Ali Ataie – Islam is a Thinking Person’s Religion

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Speaker 1 discusses the historical context of the discussion, highlighting the use of religion in modern times and the historical significance of the "the hour of the beast" sign. They also mention the historical significance of the "the river" sign, which refers to knowledge being at the centrality of religion.

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			We are a thinking person's religion. Make no
		
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			mistake about it.
		
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			1 of the meetings of Antalid al Amatura
		
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			Bataha,
		
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			a servant girl will give birth to her
		
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			mistress.
		
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			One of the signs of the sa'ah of
		
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			the hour
		
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			given by the prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam in
		
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			the famous Hadith of Gabriel.
		
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			One of the meanings of this Hadith
		
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			is that the modern West was born from
		
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			Islam,
		
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			that Europe in the late antique
		
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			was sunk in the dark ages.
		
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			Violence, disease, ignorance was rampant,
		
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			and it was Europe's contact
		
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			with Islam's intellectual tradition
		
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			that begot Western civilization
		
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			and brought them out of the dark ages.
		
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			And then the West turned around and colonized
		
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			and subjugated its mother, as it were.
		
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			The point is knowledge is at the centrality
		
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			of our tradition.