255. What We Can All Learn From Islam & The Quran | Hamza Yusuf

This episode was recorded on December 28th, 2021.

In this episode, Hamza Yusuf and I discuss the core beliefs of Islam, Hamza’s conversion, the importance of bridging religions, and the problem with our culture now.

Hamza Yusuf is an American neo-traditionalist Islamic scholar, co-founder of Zaytuna College, and the author of seven books, including Purification of Heart: Signs, Symptoms, and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart, Agenda to Change our Condition, and The Marvels of the Heart: Science of the Spirit.

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—Chapters—

0:00 — Intro

1:01 — Religious upbringing

5:09 — Community & freethinking

7:03 — The glue that holds things together

9:59 — The problem with our culture

10:01— Arabic word for disbeliever

13:00— Gratitude despite suffering

17:02— Jacques Lusseyran

20:53— Repentance I

30:11— Cleanliness, prayer, discernment

32:48— Repentance II

33:55— Hamza's conversion & near-death experience

40:24— Preparing to die

45:38— What drew Hamza to Islam

48:30— Obedience to God—practically & conceptually

50:29— Islam vs. collectivist philosophies

53:20— Differentiating religious beliefs

54:48— Aurel Kolnai

57:23— The idea of evil

1:00:49— Religiosity, atheism, values

1:07:04— Creation, evolution, consciousness

1:09:26— Islam in practice

1:16:44— Importance of bridging religions

1:18:57— Summary of Islam’s core beliefs

1:22:20— Commonalities among religions

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