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Lecture: Insaniah Medical Students Course: Islamic Revealed Knowledge Dec 2012 – Mar 2013 The Modern/Post-Modern Knowledge Crises

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The Modern/Post-Modern Knowledge Crises. Lecture: Insaniah Medical Students Course: Islamic Revealed Knowledge Dec 2012 – Mar 2013. The crisis is one of people not knowledge. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Lecture: Insaniah Medical StudentsCourse: Islamic Revealed Knowledge

Dec 2012 – Mar 2013

The Modern/Post-Modern Knowledge Crises

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PENTAGRAM (often used Satanic symbol) Al;Dajjhl uses it to mark his dominion

The crisis is one of people not knowledge

Knowledge is not subject to crisis

because it is abstracted from created

reality and serves only as a means of

descriptive communications that help

man to order and direct power for

social-environmental-spiritual benefit

or harm;

Hence, it is the Misuse - Abuse non-use - neglect Absence - Ignorance

of knowledge that creates any crisis

related to knowledge.

Misuse is Active Disobedience (Abuse) DEVIATION FROM MAN’S RESPONSIBILITY

as vice-gerent in the dunya -- which is to enforce what is good and prevent what is evil

ensure benefit & prevent harm)

FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE : Magick / Sorcery scientific use of -- e.g., blowing on the knots is a scientific method involving beings and forces in nature (including samawat) producing harmful effects.

Non-use: Passive Disobedience (Neglect) Why? Knowledge is Present BUT FAILURE TO ACT responsibly leads to

Ignorance, which is a form of disobedience. Why?

because of man’s FAILURE TO ACT responsibly: i.e., to Teach and/or Read (prophetic-Adamic Path)

(education: the gaining of knowledge)

Elementary Example of abuse and neglect : this is a star the sun is a star

semiotics

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Believers (all Monotheists: eg. Native Americans)

Muslim Non-Muslim

EducatedTraditional

Sectarian Non-Sectarian* Secular, non-secular

Non-Traditional Sectarian Modern Materialist Secular, non-secular

Non-Educated (Ignorant)

* non-sectarian Muslim identifies only with the term ‘Muslim”

Christian Jew Pagan Heathen Atheist

Each category has similar types of knowledge:

(e.g., fitrah/instinctive)And types that differ

e.g., cultural, religious, social, scientific, rural

vs. urban, geographic, etc.

Non-Believers in Allah

SUB-CATEGORIES: ALL MAY BE SUBDIVIDED INTO Active or Passive Obedient (minority) & Disobedient sub-groups (majority)

One may therefore be an obedient but misguided member of any category depending on knowledge

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What Is A Knowledge Crisis ? Al’Nur

What Causes A Knowledge Crisis ?

Man’s inability to utilize or obtain trustful knowledge: Too much (man is overwhelmed =

confusion) Too little (man is ignorant) Poor Education (man is ignorant) Lack of Access (man is ignorant)

Poverty / Insufficient time Purposely Misdirected or

limited Education (man is ignorant)

BIAS = wrong knowledge Belief in lies (man is ignorant)

Lack of effective or truthful communication: All is EDUCATION Cultural, Political, Religious,

Racial apartheid / illiteracy / poor skills / (man is ignorant)

LACK OF JUST LEADERSHIP Disobedience Poor Teaching Apathy Injustice Conspiracy e.g. Fabian / Ishmai’ili / Catholic

Dark Age of Europe

Sectarianism (Asabiyah) Poverty, Bias, Neglect,

OppressionIGNORANCE PREVAILS

Administration of justice is the only genuine uniting factor for such diversity AMANAPROPHET’S POINT OF DEPARTURE

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Examples in the Energy Industry Crisis Causes

NUCLEAR ENERGY Waste disposal Cancer Environmental

Destruction (e.g. Fukushima)

OIL INDUSTRY GULF OF MEXICO (BP)

POLLUTION SEA LIFE DYING COASTAL POPULATION

POISONED

MISPLACED TRUST

Wrong information (Pride) Failure to Disclose (Lies & Pride) Apathy (laziness, lack of diligence) Greed (Selfishness = sunnah of Khabil) Government Collusion

(wickedness in high places) Non-Accountability

No Hisbah (Negligence) No Shura

All is the result of Disobediencewhich causes HARM.

Harm is the result of any Crisis in Knowledge

Ignorance lack of discernment

Mohammad: The Trusted One (Amana)

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Lobotomy / Pandemic Mental Health Disease

Iatrogenic Disease Overmedication Ignorant, lazy or incompetent doctors Lazy Patients: just want a ‘pill’ mentality

ADHD / Autism / HIV Immunizations (example of taqlid)

Auto-Immune Disease Immunizations

NWO FASCISMUmmah blindly following Ignorance & Poor or Corrupt leadership (including teachers)

taqlid = a form of apathy

Misplaced Trust: Authoritarianism Greed: Doctors & Pharm. etc.

Industry / Eugenics Failure to Disclose (lies & liars) Bad Science Apathy Taqlid (Blind Following)

A type of ignorance Misplaced Trust

Eugenics = example of wrong idea (ideal) Humanism Social Darwinism Social Engineering

DISOBEDIENCE TO DIVINE LAW

Examples in the Medical Industry Crisis Causes (No

Synthesis of Knowledge)

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The Crisis of Misplaced Trust (Amana)

The West has shown a frightening capacity for irrational behavior and fascination for violence and irrational ideologies. In short, the West, despite its extraordinary achievements in science and technology, intellectual capacity and civilization, is fragile and perishable because its moral and ethical values are designed from reason and logic without the involvement of The Greatest Spiritual Source of truth, God [Divine Revelation].

Hence: The West Cannot be trusted as vice-gerent

Trust is the most basic component of beneficial human relationship.

The most important moral principles that helped Muslims develop and enhance Islamic Science were trust (al-Amanah), justice (al-adl), righteousness (al-birr) and enjoining virtues and forbidding evil

(al-‘amr bil ma’ruf wa al-nahy ‘an al—munkar).

- Prof. Cemil Akdogan, ISTAC, IIUM

- Dar Ul’Islam in balanceHuman Relation

s

Justice - al-adlRighteousness - al-birrEnforcement - Al’Hisbah

TRUST

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Trust

Distrust --

Misplaced Trust

Mimic the West

NWO out of chaos poor human

relations (division or sectarianism)

injusticeimmoralityTyrannyHeart disease

environmental destruction

Without trust = no certaintyWithout certainty = no iman = taqlidWithout certified iman = misguidance assured

NO SHURA

Present world condition

Left Eyed Beastno spiritual insight,

which means no foresight

balance of Al’Darjjhl

PURE FASCISM

Dar ul’ Islam Collapse

Human Relation

s

Justice (al-adl)

Righteousness

(al-birr)Enforcement

Al’Hisbah

Knowledge Crisis Results

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Surah Al Kahf and the

Modern Age

Sheikh Imran Hosein

Greatest Knowledge Crisis

Greatest Problems ?

• Imbalance • too much religion• too much materialism

• no Shura• No one qualified for

synthesis ?

Knowledge comes through two sources. the first source is known as ‘ilm al-

Zāhir, and is based on empirical knowledge and rational enquiry. includes scientific knowledge, is finite and limited.

the second source is known as ‘ilm al-Bātin internal intuitive

spiritual knowledge that also may be known as religious experience. It is spiritually communicated to an individual

and originates in a dimension of reality which transcends material reality. (samawat)

usually comes in the form of intuitive thought, but it can also be

communicated through true dreams or visions as a gift from Allah Most High. Such knowledge is infinite, inexhaustible, and timeless.

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The Greatest Knowledge Crisis is the Lack of Synthesis

RevelationScripture / Sunnah(s)

(nass ordinances Qur’an - Al Kitab – Al’Taurat)

MetaphysicalDreams - inspiration

Soft Science

Material Science

Synthesis of KnowledgeCompletes the Shura

Metaphysical

Soft Science

Hard Science

Revelation

Modern Mass Education and Secularism prevent Synthesis through reductionism and sectarianism which cause pre-occupations with Bias & Special Interests = Politics

Two Eyed Caliphate (Ideal)

Shura: Council of Synthesis (Islam = Balance)

‘ilm al-

Zāhir

‘ilm al-

Batin

‘ilm al-

Batin

‘ilm al-

Zāhir

Samawat

Earth

Right EyeInternal

Left EyeExternal

TRUST

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The Great Knowledge Crisis Unable to Synthesize No Internal -Spiritual Insight Blind Heart Diseasethus becomes : One Eyed System of Al’ Dajjāl

World ReligionCorrupt Scripture Deviation – Lies Sectarianism

– Ritual Fetish & Patriotism

New Age Superstition Mysticism - Cults

Human Resource management RiBA Infested

Economy PSYOPS -Psychology

PR_Propaganda Consumerism

Mass Education

Hard ScienceUtilitarian

MaterialismTranshumanis

Man is Machine

No Synthesis of Knowledge (Reductionist Only)None or inadequate or corrupt Shura

Superstition

Soft Science

Hard Science

Pure Materialis

m

RitualReligion &

Politics

“Oh you who believe (in this Qur’ān) do not take (such) Jews and the Christians as (your) friends or allies who themselves become friends and allies of each other.” (- Qur’ān, al-Māidah, 5:51

Mohammad's letter to Khosrau I I , the Persian Shah : He has sent me for the guidance of all people so that I may warn them all of His wrath and may present the unbelievers with an ultimatum. Embrace Islam so that you may remain safe. And if you refuse to accept Islam You will be responsible for the sins of the Magi.

One Eyed Caliphate

Council of Special Interests:Ali-Baba ‘Back Door ‘Ministries in League w NWO’sJudo-Christian Occult Alliance, which is Haram

‘ilm al- Humanis

mRejects

divine law

‘ilm al- Taqlid

Ignorance & Superstition

lacks genuine spiritual Insight

Neo-Patriarchy

‘ilm al- taqlid

‘ilm al-Secualr

Humanism

Samawat No Access except to

reprobate jinn for deviant shamans

(Bomohs) & the superstitious

or possessed.

Very few righteous gain access to higher realms.

Earth

Sins of the Magi

Mimicry of West

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Group

Each team member gives or contributes a one - two minute presentation:

Include History & Reasons for crisis; who profits, who is harmed, current status:

Lobotomy Iatrogenic Disease Auto-Immune Disease Autism – ADHD Fukushima HIV

Composite GradeTeacher assessment 50%Peer assessment 50%

Essay: 250 - 300 words In terms used above,

describe a knowledge crises;

Take one topic from above or of your own choosing

(pending my approval)

Composite GradeTeacher assessment 50%Peer assessment 50%

Assignment for Extra-Credit (Distinction)

Individual

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Assignments: following KEY WORDS must be utilized

ignorance

disobedience

Sectarian - -

non-sectarian

Secular / Secularism

non-secular

materialism

Apathy

Bias

Ilm Al-Taqlid

synthesis

misplaced trust

neglect

discernment

accountability

Hisbah

authoritarianism

Humanism

taqlid - fetish - ritual

PSYOPS - - Propaganda

Utilitarianism

insight