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Dr. Shadee Elmasry
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Whatever ppl think of Hamza Yusuf joining Trump's Human Rights panel, the real point is to remember that these councils are a waste of time. I just don't want us to drift so far into lala land that we think these things are effective.
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The easiest thing for an administration to do is put together a panel. They'll have a conference. Pics will be taken. Words will be put on paper. Everyone goes home.
If anything, the real impact of these things is in the cocktail party before or after where networking is done, political positions are assessed, and personalities are evaluated for future use in political, utterly meaningless exercises of similar natures.
Sorry for negative but reality checks are key
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Envy is a branch of stinginess. Stinginess (bukhl) in turn is a symptom of weak iman in Allah's qudra (ability) and generosity. The envious person views things as zero-sum: whatever good you get, must be coming off my plate; we can't all be happy because goodness is finite.
Iman, in contrast, tells us that "If every one of you, human and jinn, asked for every single thing their heart desired, and it was given to them, this would not decrease Allah's kingdom in any way."
Thus, the believer should actually be happy when others thrive, and you should not believe that it's coming off of your plate. In fact, when others succeed, it's a demonstration of Allah's generosity, so ask for it yourself.
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When terrorism became a thing, people asked, do you condemn this? Fair question and we all repeated a zillion times that we do. Now, sexualization of kids, Drag Kids, etc, is a thing. Do liberal leaders condemn it? Can they? Links in thread.
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After the thread on evil, someone asked... But why pain? Why couldn't God have created all those things you listed without pain? Why not create achievement without pain? Free-will without pain. Compassion without pain, etc. It's a good q and here are some asnwers. THREAD
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So the premise itself that pain is bad and is something a good God would never create is invalid to begin with. You would have to then proceed to define what a "good" God is first.
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