Boys In The Cave

Alt-Right, Capitalism, Andrew Tate, Masculinity, Reactionary Politics, Dawah Experiences

We touch on all of this with Asadullah Ali.

Asadullah Ali Al-Andalusi is the founder of the Andalusian Project. He is also a research fellow for Yaqeen Institute and a member of the Muslim Debate Initiative. He holds degrees in both Western and Islamic Philosophy and a Masters in Library and Information Science. He is an academic librarian by profession.

Host : Tanzim

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Asadullah Ali's Online Visibility https://www.facebook.com/AsadOfAndalus

Stories of The Awliya, Purifying the heart, Storytelling, Worshiping Allah, Nature of Humans, Tawba.

We touch on all of this with Michael Sugich.

Michael Sugich has studied Sufi doctrine and practice with spiritual masters across the Arab and Islamic world.

He has been a professional writer and communications advisor for forty years and has written three books, including Signs on the Horizons and also his latest book release is Hearts Turn: Sinners, Seekers, Saints & The Road to Redemption.

He is the co-founder of a successful public relations practice and has advised corporate leaders, senior religious figures and politicians.

Hosts : Tanzim & Peter Gould

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Buy Michael Sugich's Book 'Hearts Turn'.

https://www.amazon.com/Hearts-Turn-Sinners-Seekers-Redemption/dp/0989364003

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Shownotes

Michael Sugich: 00:00 If you understand that you're supposed to be in Tawba, that this is the, this is part of your nature, is this, this sense of turning. Um, it's, it's an essential part of any kind of spiritual life you have to be in Tawba. It's it turning, it's not the, the repentance, you know, uh, this idea of repentance is like, you know, repent, you know, of all of your sins. Yes. Ideally you would be great if you could stop doing all the stuff that is keeping you back. But that isn't how things work. It's a constant process. And if you can accept that and, and the, the way that you, you achieve that is through remembering our law, returning to our law. Remember Allah, uh, you know, uh, Illah be Dhikri, Lahita, Atman Qulub. If the remembrance of Allah makes the heart peaceful. So if you remember Allah constantly, that's your tool for getting out. You know, Islam is Islam. When you die, you don't have Islam anymore as, as a practical tool that's, that's done. Islam is for your life. So use it. It's a, it's like a tool box. And if you don't use the tools, you won't build anything. But the, and the, the primary tools are remembering them.

Tanzim: 01:41 [inaudible] welcome back to another episode of boys in the cave. My name is tanzim your solo cohost. Actually, sorry, not solo cohost was meant to be, but Alhamdullilah we actually have a very special, um, cohost with us. So Peter, Gould for you guys who've checked out our previous episodes. Peter, we actually interviewed him, designer, um, runs a firm, does his amazing stuff. So he's actually joining me in the cave today, but humble la. In terms of our special guests, we have Michael [inaudible]. So Michael Souk CGH has studied a Sufi doctrine and practice with the spiritual masters across the Arab and Islamic world. He has been a professional writer and communications advisor for 40 years and has written three books including signs of the horizons and also his latest book release his heart turn sinners seekers, saints and the road to redemption. He's the cofounder of successful public relations practice and has advised corporate leaders, senior religious figures and politicians. So asalamu walaykum Peter Gould and Michael Sugich and welcom to boys in the cave. [inaudible] anytime. Alhamdullilah, I know you've, I think you landed about two days ago here in Sydney. So would this be your first time in Sydney, Australia or have you personally I've never been here before. Paula. And what's been your experience so far?

Michael Sugich: 03:01 It's lovely. It's very relaxed. Uh, I enjoy it very much. It, it has a, there's a certain, it looks a little bit, if you look at the street level and it looks like America, ...

Social Media, Youth, Selfishness, Ego, Lack of Belief, Atheism, Lost Values, State of the Ummah.

We touch all bases with Mohamed Hoblos.

Mohamed Hoblos is an international speaker and daee.

Hosts : Tanzim & Rafael

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We discuss with Shaykh Wael about the nature and impact of pornography addiction, the root causes for addiction, and how we should help those suffering.

Shaykh Wael Ibrahim is an Islamic speaker, founder of MentorPlus, and author of a few books on pornography addiction.

Hosts – Aquib, and Joshua

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Shaykh Wael’s Online Presence

Website – http://wael-ibrahim.com/

Email – [email protected]

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/WaelIbrahimHK/

Twitter: @WaelIbrahimHK

Shaykh Wael Ibrahim is an Islamic speaker, scholar, professional trainer & life coach. With a BA in Islamic Studies, he is also the Founder & Chairman of Serving Islam Team in Hong Kong. He has published a few books such as ‘Change’, and ‘Beat It: Fifty-Plus Shades of Hope’.

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Shownotes

[2:16] – How did Shaykh Wael get into researching and discussing pornography addiction?

[5:33] – Delving into the reasons why Muslims do not engage in discussion on pornography addiction in an open and frank manner

[9:29] – Emphasising the point of seeking professional help, or encouraging sufferers to get professional help to relieve themselves from addiction

[11:52] – Delving into the distinction between sin and addiction, and the nature of the addiction

[13:23] – Surah Saba, ayat 13 [https://quran.com/34/13]

[13:44] – Surah Ar-Ra’d, ayat 11 [https://quran.com/13/11]

[14:12] – Some root causes for pornography addiction

[24:07] – Some statistics underpinning the problem among Muslims

[27:41] – Continuing to explore root causes for pornography addiction

[35:06] – Specifics on how this cycle of addiction works

[38:56] – Delving more on the triggers for relapsing

[43:52] – The spiritual impacts on pornography addiction, transitioning into Islamic solutions

[48:53] – Hadith on Reliance from Sunan at-Tirmidhi 2344; Sahih (authentic) grade according to At-Tirmidhi

[51:00] – Surat Al-Mu’minun [https://quran.com/23]

[52:24] – Hadith from Sunan Ibn Majah; Vol. 3, Book 12, Hadith 2236

[53:15] – Disrupting the old habit of addiction with new healthy habits to prevent an addict from relapsing

[55:45] – Books published by Shaykh that are available for download or purchase

[57:04] – A few success stories of people breaking free from pornography addiction

In this episode, we discuss with Dr. Ghilan a variety of topics within a narrow scope of theology such as philosophy, modern science, existence of God, materialism, and empiricism

Dr. Ghilan is a neuroscientist, Islamic lecturer, YouTuber, and podcaster.

Hosts: Aquib, Joshua, and Tanzim

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Dr Ghilan’s Online Visibility:

AndalusOnline.org - Join the Andalus Book Club!

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Twitter: @MohamedGhilan

Dr. Mohamed Ghilan is a Canadian Muslim originally born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to parents from Sudanese and Yemeni backgrounds. He attended high school after immigrating to Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia. Eventually, Mohamed moved to Victoria where he obtained a B.Sc. with a major in microbiology (honours) and a minor in business administration.

In 2007, Mohamed began his full-time studies in the Islamic Tradition after having made connections with several Muslim scholars. He has been consistently travelling over the past years to spend intensive extended periods studying various aspects of the Islamic sciences relating to Theology and Creed, Jurisprudence, Hadith, Foundational Principles (Usool), Arabic, Poetry, spiritual purification, and Qur’anic sciences.

Mohamed has previously given lectures on the biography of the Prophet Muhammed peace be upon him, Fundamentalism in Islam, Islam and science, the message of Islam, Jesus in the Qur’an, in addition to others. He has also taught an introductory course on Islamic Jurisprudence according to the Maliki School as well as an introductory course on Islamic Theology (‘Aqeedah).

In 2015, Mohamed earned a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Victoria, where he studied synaptic plasticity in Huntington’s disease, as well as the effects and molecular mechanisms of stress on the brain in Fragile X syndrome. He hopes his research can eventually be used to develop new therapies can be used to assist individual with movement disorders or intellectual disabilities.

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Shownotes

[4:34] – Why is Dr. Ghilan pursuing medicine after completing a PhD?

[8:05] – Discussion between Peter Slezak and Mohamed Ghilan at UNSW (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhNdIIJ5o0w)

[8:26] – Observations on sectarianism

[10:24] – Ayats 31 and 32 of Surah Ar-Rum (https://quran.com/30/31-32)

[12:31] – Understanding the ideologies of Atheists

[15:55] – Hadith from Sunan Abu Dawud 4833; Sahih (authentic) grade according to An-Nawawi

[24:08] – Ayat 41 of Surah Ar-Rum (https://quran.com/30/41)

[25:12] – Touching on modernism, specifically utilitarianism and capitalism

[28:11] – Battle of Hunayn

[29:10] - Ayat 32 of Surah Al-A’raf (https://quran.com/7/32)

[31:10] – Exploration of science as a framework

[38:51] – Ayat 28 of Surah An-Najm (https://quran.com/7/32)

[54:12] – Ayat 43 of Surah Al-Furqan (https://quran.com/25/43)

[54:36] – Asch conformity experiment

[55:55] – Ayats 31-33 of Surah Saba (https://quran.com/34/31-33)

[57:52] – Exploration of philosophy, and how to engage with the themes of modernism as Muslims

[1:00:32] – Hadith from Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2687; Hasan (fair) grade according to As-Suyuti

[1:00:52] – Islam in Liberalism by Joseph Massad

[1:14:51] – Hadith from Sahih Al-Albani, Book 14, Hadith 273

[1:16:12] – How do we reconcile modernism with Islam as a means of having a standard of truth?