The Diary of a Modern-Day Sufi by C. M. Webster Summary
W Modern-Day Sufi e all need a little help and guidance at some point or another in our lives. In that respect it can be said that we all bear the same cross, but what I believe is crucial for humanity, particularly now, is that the help and guidance that we do receive allows us to grow and evolve unhindered by what I often regard as antiquated rules and regulations that merely profess to have our best interests at heart. This is not a book about how to become someone; it is a book about rediscovering who you already are, and that, my friends, is perhaps humanity’s greatest challenge yet, for there are very few who have managed to reach the lofty heights of self-recognition in this reality! And whether the catalyst be my simple words, or another’s, it is ultimately only ever you who can successfully achieve this goal. You are your greatest advocate . . . and you are your greatest adversary! It is up to you to choose which one you will be. This book is an observation of what we as individuals make of this wondrous thing we call life, and how, based largely upon other’s often distorted and fearful viewpoints of life, we set about creating our own experiences of it. I have so named the book for the simple reason that we all fall prey to the self-limiting beliefs and systems of this reality to some degree or another, and we all tend to ‘buy into’ them with equally determined alacrity, often convincing ourselves that we have no choice and that we must make the best of what we have. Unfortunately, this also leaves no room for doubt that it all may just be some grand hoax orchestrated on the part of those with the power and the wisdom to know better. I no longer believe in this reality. We all have a choice, and through the following observations it is my deepest heartfelt desire that we all discover this simple truth, before it is too late! Christine Webster.
Winter in July 2006 | |
Other names | Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad |
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Personal | |
Born | 1960 (age 59–60) London, England |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni[1] |
Movement | Sufism[1] |
Alma mater | Pembroke CollegeCambridge[2] SOAS, University of London Al-Azhar University[3] |
Other names | Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad |
Occupation | Islamic scholar, author, professor |
- 2Major work and projects
- 6Publications
Background and education[edit]
Major work and projects[edit]
Cambridge Mosque Project[edit]
Views on extremism[edit]
Personal life[edit]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Publications[edit]
Books written[edit]
- Montmorency's Book of Rhymes Illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert (California: Kinza Press, 2013)
- Commentary on the Eleventh Contentions (Cambridge: Quilliam Press Ltd, 2012)
- XXI Asrda Islom: Postmodern Dunyoda qiblani topish (Tashkent: Sharq nashriyoti, 2005)
- Muslim Songs of the British Isles: Arranged for Schools (London: Quilliam Press Ltd, 2005)
- Postmodern Dünya’da kibleyi bulmak (Istanbul: Gelenek, 2003)
- Co-authored with John A. Williams, Understanding Islam and the Muslims (Louisville: Fons Vitae, 2002)
- Understanding the Four Madhhabs: Facts About Ijtihad and Taqlid (Cambridge: Muslim Academic Trust, 1999)
- Gleams from the Rawdat al-Shuhada: (Garden of the Martyrs) of Husayn Vaiz Kashifi (Cambridge: Muslim Academic Trust, 2015)
Books edited[edit]
- The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008) ISBN978-0-521-78058-2
- Islam, Religion of Life by Abdul Wadod Shalabi (USA: Starlatch Press, 2006) ISBN1-929694-08-3
- Co-edited with Richard Harries and Norman Solomon, Abraham’s Children: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Conversation (Edinburgh: T&T Clark/Continuum, 2006)
Translations[edit]
- Imam al-Busiri, The Mantle Adorned (London: Quilliam Press, 2009)
- Al-Asqalani Ibn Hajar, Selections from Fath Al-Bari (Cambridge: Muslim Academic Trust, 2000)
- Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Disciplining the Soul and Breaking the Two Desires (Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1995)
- Roger Du Pasquier, Unveiling Islam (Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1992)
- Imam al-Bayhaqi, Seventy-Seven Branches of Faith (London: Quilliam Press, 1990)
- Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife (Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1989)
Articles[edit]
- “America as a Jihad State: Middle Eastern Perceptions of Modern American Theopolitics.” Muslim World 101 (2011): 394–411.
- 'Opinion: Bin Laden's sea burial was 'sad miscalculation' CNN.com (9 May 2011).
- “Jesus and Muhammad: New Convergences.” Muslim World 99/1 (2009): 21–38.
- “Poverty and the Charism of Ishmael.” In Building a Better Bridge: Muslims, Christians, and the Common Good, edited by Michael Ipgrave (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2009).
- 'Ibn Kemal (d. 940/1534) on Ibn 'Arabi's Hagiology.' In Sufism and Theology, edited by Ayman Shihadeh (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007).
- 'The Saint with Seven Tombs.' In The Inner Journey: Views from the Islamic Tradition, edited by William Chittick (Ashgate: White Cloud Press, 2007).
- 'Ishmael and the Enlightenment's Crise de Coeur.' In Scripture, Reason, and the Contemporary Islam-West Encounter, edited by Basit Bilal Koshul and Steven Kepnes (New York: Palgrave, 2007).
- 'Qur'anic Reasoning as an Academic Practice.' Modern Theology 22/3 (2006): 449–463; reprinted in The Promise of Scriptural Reasoning, edited by David Ford and C. C. Pecknold (Malden: Blackwell, 2006).
- “The Chador of God on Earth: the Metaphysics of the Muslim Veil.” New Blackfriars 85 (2004): 144–157.
- “Bombing Without Moonlight: the Origins of Suicidal Terrorism.”Encounters 10:1–2 (2004): 93–126.
- 'The Poverty of Fanaticism.' In Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, edited by Joseph Lumbard (Bloomington: World Wisdom, 2004).
- “Readings of the ‘Reading’.” In Scriptures in Dialogue: Christians and Muslims Studying the Bible and the Qur'an Together, edited by Michael Ipgrace (London: Church House Publishing, 2004), 50–55.
- “Tradition or Extradition? The threat to Muslim-Americans.” In The Empire and the Crescent: Global Implications for a New American Century, edited by Aftab Ahmad Malik (Bristol: Amal Press, 2003).
- 'Muslim Loyalty and Belonging: Some Reflections on the Psychosocial Background.' In British Muslims: Loyalty and Belonging, edited by Mohammad Siddique Seddon, Dilwar Hussain, and Nadeem Malik (Leicester: Islamic Foundation; London: Citizens Organising Foundation, 2003).
- “Pulchra ut luna: some Reflections on the Marian Theme in Muslim-Catholic Dialogue.” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 36/3 (1999): 439–469.
- “The Last Trump Card: Islam and the Supersession of Other Faiths.” Studies in Interreligious Dialogue 9/2 (1999): 133–155.
- “Scorning the Prophet goes beyond free speech – it’s an act of violence”Daily Telegraph (17 Jan 2015).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ abRidgeon, Lloyd (2001). Islamic Interpretations of Christianity. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 225. ISBN0312238541.
- ^ abcdGeaves, Ron (2013). Sufism in Britain. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 182. ISBN1441112618.
- ^'People | Cambridge Muslim College'. www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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- ^ abDr Timothy Winter, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge: People.
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- ^ abcSchleifer, Abdallah (2011). The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims, 2012. Amman, Jordan: The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. p. 98. ISBN978-9957-428-37-2.
- ^ abcdePeck, Tom (20 August 2010). 'Timothy Winter: Britain's most influential Muslim – and it was all down to a peach'. The Independent. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ abHasan, Mehdi (10 March 2015). 'How Islamic is Islamic State?'. New Statesman. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
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- ^Muslim Integration College.
- ^H. Jones, Stephen (2013). New Labour and the Re-making of British Islam: The Case of the Radical Middle Way and the “Reclamation” of the Classical Islamic Tradition, 2013. Bristol, United Kingdom: Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship. p. 560.
- ^De Freytas-Tamura, Kimiko (24 August 2014). 'Britain Appeals to Anti-Extremist Imams in Effort to Uproot Seeds of Radicalization'. The New York Times. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
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- ^ abButt, Riazat (3 October 2011). 'Cambridge mosque wins support from local non-Muslims'. The Guardian. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^MacFARQUHAR, NEIL (12 October 2007). 'In Open Letter, Muslims Seek Cooperation With Christians as a Step Toward Peace'. The New York Times. New York. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ abHabriri, Najlaa (29 September 2014). 'Europe's first 'Eco-Mosque' to open in Cambridge'. Asharq Al-Awsat. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ ab'Cambridge £15m mosque plans approved for Mill Road site'. BBC. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ abL. Esposito, John (2010). The Future of Islam. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 99. ISBN019974596X.
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