A new zaytuna college DVDÂ has been released. Check out the above trailer.
Have the teachers of our religions failed us? Or have we not been listening? From leaders of Americas Christian Right seemingly forgetting that Blessed are the Peacemakers, to Jewish rabbis watching unflinchingly as collective punishment is doled out to Arabs in Palestine, to Muslim jurists ruling that civilian victims are acceptable under a Just War, the three great Abrahamic faiths are increasingly facing accusations of ignoring the sanctity of life. And so, does religion offer a way toward reconciliation? Or has it instead become part of the problem?
This is an audio snippet from one of Hamza Yusuf’s lectures (I don’t recall which one). It is a great reminder for all of us.
We are in a crisis and we are all sleeping; Really we are in a deep sleep and we have to ask our selves, What is going to take? How much do we have to lose of our humanity before we wake up? What is going to take? …
