Wednesday, June 6, 2018

LEARNING SUMMARY

Name three things that you learned from this unit. Was there anything that you found especially compelling or challenging? If so, please explain.

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

READING: A NOTE ON SOURCES OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROPHET'S LIFE AND EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY

READING: A NOTE ON SOURCES OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROPHET'S LIFE AND EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY

When we consider the context of the Quran, it is important to reflect on the sources of our knowledge. In order to answer this question, we need to gain a sense of how both Muslims and Western scholars have thought about the authenticity of historical information regarding early Islam. This is one of the most complex topics in Islamic studies, but we will endeavor to introduce it here, returning to some of these topics later in the course.

The question of the validity of sources received greatest attention from Muslim scholars when it came to hadith, or narrations of what the Prophet said, did and tacitly approved of. As the recipient of Revelation, Muslims have always seen the Prophet as a moral exemplar and guide for correct belief and action, and his sayings, actions and tacit approvals were deemed to be sources of law for the Sunni and Shii legal traditions, both of which coalesced in the 9th and 10th centuries.

But the problem was that large numbers of hadith had been forged by this time, often to suit political, sectarian or personal motives. As a response to this difficulty, Muslim scholars developed a complex system of hadith criticism, which required not only that there be an unbroken chain of transmitters (isnād) going back to the Prophet, before it could be taken seriously, but also that these transmitters (male and female) be considered morally upright and possessed of a sound memory. This chain of transmitters (isnād) usually preceded the text of the hadith (matn), It would be no exaggeration to state that the sciences of critically investigating, corroborating and categorizing the hadith and their isnāds has occupied a significant proportion of Muslim scholarly attention over the centuries. Moreover, there are significant differences as well as overlaps in the hadiths considered reliable between Sunni and Shia Islam (in addition to the fact that the Shia include the hadith of their Imams), as well as differences of opinion among scholars within these traditions.

Western scholarship in the 19th and early 20th centuries, of which the most important scholars were Ignaz Goldziher (d.1921) and Joseph Schacht (d.1969) tended to be critical of the Islamic hadith sciences, sometimes almost discarding it wholesale. However, more recently, as Western scholars have gained greater knowledge of the complexity of Islamic scholarship and have carried out more penetrating research, of which that of Harald Motzki stands out, appreciation of the hadith as sources of knowledge about early Islam has grown. Although there are naturally significant differences in approaches to hadith between most Western academics and most Muslim scholars (we could call these epistemological differences), it is clear that Muslims have been engaged in source-critical analysis from very early in their history. We will discuss hadith more on Day 4 of this course.

Understanding early Islamic history, particularly the period of the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad, is closely related to understanding hadith, as Muslim historians would often critically appraise historical narrations using similar methods to the appraisal of hadith, and in many cases there is no definite line between historical narrations and the hadith themselves. The first Muslim historians that we know of were writing about 50 or 60 years after the Prophet passed away, and the earliest extant texts date from the late 2nd century of the Hijra, although many of these text contain extensive citations from earlier sources. From the earliest times these historical accounts were subject to critical investigation and debate. Furthermore, there often numerous accounts that do not agree with each other in all their details, which is a result of the oral nature of transmission. Nevertheless, when it comes to the lifetime of the Prophet himself there is a high level of agreement in the general series of events, though there is significant disagreement on the events that unfolded after he passed away.

Among Western scholars there have been diverse approaches to early Islamic history. Although most scholars also accept the general outlines of the Islamic account, there have also been ‘revisionists’ in recent decades, who have attempted to create pictures of early Islamic history without considering Muslim accounts. However, the accounts of these scholars differ widely and no coherent revisionist account that is widely accepted among scholars who take this approach.

When it comes to early Islamic history, as with so many other topics in this course, there are a wide variety of approaches available. What is particularly important for us here is to understand the reasons for this diversity, which generally derive from differing methods of weighing up the validity of the various historical sources.

When it comes to the Quran in its oral form, there are a limited number of recensions (qira’āt), usually numbered at 7 or 10, that are agreed upon as authentic by all Muslim schools today, and which differ only in minor vowel changes, adding minor nuances of meaning, but which can be all read from a single Arabic text in its simplest form (for in this form many of the vowels are not written). In Day 3, we will consider how the Quran came to be written down in codified form, as well as the earliest extant manuscripts, including the recently discovered Birmingham codex.

Monday, June 4, 2018

Reading: Ramadan

READING: RAMADAN

Ramadan is the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, associated in most Islamic denominations with the obligation for adults to fast from dawn until sunset for the whole month (excepting those who are ill, too old, or on a journey, and women who are pregnant, breast-feeding or menstruating).

The month of Ramadan is also closely associated with the Quran, as described in Chapter 2, Verses 185-6 of the Quran:

“The month of Ramadan is that wherein the Quran was sent down as guidance to mankind, as clear proofs of guidance, and as the Criterion. Let him among you who is present fast during that [month]. And whosoever is ill or on a journey, it is a number of other days. God desires ease for you, and He does not desire hardship for you. [It is] so that you may complete the number and magnify God for having guided you, that haply you may give thanks. When My servants ask thee about Me, truly I am near. I answer the call of the caller when he calls Me. So let them respond to Me and believe in Me, that they may be led aright.” (Trans. The Study Quran)

Diverse explanations of the significance of the fast have been given: that it puts the person who fasts into a constant state of worship, in which even sleep is considered worship; that it is a purification; that it intensifies faith; that the experience hunger allows one to develop compassion for those who unwillingly have to go hungry; and that it empties the believer of his or her ego, in preparation for receiving the Divine Word, for a cup that is already full cannot receive water.

Furthermore, many Muslims consider Ramadan to be a time of fasting from negative actions and character traits, as well as from food and water, and some consider a bout of anger, for example, to invalidate the fast.

In addition to being a time of heightened spirituality, Ramadan also has important significance for Muslim community life, as people often gather in large or small groups to break the fast together and celebrate. Many Muslims organize for the evening meal to be distributed freely, so that those without the means to prepare an elaborate meal will also be well fed. For many Shia Muslims, certain nights of Ramadan are also commemorated with mourning rituals, as the first Imam (the Prophet’s cousin and son-in-law, and also the fourth caliph of Sunni Islam) Ali ibn Abi Talib was struck with a poisoned sword by a dissident from the Kharijite sect as he prayed the morning prayer on the 19th of Ramadan, and passed away on the 21st.

The culmination of Ramadan occurs in the last ten nights, which are considered particularly blessed, and in which the Prophet encouraged believers to retreat from the world and engage themselves in prayer and Quranic recitation. According to a saying of the Prophet, Laylat al-Qadr (known as ‘The Night of Power’ or ‘The Night of the Decree’ in English), which is the holiest time in the Muslim calendar, falls on one of the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan. The Night of Power is the night in which the Quran was first revealed, or when the entire Quran descended to the lowest heaven, ready to be revealed over the following decades, and is described by the Quran as being ‘better than a thousand months’. (97:3) Although, no one knows exactly which night will be the Night of Power, and hence Muslims are encouraged to ‘search for it’ in the last ten nights, it is common in Sunni Islam for the 27th night (i.e. the night before the 27th day) to be given special emphasis, whereas in Shia Islam the 19th, 21st and particularly the 23rd are emphasized.

The month of Ramadan provides a source of unity and charity in Muslim communities as well as being an intense time of personal devotion and spiritual transformation.

Books and Introverts

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Sunday, June 3, 2018

Ideological Battle Against Islamism

Sir,

With all due respect relying on others to do the hard work of ideological battle will not work. It was Westeners, Winston Churchill and FDR, who waged the ideological battle against Nazism during World War II and not Germans.

Current U.S. leadership is ill-equipped for the task of articulating the superiority of what in "Civilization" historian Niall Ferguson describes as the Western package.

"This Western package still seems to offer human societies the best available set of economic, social and political institutions--the ones most likely to unleash the individual human creativity capable of solving the problems the twenty-first century world faces . . . . The big question is whether or not we are still able to recognize the superiority of that package" (p. 324).

“The biggest threat to Western civilization is posed not by other civilizations, but by our own pusillanimity — and by the historical ignorance that feeds it” (p. 325). Ferguson calls for a return to traditional education, since “at its core, a civilization is the texts that are taught in its schools, learned by its students and recollected in times of tribulation” (p. 324). The greatest dangers facing us are probably not “the rise of China, Islam or CO2 emissions,” he writes, but “our own loss of faith in the civilization we inherited from our ancestors” (p. 325).

Islamic authorities are a considerable part of the problem. "For Muslims the Qur'an is the immediate and complete revelation of God's message to mankind through Mohammed. . . . Islam has rarely experienced tensions analogous to those between church and state in medieval Western Christendom because the Muslim community has been founded on the principle of theocracy, and a distinct ecclesiastical body powerful enough to challenge secular authorities has never existed" (The Encyclopedia of Religion, ed., Eliade, 2:4-5).

For Islam to progress beyond the primitive text of the Qur'an and acknowledge religious pluralism, it would be necessary for the equivalent of a Protestant Reformation, a Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment to occur within Islamism. This is not likely and even if possible it would take centuries to mature as these movements did in the Western Judeo-Christian civilization.

Indeed, the issue is even more pressing in light of San Bernardino and Orlando. Formerly, the fight was overseas and involved American military troops; today, it is the average American in the homeland who is a target.

American leaders need to step up to the plate and point out the inability of the Qur'an to be a guide for modern, civilized life in a pluralistic society.

Thank you for your comment. I agree we have a strong political ideology in our founding documents, and globally (even within the Middle East), ideas of democracy and equality do resonate. My greatest conclusion in studying terrorism for over a decade is that the best way to fight these groups is to improve Governance in the countries that have spawned them.

The quotation you highlighted is specifically about the religious ideological debate within Islam. A slightly expanded quotation follows:

"Importantly, non-Muslim states, including the U.S. must avoid any overt appearance or actual entry into the ideological debate. Arguments that counter the takfiri message will only resonate with true believers and followers if those arguments are advanced by Muslim scholars and spiritual leaders. Spiritual authorities in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt may be best positioned to successfully engage ISIS in the ideological sphere."

The full paper is available at: goo.gl/KsDkf5

Blog Smith

I would take issue with an otherwise excellent article about one aspect of the study:

"Importantly, non-Muslim states, including the U.S. must avoid any overt appearance or actual entry into the ideological debate."

An American ideology of Common Sense, The Federalist Papers, the U.S. Constitution, the Gettysburg Address, Letter from Birmingham Jail, and related documents is unbeatable.

It is not that America does not have a superior ideology to the Islamic State the difficulty is that our leaders do not appreciate our ideological advantage; and, perhaps more importantly, they can not communicate it effectively using the technological tools that Islamists exploit to their advantage.

David Kobs

"Spiritual authorities in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt may be best positioned to successfully engage ISIS in the ideological sphere."

Saturday, June 2, 2018

Alinsky Revolutionaries

Hillary, Obama and the Cult of Alinsky: "True revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism, Alinsky taught. He urged them to cut their hair, put on suits, and infiltrate the system from within.

Alinsky viewed revolution as a slow, patient process. The trick was to penetrate existing institutions such as churches, unions and political parties.

"Revolution"

You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world

But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out

Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright, alright

You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're all doing what we can

But if you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait

Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright, alright, al...

You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You'd better free your mind instead

But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow

Don't you know know it's gonna be alright
Alright, alright

Alright, alright
Alright, alright
Alright, alright
Alright, alright

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/beatles/revolution.html

Friday, June 1, 2018

Obamagate and Pakistani Collusion

Obama

Stokely Carmichael vs. Liberals, Liberal Racism, Alinsky-Obama

Stokely Carmichael vs. Liberals, Liberal Racism, Alinsky-Obama

Racist white society

Portion of speech by Kwame Ture, then still known as Stokely Carmichael, chairman of the militant Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), delivered it in front of the Mississippi State Capitol at Jackson on June 26, 1966, 1:28

SNCC was successful in the South with poor blacks.

https://youtu.be/UpQ1woQ57j4

Black Power

Stokely Carmichael, Black Power, 8:03

https://youtu.be/4zg4dhFb7aQ

The first popular use of the term "Black Power" as a political and racial slogan was by Stokely Carmichael (later known as Kwame Ture) and Willie Ricks (later known as Mukasa Dada), both organizers and spokespersons for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). On June 16, 1966, in a speech in Greenwood, Mississippi, after the shooting of James Meredith during the March Against Fear, Stokely Carmichael said:[5][6]

This is the twenty-seventh time I have been arrested and I ain't going to jail no more! The only way we gonna stop them white men from whuppin' us is to take over. What we gonna start sayin' now is Black Power!

Carmichael saw the concept of "Black Power" as a means of solidarity between individuals within the movement. It was a replacement of the "Freedom Now!" slogan of Carmichael's contemporary, the non-violent leader Martin Luther King. With his use of the term, Carmichael felt this movement was not just a movement for racial desegregation, but rather a movement to help end how American racism had weakened blacks. He said, "'Black Power' means black people coming together to form a political force and either electing representatives or forcing their representatives to speak their needs."[7]

Carmichael split from Martin Luther King as well as Liberal racism.

Today, who might be representative of liberal racism?

Harry Reid "Obama Electable Because he is Light Skinned with no Negro Dialect,"

1:14

White Liberals

https://youtu.be/kQnlcUN3qcQ

Biden: clean and articulate Obama, :40

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vJSfBKQA_KQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RTj1WazIFw

In contemporary politics, several themes have emerged since the revolution will be not be televised. First, there is a split between the religious, American social movement of civil rights; second, black power emerged as a split from the Martin Luther King movement but it also identified liberal racism. Finally, the respectable type of radical, following Alinsky, has emerged.

D' Sousa Talks About Alinsky & Obama, 4:42

Islamist Rape Gangs & Tommy Robinson

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

History of the Grateful Dead

History of the Grateful Dead
History

HUM 111 Regulating Sex in the Roman Empire: Ideology, the Bible, and the early Christians

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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

History of the Doors

History

5/29 The Day Starbucks Ended Racism

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Monday, May 28, 2018

History of Pink Floyd

History

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Deconstruction for Dummies

Vid

What is Deconstruction?

Reading since summer 2006 (some of the classics are re-reads): including magazine subscriptions

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Grant, Michael, The Classical Greeks;
Grumberg, Orna, and Helmut Veith, 25 Years of Model Checking: History, Achievements, Perspectives;
Halberstam, David, War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals;
Hammer, Reuven, Entering Torah Prefaces to the Weekly Torah Portion;
Hanson, Victor Davis, An Autumn of War: What America Learned from September 11 and the War on Terrorism;
Hanson, Victor Davis, Between War and Peace: Lessons from Afghanistan to Iraq;
Hanson, Victor Davis, Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power;
Hanson, Victor Davis, How The Obama Administration Threatens Our National Security (Encounter Broadsides);
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Hanson, Victor Davis, Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think;
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Hinnells, John R., A Handbook of Ancient Religions;
Hitchens, Christopher, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything;
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Hugo, Victor, The Hunchback of Notre Dame;
Humphrey, Caroline & Vitebsky, Piers, Sacred Architecture;
Huntington, Samuel P., The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order;
Info World: Information Technology News, Computer Networking & Security;
Information Week: Business Innovation Powered by Technology:
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