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9 MINUTE TED TALK ON HOW TO READ THE QURAN
Lesley Hazleton explores the Koran and finds much that is quite different from what is reported in commonly cited accounts.
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THE NIGHT OF POWER & SURAH AL QADR, teleconference
On Monday, September 6th, Shaikh Kabir and Camille Helminski, with Mahmoud Mostafa, spoke for about 40 minutes with friends from the Baraka community. The Night of Al Qadr was when the Prophet, may he be blessed, in utter receptive stillness received a message that would transform a large portion of humanity. Al Qadr is the singular power that offers to each soul a unique destiny and peace of heart. Listen to a recording of that call...
THE DRINK SENT DOWN by The Dost Quartet
Since the Baraka advisory board has been stressing the value of creativity and adapting traditional forms to the contemporary world, we're offering an example of a contemporary adaptation of a traditional Turkish Ilahi. This track is from "The Garden within the Flames," Interworld Music, Brattleboro, Vermont, 1997. Listen to track...
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Turn your face with purity toward the primordial religion, according to the innate nature with which He has made humankind; do not allow what God has made to be corrupted. That is authentic religion, but most people do not understand. Qur’an 30:30-32