http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/ Instilling the transcendent values of Islam through reflection and practice. en Copyright 2006-2009 Marc Manley Media theblog@marcmanley.com (Marc Manley) Marc Manley Media - www.marcmanley.com webmaster@marcmanley.com (Marc Manley) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:30:00 EST Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:30:00 GMT 365 Instilling the transcendent values of Islam through reflection and practice. Instilling the transcendent values of Islam through reflection and practice. islam, religion, american muslims, american islam, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, sermon, friday prayer, spirituality Marc Manley theblog@marcmanley.com Marc Manley http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/ http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/ Clean Marc Manley "What do we want from Islam? We seldom ask this question. What does Allah want us to get from Islam? And in the negotiation of these two questions, how do we go about making this a reality?" http://www.marcmanley.com/media/mp3s/khutbah_upenn_2-26-2010.mp3 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, piety, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, tawbah, death, friday sermon, muslim thought, islamic thought no http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/2010/02/26/getting-what-god-wants-us-to-get-from-islam-creating-safe-spaces/ http://marcmanley.com/media/pdfs/khutbah_upenn_2-26-2010.pdf general Fri, 26 Feb 2009 13:10:00 EST http://marcmanley.com/media/pdfs/khutbah_upenn_2-26-2010.pdf islam, religion, spirituality, piety, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon, muslim thought, islamic thought Marc Manley No Marc Manley "'[Moses] said: 'O' my people! Enter the Holy City which God has ordained for you and do not turn your back on your tracks. If you do you will be made the losers'. [His people] said: 'O' Moses! But there are powerful people in that city and we will never go in until they leave. If they leave then we will certainly go in'. Two men amongst them who feared God said: 'Enter upon them by way of the gate. If you do so you will be victorious'. And upon God you should rely if you are believers.' [Q: 5: 21-23]. What does it mean to rely upon God? Is tawakkul an individual endeavor or can it also have communal aspects as well?" http://www.marcmanley.com/media/mp3s/khutbah-12-18-2009.mp3 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, piety, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, tawbah, death, friday sermon, muslim thought, islamic thought no http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/2009/12/21/providence-and-reliance-in-islam-an-exposition/ http://www.marcmanley.com/media/pdfs/khutbah-12-18-2009.pdf general Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:10:00 EST http://www.marcmanley.com/media/pdfs/khutbah-12-18-2009.pdf islam, religion, spirituality, piety, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon, muslim thought, islamic thought Marc Manley No Marc Manley "As part of the first interview in the American Muslim Experience, I interviewed Dr. Abdullah Ghandhistani, author of Standard English Grammar and Composition, at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ghandhistani tells us about his life's story and his story as a Muslim." http://www.marcmanley/media/mp3s/ghandistani_interview-2.mp3 Sun, 6 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, american muslims, ghandhistani, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, tawbah, death, friday sermon, muslim thought, islamic thought no http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2009/12/06/interview-with-dr-abdullah-ghandhistani-part-2/ Marc Manley "As part of the first interview in the American Muslim Experience, I interviewed Dr. Abdullah Ghandhistani, author of Standard English Grammar and Composition, at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ghandhistani tells us about his life's story and his story as a Muslim." http://www.marcmanley/media/mp3s/ghandistani_interview-1.mp3 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, american muslims, ghandhistani, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, tawbah, death, friday sermon, muslim thought, islamic thought no http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2009/11/30/interview-with-dr-abdullah-ghandhistani-part-1/ Marc Manley "Every soul shall taste death. You will be recompensed your due on the Day of Rising. As for the one that is distanced from the fire and is admitted to the Garden – he has triumphed. And as for this life: it is just the enjoyment of delusion. (Q: 3: 185) - I wish to open the khutbah today but discussing death. Modern life balks at an earnest discussion about death. It is the 800-pound gorilla in the room. Popular culture propagates the illusion of eternal life with a hyper fixation on youth. The consequences are drastic. Not only are people unable to come to terms with the reality of death, it also has societal repercussions, namely the neglect of the elderly and the sick. Death is treated as an embarrassment – never to be looked in the eye. If Muslims are to not only adhere to lifestyles that are pleasing to God, but to engage in thought patterns that engender the type of reflection that leads to a God-pleasing lifestyle, then we must try and steer the discourse to include contemplation on our own deaths." http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/khutbah-11-13-2009.mp3 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, piety, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, tawbah, death, friday sermon, muslim thought, islamic thought no http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/2009/11/13/on-the-benefits-of-the-remembrance-of-death/ http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-11-13-2009.pdf general Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:10:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-11-13-2009.pdf islam, religion, spirituality, piety, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon, muslim thought, islamic thought Marc Manley No Marc Manley "Traditional Muslim Thought What is it and why is it important to think like a Muslim? The ability to be "aware" of things and to articulate that awareness in concepts, language, and even behavior that reinforces and appeases TMT, and ultimately, Islam/God [tawhīd, Prophecy and the Return to God]." http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/muslim_thought.mp3 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:30:00 EST islam, religion, islamic thought, muslim thought, traditional muslim thought, islamic literacy series, spirituality, piety, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon, muslim thought, islamic thought no http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/2009/11/11/the-relevance-in-muslim-thought-in-modern-times-—-an-exposition/ http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/muslim_thought_lecture_notes.pdf general Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:10:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-10-16-2009.pdf islam, religion, islamic thought, muslim thought, traditional muslim thought, islamic literacy series, spirituality, piety, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon, muslim thought, islamic thought Marc Manley No Marc Manley "What is Sufism? What are its goals and objectives? An intorspection on what Sufism is “trying to get at” and how it can relate to the modern Muslim. A tie-in with a short bio piece and examples from Abu Hamid al-Ghazali’s life." http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/sufism-11-4-2009.mp3 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:30:00 EST islam, religion, sufism, tasawwuf, spirituality, piety, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon, muslim thought, islamic thought no http://muslimchap.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/10-4-09-wednesday-the-science-of-sufism/ Marc Manley "We often hear in modern day discourses about Islam where it is regarded as a religion of actions and not words; deeds, not thought; it is mistakenly seen as a religion of belief, not works. But Islam is a religion that seeks the middle way, encompassing both. This misconception has to some degree been perpetuated by Muslims themselves for a variety of reasons., but one of the primary reasons I would like to talk about today is the loss of Muslim thought. I say Muslim thought, versus Islamic thought, because this word [Islamic] has become a hollow word, or as Uwe Poerksen wrote in his book, Plastic Words: The Tyranny of a Modular Language, a plastic word. It can be taken wholly out of any appropriate context and used in those in which it denotes nothing what so ever, or worse, is used beyond its scope, reducing or even destroying any efficacy it might convey." http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/khutbah-10-16-2009.mp3 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, piety, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon, muslim thought, islamic thought no http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/2009/10/19/more-than-a-religion-of-deeds-–-the-importance-of-thought-in-cultivating-islam/ http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-10-16-2009.pdf general Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-10-16-2009.pdf islam, religion, spirituality, piety, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon, muslim thought, islamic thought Marc Manley No Marc Manley "O’ you of faith!, enter into Islam completely..." - Many have understood the following āyah to refer to the rituals of Islam such as wudu’/ablution, prayer, fasting, and so forth. And indeed it does. Yet, with all cases in the Qur’ān, there is a deeper sentiment that Allah is coaching the Muslims to: one of responsible action. To enter into Islam completely means to not only follow the outward aspects of what the Prophet did, such as trimming one’s nails or putting one’s right shoes on first, but also following the basīrah or vision of the Prophet. To use a technical term: kulliyāt, its rough translation meaning “the big picture”. http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/khutbah-10-2-2009.mp3 Fri, 2 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, piety, ramadan, marc manley, islamic history, taqwa, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon, islam in america, double-consciousness no http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/2009/10/02/overcoming-historical-romanticism/ http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-10-2-2009.pdf general Fri, 2 Oct 2009 13:10:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-10-2-2009.pdf islam, religion, spirituality, piety, ramadan, marc manley, islamic history, taqwa, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon, islam in america, double-consciousness Marc Manley No Marc Manley In some ways, we can see that many of the struggles that the Muslims faced during the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah could be held to the fact that they had yet to carve out a niche or establish themselves with a sense of belonging. This is not dissimilar to our struggle today. The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah did just that for many reasons but I will mark just three. http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/khutbah-9-25-2009.mp3 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, piety, ramadan, marc manley, islamic history, taqwa, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon, islam in america, double-consciousness no http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/2009/09/25/dinosaurs-and-modernity-indigenization-of-islam-in-america/ http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-9-25-2009.pdf general Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:10:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-9-25-2009.pdf islam, religion, spirituality, piety, ramadan, marc manley, islamic history, taqwa, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon, islam in america, double-consciousness Marc Manley No Marc Manley Without establishing this sense of Muslim habit, I believe Muslims will continue to suffer and fall prey to a variety of maladies, not the least of which is already prevalent in our community: Double‐ Consciousness. http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/khutbah-9-11-2009.mp3 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, piety, ramadan, marc manley, islamic history, taqwa, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon, islam in america, double-consciousness no http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/2009/09/11/islam-and-avoiding-double-consciousness-in-america/ http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-9-11-2009.pdf general Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:10:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-9-11-2009.pdf islam, religion, spirituality, piety, ramadan, marc manley, islamic history, taqwa, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon, islam in america, double-consciousness Marc Manley No Marc Manley Ramadan is a time of joy, happiness, reflection and purification for Muslims all around the world. But if we as Muslims are to truly benefit from this sacred time then we must extrapolate an Islam that is didactic, that is instruction in a complete and harmonious way, not simply a list of haram and halal. http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/khutbah-8-21-2009.mp3 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, piety, ramadan, marc manley, islamic history, taqwa, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon no http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/2009/08/23/bridging-our-gaps-thoughts-on-piety-and-taqwa-on-the-cusp-of-ramadan/ http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-8-21-2009.pdf general Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:10:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-8-21-2009.pdf islam, religion, spirituality, piety, ramadan, marc manley, taqwa, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon Marc Manley No Marc Manley Islam is a complete system of coming to know God in the most perfect way. One aspect of that is working to attain yaqin - certitude. Certitude helps us to be more connected with the nature of Reality. We all must return to Allah, where we will have a full account of our deeds [the hisāb]. http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/khutbah-7-10-2009.mp3 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, islamic history, taqwa, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon no http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/2009/07/10/development-of-certitude-in-islam/ http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-7-10-2009.pdf general Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:10:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-7-10-2009.pdf islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, taqwa, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon Marc Manley No Marc Manley The Hour approaches mankind and yet he turns away in heedlessness. Allah and His Prophet [s] provides us with key techniques to ward off an unfavorable standing on That Day by having taqwā. But what is taqwā and how do we implement it in our lives? http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/khutbah-7-3-2009.mp3 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, islamic history, taqwa, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon no http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/2009/07/03/scrupulousness-in-islam/ http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-7-3-2009.pdf general Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:10:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-7-3-2009.pdf islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, taqwa, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon Marc Manley No Marc Manley The Hour approaches mankind and yet he turns away in heedlessness. How can we rectify our character to be cognizant of the coming of our own demise? http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/khutbah-6-26-2009.mp3 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, islamic history, taqwa, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon no http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/2009/06/26/astuteness-in-islam/ http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-6-26-2009.pdf general Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:10:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-6-26-2009.pdf islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, taqwa, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon Marc Manley No Marc Manley Modern man is drowing in a sea of ambiguity and heedlessness. How can we as Muslims, first, be concious of and protect ourselves from this behavior, and two, help the world see the folly of its own game. http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/khutbah-6-19-2009.mp3 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, islamic history, taqwa, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon no http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/2009/06/19/man-in-the-age-of-heedlessness/ http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-6-19-2009.pdf general Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:10:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-6-19-2009.pdf islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, taqwa, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon Marc Manley No Marc Manley In today’s world, where the Sacred is hardly ever mentioned in the public space, people have lost any connection or notion of knowledge either being sacred, or in the case of Muslims, leading to the Sacred, as one of Allah’s Beautiful Ninety‐nine names is al‐Qudduws [The Holy]. This detachment from knowledge being sacred has caused the modern world to suffer from a number of maladies, from schizophrenia to megalomania. http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/khutbah-6-12-2009.mp3 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, islamic history, taqwa, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon no http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/2009/06/05/knowledge-and-salvation-in-islam/ http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-6-5-2009.pdf general Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:10:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/khutbah-6-5-2009.pdf islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, taqwa, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon Marc Manley No Marc Manley Continuing on the theme of spiritual maturity, this khutbah looks at the historical roots and uses of the word "taqwā", from pre-Islamic times up and into the revelatory time of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad's lifetime [peace and blessings on him]. http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/khutbah-5-8-2009.mp3 Fri, 8 May 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, islamic history, taqwa, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon no http://www.marcmanley.com/blog/2009/05/11/inculcating-taqwa-in-our-lives/ http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/upenn_5-8-2009.pdf general Fri, 8 May 2009 13:00:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/upenn_5-8-2009.pdf islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, taqwa, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon Marc Manley No http://www.manrilla.net/shermanjackson/2009/04/06/khutbah-islamic-center-of-long-island/ general Fri, 3 Apr 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/shermanjackson/2009/04/06/khutbah-islamic-center-of-long-island/ islam, religion, treaty of hudaybiyyah, islamic history, islamic lecture, marc manley, sherman jackson, khutbah, friday sermon Sherman Jackson No http://www.manrilla.net/index/speaking/jefferson-3-20-2009.php general Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/index/speaking/jefferson-3-20-2009.php islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, khutbah, friday sermon Marc Manley No http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/Khutbah_Jefferson_3-20-2009.pdf general Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:15:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/ islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon Marc Manley No Marc Manley Some notes and thoughts on the khutbah I delivered on February 13th, 2009, at the University of Pennsylvania. The second part to a yet-to-be-number series of khutab on developing spiritual maturity and etiquette towards God/Allah, both publically and especially privately. http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/khutbah-2-13-2009.mp3 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:30:00 EST islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon no http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/khutbah-2-13-2009.mp3 http://www.manrilla.net/media/pdfs/upenn_2-13-2009.pdf general Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:15:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/academia islam, religion, spirituality, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, manrilla, khutbah, friday sermon Marc Manley No http://www.manrilla.net/blog/ general Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:30:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/media/mp3s/2-02_khaled_blankenship-2.mp3 islam, religion, african-american culture, american culture, american muslims, american islam, khaled blankinship, khaled blankenship, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, marqas, manrilla, poetry, spoken word No http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2006/08/29/philly-shots-islam-in-america-paradigm-shift/ general Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:10:00 EST http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2006/08/29/philly-shots-islam-in-america-paradigm-shift/ islam, religion, african-american culture, american culture, american muslims, american islam, khaled blankinship, khaled blankenship, marc manley, islamic history, islamic lecture, marqas, manrilla, poetry, spoken word Marc Manley No http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2006/07/28/manrilla-podcast-race-and-religion/ general Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:00:00 GMT http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2006/07/28/manrilla-podcast-race-and-religion/ islam, religion, african-american culture, photography, american culture, marc manley, marqas, manrilla Marc Manley No