Omid Safi – Sufi Heart – Ep. 33 – When Religion Is A Stranger

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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