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  • Essays on Islamization and Islamic Science by Dr. Omar

    Universal or Authentic? I vehemently take issue with (i) the alleged “traditional” approaches that support the perusal of unseen worlds objectively; and (ii) the philosophically entertained quiddities of “Active Intellects”, sometimes called Ibn Sina’s noumena—which Imam Ghazali soundly refuted. I suggest these claims are superfluous at best or gross misguidance at worse.  If the latter, they constitute a…

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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 Law of Unity by Dr. Omar

    To the extent that faith and works remain pure, Allah will bless men with the integrated unity of mind, body, and soul and the fellowship of its likeness, and He will protect and preserve its incumbent power.          The Faithful are like one man: if his eye suffers, the whole body suffers; and if his head suffers,…

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  • The Titanic Muslim Dilemma: Islamic Science, Pedagogues, Reactionaries and Enemies by Dr. Omar

    14 Apr 2013 The cause of Islam’s decline is ironic because similar attitudes once enveloped Christianity in the Darkness from which Muslims rescued it. “Investigation of natural phenomena is superfluous and beyond the human mind, and the learning and study of these matters are impious and false.”   – Eusebius, c. 340 AD Church Historian “Let…

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