaballah, Zen , Sufism e.t.c . What do U guys say ?? Regards
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    Islam ??

    Salam , I have got some questions , regarding Arab/Islamic stuff. 1 . What is the meaning of Islam . Is it peace or submission , or both . Is the root word for Islam the same as that for Assalam o alikum or different . In detail plz ? 2 . What is the meaning of Allah . And what are the...
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    Enoch

    Salam & peace to all I guess people following Abrahamic religions must be familiar with him . I wanted to ask about their views about him & the book of enoch , & what the bible says about him . I have also read about the similarities b/w Biblical Enoch , Greek Mercury/Hermes & Egyptian Thoth ...
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    Chinese astrology

    Hi ! Anybody has got some info about Chinese astrology . I was searching the net for it & never found anything beyond the animals & element types . So are there only two factors on which chinese astrlology depends , or other things too. Secondly , what is hexagram & trigram, are they also...
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    Guidelines for reading

    Hi ! I wanted to read about buddh/tao/confucis/shinto thoughts . Can anybody guide me to what to read out of the freely available texts on the net from b/c there is so much text available & I dont know what to read & where to start from . I am more interested in...
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