REFLECTIONS ON THE ISRA’ AND MI’RAJ by Amany Shalaby, Ph.D. PART 1 of 3 In the Name of Allah, The Grantor of Universal Compassionate, the Grantor of Spiritual Mercy “Glorified (and Exalted) be He (Allah) Who took His slave (Muhammad ) for a journey by night...
You know how God sends opportunities for love and healing and when we’re ready they show up all around us so we can’t miss them? If you’ve been on this path more than a week, you probably get what I’m talking about. This week has been full of...
Being Earth Day, I thought it would be appropriate to share some of Sidi’s teachings about the our home planet. Sidi spoke often of caring for the earth, her soil, plants, animals, streams, oceans and air. Sidi warned us of actions and practices that harm the...
Today we welcome a new group of students to the University and the Shaddhiliyya Sufi Retreat Center. Our Year 1 Spring class formally begins their UOS journey tomorrow. I’m not sure if this feels more like a time of conception, birth, marriage or death. The...
Recently, Nura Laird, our UOS Dean of Faculty and Chair of the Department of Peacemaking, was interviewed on a KWMR radio program called Pieces of Peace. When I heard the interview, I was blown away by how eloquently she explained the Sufi Principles of Peacemaking...
