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  • The Metaphysics of the Law of Communion, by Dr. Omar

    If a man does not communicate with God, God will not communicate with him. Communion: the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings. – Oxford Dictionary Communion has absolutely nothing to do with the eating of sun-god wafers that derive from decadent anthropophagus Mystery Religions and everything to do with intimate exchange.  Communication is…

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  • The Metaphysics of the Law of Worship, by Dr. Omar

            If a man does not worship God alone, he will perish. Worship means many things to many people, but to God it means slavery to His Will for our everlasting benefit.  The derivation of the term in English comes from the ‘recognition of worthiness’.  And in ancient Hebrew it literally means “to bow down’ or ‘prostrate’…

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  • The Law of Knowledge       Seek after all available knowledge and honor authentic, eclectic scholars [not just the religiously preoccupied].  If not, be easily misled. The consequences of going astray are dreadful, which is why Al’Qur’an places considerable import on continual study in all areas of knowledge and states that ‘rightly guided’ scholars are of the…

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  • The Muslim Polity as one Man: An Analogy, by Dr. Omar

    {This is a continuation of the essay on the Law of Unity} The outer (ritual) form of the Islamic discipline of piety (taqua) requires ablution, prayer, fasting, and generosity in almsgiving.   These rituals are actually disciplines of purification so that the grace of Unity with its inherent divine power may descend upon the polity.  Ritual without knowledgeable conviction…

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