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Suhaib Webb
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The speaker discusses their personal meditation place in their car while driving and their interest in learning religion on their own. They also mention their education in Egypt and their move to New York where they study their faith. They explain their excitement about the Suhaib Webb Institute of the Sacred Sciences and their partnership with mainstream educators to support their initiative, while answering the question of education for Muslims and finding a way to achieve their goals.
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It is said that everybody has their own

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personal meditation place.

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I think mine

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is in my car

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driving at night.

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It's here that my mind visits an infinite

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number of concerns.

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But one concern that stays with me and

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has been with me since the earliest days

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of my Islam

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is education.

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As a convert, I experienced what it means

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to learn religion on my own,

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to be guided by Allah

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to the truth.

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And as an educator, whether on an individual

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level or a public level,

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I've engaged large numbers of people and I've

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heard that same passion,

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especially for English speaking Muslims.

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That's actually what compelled me to move to

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Egypt where I lived for 7 years and

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studied.

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The quest to understand not only

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what it means to know my faith, but

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to know the process of knowing my faith.

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After completing my education in Egypt, I came

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back to the states. I lived in the

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Bay Area. I lived in Boston. I lived

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in DC,

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and now I'm in New York City. And

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a few years ago, that question compelled me

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to start SWISS.

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SWISS is the Suhaib Webb Institute

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of the Sacred Sciences,

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where we marry professional educators

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with mainstream texts, where we are bold enough

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to cling to orthodoxy,

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but brave enough to shade that orthodoxy with

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the questions

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and concerns

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of the people of today.

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By signing up now and supporting us, you're

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guaranteeing that we stay independent

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is going to marry

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amazing technology

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with incredible innovation,

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all while being rooted and dedicated in doing

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one thing. And that's answering the question of

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what is the process of education

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religiously for Muslims,

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as well as how can we accomplish that

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