Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention • Dec 21st to 23rd in Toronto, Canada
“It can’t be a male voice which polices women’s voices and women’s bodies … we have literally hundreds of thousands of women hurting in our community … Everyone’s talking about what’s going on, forgetting about the victims.” – Imam @KLatif @ the Me Too panel #ris2018
— radiyah c. (@radiyahch) December 23, 2018
He who thinks Africa is poor does not understand economics. Africa is the richest continent in the world but has been made impoverished by the racist policies of colonizers over 400 years. — Dr. Hatem Bazian #ris2018
— Bob. (@Nidz__) December 24, 2018
“Teach your children to speak more and the elders to speak less and listen more. If you fill your children with love and respect, that is what you will receive when they grow up.” – Maulana Tariq Jameel. *keeping it real* #RIS2018
— Shamsia Quraishi (@shamsiaquraishi) December 24, 2018
“If you only care about #HumanRights of ‘your’ group, then you don’t care about human rights at all.” – @mehdirhasan has some news for us all. Say no to blind loyalty. #RIS2018
— Shamsia Quraishi (@shamsiaquraishi) December 23, 2018
When Muslim authority figures make mistakes, we either have a crisis of faith or one of reason. Let’s find the middle ground by not marrying our faith with public/authority figures @DMogahed #RIS2018
— Zubaida (@Zubayyds) December 22, 2018
“A quality of people of faith is that they embrace refugees because the first humans were refugees.”
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf #RIS2018 pic.twitter.com/y8Vjpozawo— #RIS2018_December_21st (@risconvention) December 23, 2018
The discussions on mental health at #RIS2018 are so needed and relevant. The structure of the talks and panels are so well thought out and considerate it really makes me appreciate the organizers’ work at really analyzing what makes a good conference.
— Nafisah (@Nahan87) December 22, 2018
“One way to make sure our sisters are heard is to make sure we’re listening.”
Ustadha Ieasha Prime #RIS2018 pic.twitter.com/y3w9nKzBhA— #RIS2018_December_21st (@risconvention) December 24, 2018
“We are not going to be silenced, shoved into the shadows, run out of town. We are not going to apologize for being Muslims, not going to apologize for who we are.”@mehdirhasan #RIS2018 pic.twitter.com/VBqWegQNWI
— #RIS2018_December_21st (@risconvention) December 23, 2018
“We should be against war… Aerial bombardment, these should be recognized for what they are, as crimes against humanity because the people at the bottom of those bombs are civilians by and large. They are men, women, and children..”
Sh. Hamza on Yemen & other places #RIS2018
— Salman Younas (@salyounas) December 24, 2018
“#Indifference is more #evil than evil itself…”@CornelWest #RIS2018 #RIS pic.twitter.com/EIzLLCfuCb
— Ahmed Ramadan (@Beard_Logic) December 23, 2018
#ris2018 Extremely enlightening lectures from excellent faculty who have been bringing extremely complex issues to the fore and down to the level of understanding of our youth to enable them to look at the being #Muslim an important part of their challenging identity favourable
— Mo-MD 🇨🇦🇿🇦 (@moollamd) December 23, 2018
Sr. Rasheeda Ali bringing the crowd to tears at #RIS2018. Powerful clips of Muhammad Ali, going through his life and trials to give perspective on a complicated man. Alhamdulilah
— Nafisah (@Nahan87) December 23, 2018
“The etiquette of conversation is not being loud. Truth does not need higher volume to be delivered or conveyed. It just needs to be the truth.” –@ShaykhNinowy #knowledgeretreat #ris2018 pic.twitter.com/lk4NG2nCAG
— #RIS2018_December_21st (@risconvention) December 29, 2018
You have to decide what kind of human being you’re going to be. What kind of choices you’re going to make in your journey from your mama’s womb to the tomb. — @CornelWest #RIS2018
— S. K. Ali (@SajidahWrites) December 23, 2018
“In Islam, art and beauty are not a luxury, they are a necessity…Throughout the Islamic world, surrounding ourselves with beauty and art is integral to our religion.”-Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr #KR2018 #RIS2018 pic.twitter.com/fua6CgxJ2R
— #RIS2018_December_21st (@risconvention) December 29, 2018
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