Exploring what it means to practice Islam in a world filled with evil, Omid Safi explains how strangeness can bring us back home to God.
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In this episode, Omid Safi holds a talk on:
- Sacred sounds and the movement of the heavenly spheres
- Heavy hearts from global suffering and genocide
- The counterculture of Islam when it began
- Looking into our own communities to consider what seems strange
- Not being afraid to veer from tradition
- Ways that we can become strangers to our own religion
- Standing with those who are vulnerable
- Returning home to the loving presence of God
- Remembering what it means to be a Sufi
- Taking care of the poor, the needy, the strangers, the lonely
“We want to become re-acquainted and return to our original home which is the very loving presence of God. That’s where and when we’re going to be at home.” – Omid Safi
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