Last week's entry got a couple of comments on its timing, given that it was posted just before the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia. This week, we close the circle.
As militant Islam does its level best to discredit the religion, it's important to remember that there are other voices within the faith. One such is the Sufis, the Islamic mystics who live islam (submission), iman (faith) and ishan (awareness of G-d, "to act beautifully").
The Wahhabi hate them, of course, which constitutes an endorsement in my books. The great poet Rumi was a Sufi, and this week we turn to him once again:
"The purpose of humanity
Is observation and understanding.
Oh, G-d's compassion is raining
Observations and understanding."
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