Short thread on politics of representations about #Afghanistan.
It has already begun: Reduction of #Afghan people to vulnerable women, children to be saved by white savior (soldiers), & monster men.
As if there is no kindness in the men & no courage in the women. [1/11] As if those white saviors [however noble their individual characters and actions] have not commissioned by the same system of pillage and proxy wars that drove Afghanistan to this point. [2/11]

A short thread on "HU":

The great sage Ahmad Sam'ani wrote an exquisite commentary on the Asma al-Husna (Beautiful Names of God). In it, he brings out something powerful about breath, prayer, and the Names of God. (1/4) In Rawh al-arwah, Sam'ani mentions the the litany of names mentioned in the Qur'an
(هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ)

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The foremost Iranian vocalist, MohammadReza #Shajarian, has passed away after a long battle against cancer.
A short thread on the cultural significance of this cultural icon to the people of #Iran & #Persian speakers worldwide.
#MohammadrezaShajarian #RIPShajarian The people of Iran are mourning at the loss of their 80 year old icon and beloved vocalist Shajarian: hamshahrionline.ir/news/555685/استاد-محمدرضا-شجریان-درگذشت-خسرو-آواز-ایران-پر-کشید

Today’s public service announcement: When you see a poem or saying attributed to #Rumi in which he is reported as saying: “I am not a Muslim”, or “I belong to no religion”, it’s probably fake.
A short thread on fake Rumi poems.
#mevlana #mawlana #masnavi #sufi #sufism #fakeRumi One of the popular fake poems attributed to Rumi is the one that starts:
“What is to be done, O Muslims? for I do not know myself.
I am neither Christian, nor Jew, nor Magian, nor Muslim.”
چه تدبیر ای مسلمانان که من خود را نمیدانم
نه ترسا و یهودیم نه گبرم نه مسلمانم

A lot of discussions recently about works that present an inaccurate view of Islamic spirituality. I wanted to share a thread on accessible and accurate English primary sources on #Sufis, #Sufism #Islamic #spirituality.
(prioritizing primary sources, not secondary studies). Love Is the Wine: Talks of a Sufi Master in America. By Sheikh Mozaffar Ozak. Sohbet genre book by a leading 20th century Sufi teacher. amazon.com/Love-Wine-Talk…

A thread on why 99.9% of Hafez quotes on the internet are… fake. Including the ones you probably like. A thread on #Hafiz #Hafez, or I should say #FakeHafez.
(Including the one here, which is alas, Fake!) “Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, ‘you owe me.’ Look what happens with a love like that! It lights up the whole sky.”
You like that one from Hafez?
Too bad. It’s Fake Hafez.
Fake.

A thread on the “Night of Power” (Laylat al-Qadr), one of the holy nights in the last ten nights of Ramadan.

In honor of approaching the last nights of #Ramadan, known as Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Power, Night of Destiny, a thread on: #Laylatalqadr #Nightofpower #Ramazan Hidden in the last ten nights of Ramadan is a night called Night of Power (Laylat al-qadr). This is a night that Muslims cherish, a night that according to the Qur’an, the angels and the Spirit descend down.

A Thread on Imam Ali.
Since these day overlap with the anniversary of #ImamAli’s martyrdom, I thought it was a good time to offer a thread on his significance in Islam. It’s of course well-known that he is the Prophet Muhammad’s cousin, his son in law through marriage to the Prophet’s daughter Fatima, and father to Imam Hasan and Imam Hossein.