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		<title>Take the Job to its Completion</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2011/03/28/take-the-job-to-its-completion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 04:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This culture of minimalism that pervades our thinking and action allows for a culture of corruption to overtake us.  By “minimalism” I speak of that tendency that so many of us have, that allows us to do the bare minimum in accomplishing what we want to accomplish. The allure of minimalism is that it requires [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=1065&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We are networks of copycats</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite our individuality, it is in our nature to mimic others.  We mimic others in our language, in our posture, in our expressions.  You have to wonder what about yourself, if anything, is original.  You have to wonder if there is any aspect of your life that, at some point, was not a mimicking of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=1058&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Micro-cultures and the impossible necessity of lifelong practices</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2010/07/05/1055/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I differentiate between habits and practices, based on their relationship with the raging river that is society.  The raging river of society pushes you to conform every aspect of your life to float along with its currents.  Your practices, however, might keep you in control. Dare I suggest that American society is the most potent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=1055&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Discipline in Asking Questions</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2010/06/28/discipline-in-asking-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The path to knowledge involves asking questions. The path to God involves yearning.  When you ask about the Tradition, try &#8212; when you can &#8212; to ask questions that pertain to your yearning for God. If you lack yearning for God, then that is your first question.  That first question is answered in the opening [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=1052&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Centrality</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2010/06/21/centrality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Qur&#8217;an challenges you &#8212; believer, non-believer, rejector &#8212; to extend your beliefs to their logical conclusions.  Meaning, take what you believe about anything and everything, and understand what the consequences of these beliefs really are. If this challenge is too difficult, look to your actions.  Your actions will reveal much about your true beliefs.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=1049&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Avail yourself of the concessions in your humanity</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2010/06/14/avail-yourself-of-the-concessions-in-your-humanity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the challenges to piety is the age old challenge of the &#8220;ought&#8221; versus the &#8220;is.&#8221;  On the one hand, we speak of piety according to what people *should* do.  On the other hand, we speak of piety according to what people *do* do.  In the case of the former, we speak of how [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=1045&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Self Imposed Struggle is not a Virtue</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2010/06/07/self-imposed-struggle-is-not-a-virtue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a trend in our community to equate struggle with piety.  The idea is that if we have two paths to reach a destination, the more “pious” is the more difficult of the two choices.  That approach is a mistake.  Not only is it a mistake, but it also runs counter to our tradition.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=1043&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open letter to the new Muslim graduates</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2010/05/31/open-letter-to-the-new-muslim-graduates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 04:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assalamu Alaykum my beloved Sisters and Brothers, I hope this letter finds you in the best of health, spirits and iman.  I hope to join your many loved ones and friends in expressing that we are each very proud of you in your accomplishments.  As we call this moment &#8220;commencement&#8221; we wait and pray in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=1036&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Agnosticism in Practice</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2010/03/01/agnosticism-in-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know many people who regard themselves as agnostics.  The idea here is that they choice they made in belief (thus far) is to make no firm choice regarding belief, and that &#8220;belief&#8221; refers to the existence of God. There is a further agnosticism that we often overlook within the believing communities: agnosticism in practice.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=1034&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Muslim Inverse Tribalism</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2009/11/16/muslim-inverse-tribalism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a way, this post is a sequel to the post Reactive Nation. The concern is yet again relevant in light of recent events. It began long before 9/11, perhaps after the first WTC bombing in 1993.   Perhaps it began with the Salman Rushdie affair at the end of the 1980s.  Perhaps it began [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=975&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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