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Welcome to ReThink
ReThink is a space where I share my thoughts on faith and religion, with a special focus on Islam, which is the faith I follow and what I feel more qualified to talk about.
The ABCs of ISLAM are short and accessible articles that explain the basic tenets of Islam (and faith more broadly) and answer some Frequently Asked Questions (Why believe in God? Who is Muhammad? What is the Quran? What is jihad? How does Islam view women?).
Feel free to submit your questions at the bottom of this page.
The “ReThink […]” series is written for Muslims and Non-Muslims interested in a deep dive into Islam. These articles require some background about Islam or Abrahamic religions.
ReThink is born out of a strong conviction that the most pressing need of our times is to revisit, reexamine, reconsider, rethink, and reassess every aspect of Islam (and faith more broadly).
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You may find The ABCs of ISLAM and ReThink GOD series (top menu) of interest.
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You may want to begin with the ABCs of Islam and the first article of each ReThink series, which discuss the key philosophy underlying the ReThink project.
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The ABCs and ReThink GOD series contain articles on the basics of faith and address questions and doubts that naturally arise in every (thinking) person’s mind.
To be clear, this conviction does not stem from any doubts or weakness of faith. On the contrary, it springs from an unshakable belief that true faith is eternal and that the foundations of Islam are rock solid: like a majestic tree whose roots extend down to the core of the Earth, while its mantle and branches evolve and adapt to changing seasons. However, this adaptation occurs only through the deliberate work of the faithful, who must carefully evaluate which parts of the religion constitute its roots (tenets of faith), its trunk (core practices), its branches (implementations adaptable with the long-term evolution of societies), and its leaves ().
ReThink is my modest contribution to this deliberate effort. It is also an invitation to fellow critical thinkers with open minds and big hearts to join in the effort and make their contribution.
Muslim Prof
LATEST POSTS
During an intellectual meditative journey into the word “Hû” — هُوَ in لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ (There is no god by He) and قُلْ هُوَ اللّٰهُ (Say: He is Allah) and its meanings for the physical aspects of creation, I was contemplating the page of “air” when an exquisitely subtle point of tawḥīd (Divine Oneness) instantly manifested itself:
Indeed, just as a handful of soil that serves as a pot for a hundred flowers in succession, if attributed to nature and causes, would necessitate either that this small pot contains, on a miniature scale, a hundred — or perhaps as many as the flowers — invisible machines and factories; or that each particle of that tiny piece of soil possesses the knowledge to form all those different flowers, with their distinct properties and life-sustaining mechanisms, possessing endless knowledge and infinite power like a deity.
Likewise, each piece of air and wind, which serves as a throne for divine command and will, would require, within each fragment of wind, within each breath, within the tiny amount of air that forms the word “Hû” (هُوَ), the presence of miniature switchboards, receivers, and transmitters of all the telephones, telegraphs, radios, televisions, and all other types of communications that take place across the world, and be able to perform these endless tasks simultaneously and instantaneously.