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“The starting point of spirituality is to look at nature and what is natural in a new way. Convert your sight, convert the way you look at things. The way you look at things is a mirror. Look at nature as if it is a gift.”

Tariq Ramadan (via tariqramadan)

  1.  I had to edit out one last sentence. 
  2. (As I’ve discussed with doctorfornothing - I really don’t understand what these words are in terms of categorization/classification.)
  3. Islam’s workings and how nature is in that  - (*Important subject but I don’t think there is any much reliable work done on this.) 
  4. Actual source is “Quotes and points transcribed / paraphrased from the YouTube recording of the talk held in IIUM, Malaysia on 16th July 2012.”
  5. url: http://aneesahs.tumblr.com/post/27666517112/notes-from-prof-tariq-ramdans-in-the-footsteps-of
  6. I was curious about that conference - because the body invited him (Islamic Renaissance Front, Malaysia) sounds so radical (in terms of reforming Islam).
  7. From this blog by Din Merican (who quotes Colin Powell “Don’t Let those Bastards Get You Down”) and IRF (Islamic Renaissance Front: http://www.irfront.org/ - in Malaysia).  I think they are the ones hosted? this Tariq Ramadan talk/conference “Rethinking Islamic Reform” (Malaysia version. UK/Oxford University conference was the start/origin.)

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