Comments on: A tid-bit worth more than a whole-lot http://writeousbum.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/a-tid-bit-worth-more-than-a-whole-lot/ Tempestuous Thoughts of a Fauning Mind Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:33:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: lozah http://writeousbum.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/a-tid-bit-worth-more-than-a-whole-lot/#comment-91 lozah Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:33:28 +0000 http://writeousbum.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-91 Mashallah Br.Suhaib is insightful as usual. This is what really gets me: "Unfortunatley we are still stuck in a pre/post modern gridlock and not sure how to define ourselves. For many, their identities are made by attacking others, thus the constant swing from ”I was a Salafi! Now I’m Sufi” and vice versa. All are indicative of a failure on our part and the part of our leaders to guide us to practicle articulations of faith and culture. " Articulating a passion for religion in a way that moves beyond the reductionist pre/post modern dichotomy is what I'm trying to figure out. This kind of reminds of me something Dalia Mogahed said once when she was responding to the question "where are all the moderate Muslims?" She said she hates the term "moderate Muslim" because it implies "moderately Muslim", and she is not moderately Muslim, she is a passionate Muslim. Passionate about moderation. Mashallah Br.Suhaib is insightful as usual.
This is what really gets me:
“Unfortunatley we are still stuck in a pre/post modern gridlock and not sure how to define ourselves. For many, their identities are made by attacking others, thus the constant swing from ”I was a Salafi! Now I’m Sufi” and vice versa. All are indicative of a failure on our part and the part of our leaders to guide us to practicle articulations of faith and culture. ”

Articulating a passion for religion in a way that moves beyond the reductionist pre/post modern dichotomy is what I’m trying to figure out.
This kind of reminds of me something Dalia Mogahed said once when she was responding to the question “where are all the moderate Muslims?”
She said she hates the term “moderate Muslim” because it implies “moderately Muslim”, and she is not moderately Muslim, she is a passionate Muslim. Passionate about moderation.

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