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The Muslim Community In The Aftermath Of 9/11
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One day after the incident of Sept. 11, I contacted a number of friends to see how they were coping with the aftermath of that heinous act. The first and the last calls I made were to a dear friend of mine who is highly educated and well acquainted with the numerous abrupt changes in life and history that mankind has witnessed since man’s first step on earth. Without any introduction, my dear friend spoke freely and thoughtlessly and threw all types of negative adjectives against all Muslims. He was so much enraged, I thought he would leave the religion of Islam altogether.
The Muslim Psyche
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June
From conscious to unconscious mind state, the Islamic psyche has four main psychic layers: the collective consciousness, the collective unconsciousness, the personal unconsciousness and the personal consciousness. A good understanding of the meaning and significance of these layers is paramount in explaining the issues that Muslim individuals, families, communities and nations are going through. This understanding is also fundamental for the health and well being of us now and in the future.
The Two Branches Of Islamic Psychology
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March
From a general historical perspective, the Muslim community
(Ummah) has gone through three main phases. The first phase dates from 623 A.D to approximately 670 A.D. This period started with the prophet Mohammad, and lasted until the death of his last successor
(Khalifah) Ali. During this time, Islam expanded in all directions and reached Persia, Africa and other regions. The Muslim state embarked on becoming the superpower of its time.
An Introduction To Jungian Psychology
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Islamic Psychology
February
Like Freudian Psychology, Jungian psychology is also a reflection of its founder’s psyche. However, unlike the Freudian school, Carl Jung’s approach to the human psyche is an elitist one and geared toward people who have reached their mid-life or 35 years old and above, although, to some extent, his school does encapsulate psychic aspects related to the entire life span.
An Introduction To Freudian Psychology
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January
THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY IN THE WEST may be dated all the way to 600 years before the Common Era. However, as a child of philosophy, psychology did not become a stand alone field of study until the 1860s right after Charles Darwin published his book
The Origin Of The Species in 1859. As for the idea of development of life from non-life and the evolutionary descent of man from animal, this was not a Darwinian invention but rather a Greek one.
A Journey From Wholeness To Wholeness
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Islamic Psychology
October
ALL BELIEVERS STRIVE TO BE CLOSER TO ALLAH and harvest His pleasure and His blessings. However, in order for one to achieve that ultimate goal, one has to know his or her own self. Allah says in the Qur’an: “We shall show them our signs in the horizons and in their selves until they will be able to discern the truth.” and the Prophet says: “Whosoever knows himself/herself will know his/her Lord.” And as Al Ghazali says, “how would it be possible for someone to know Allah and get closer to Him if one does not know himself?”
