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On this episode of the Raw Islam Podcast with Imam Azhar he addresses being Muslim when everyone around you is observing Christmas.
The theory around Muslims (and liberals too) is that we don’t want anyone to celebrate or observe Christmas. We don’t ever want to hear the phrase “Merry Christmas,” and the truth of the matter is that this just isn’t the case. This, as one might say, Fake News!
This does lead to the question – are there some people that feel it is simply wrong to even talk about this? Should Muslims even be giving a nod to the fact that Christmas is thing? (Here is hint, if you have listened to the show before you should already know the answer to this question.)
But should there be boundaries for Muslim at Christmas? Should we be helping to decorate the tree or how should be behave towards the “people of the books” while they are practicing their religion?
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Raw Islam 71: Being a Good Parent in 2019
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On this episode of the Raw Islam Podcast with Imam Azhar – a 2017 Podcast Award nominated podcast – with all that is going on in the world today, how do we be good parents to our children?
There seems to be so much going on in the world today… with hate, racism, wars, poverty, climate change, and the list goes on and on.
But with all of this, how to we continue to be good parents and raise our children in a correct way, so that will be good people?
Is it how much we force them to pray, or should we force them to read more Quran, or maybe we just take their phones away from them forever?
While it is a good idea to unplug for a few hours a day – not Tuesdays at 8pm – we must remember that part of being a good parent is to lead by example. So, what kind of example are you setting for your children?
The Imam also reminds us that this podcast is just the start to the conversations. While our audience – that is you – gets to pick the topic of conversation from week to week, we do hope that you continue talking about things with your family, friends, and community. It is through conversation that we get to know our neighbors better and come closer together.
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Raw Islam 70: How Much Charity is To Much?
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On this episode of the Raw Islam Podcast with Imam Azhar – a 2017Podcast Award nominated podcast – the Imam address giving charity and the importance of it, and how it can help not only those around you, but help take care of you too.
In the shadow of Giving Tuesday; which of course follows Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday…you have spent so much of your money on items that you want – not items that you really need. And there is an importance of making a distinction here.
Most of us WANT that new TV or that new video game, but none of us NEED that new TV. We, as humans, in world that has so much disparity, need to make clear want verses need. We WANT that that bottled water, but people in Flint NEED that bottled water. The resources that we have on this planet, as climate change because more and more evident, will become more and more scarce, and that is one reason we need to think before we spend our money.
Now – where were we? Oh yes, Giving Tuesday and charity…
Imam Azhar reflects on not only this giving Tuesday, but Ramadan time too, and he reflects on all the mail, email, WhatsApp messages, and Facebook posts that he gets from different groups and people asking for money. And he asks – when is enough, enough?
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Raw Islam 69: Thanksgiving- Mission Impossible
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On this episode of the Raw Islam Podcast with Imam Azhar – a 2017Podcast Award nominated podcast – the guys talk aboutThanksgiving… not just the meal, but the act of being thankful as well.
Imam Azhar asks the audience, why is so difficult to give thanks?
Many people, when they try to count their blessings, end up counting more of the bad things in their life, or the bad things that have happened to them. So why is it that we struggle to have, and give thanks?
No one has ever promised that life would be perfect, and that life would be easy. In fact, the opposite of this is true. This life was designed to be a test, not just of our faith, but of us as well.
However, regardless of this life being a test filled with struggles, Imam Azhar reminds us that it is imperative that count our blessings and be thankful for what we have – and not spend extra energy focusing on how bad life is.
He suggests that we should stop taking things like life and health for granted. Be thankful for them, because in this world you never know when either one can be taken away.
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Raw Islam 68: What Does It Take To Be a True Patriot?
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On this episode of the Raw Islam Podcast with Imam Azhar – a 2017 Podcast Award nominated podcast – we ask what it takes to be a true patriot.
As this episode opens B.C. Dodge proudly introduces the Raw Islam audience to the now famous Trumpy Bear…and yes this is a real thing.
Thankfully Imam Azhar quickly turns around the conversation, by issuing a dua for those that are affected by the California wild fires, which are the worst fire that the area has seen in many many years.
The Imam goes on to thank those that served in the United States Armed Forces, especially those that severed in World War II – that is because this episode fell on the Tuesday after Veteran’s Day and Armistice Day.
Imam Azhar does what he does best by bring the conversation home – by asking if owning this bear or wearing a red hat makes one a true patriot, or does caring about the people next to you make you a true patriot?
It is America’s love for its people that makes America great, and makes someone a patriot. Not what bears they own or hat they wear.
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Raw Islam 67: Live From the Parliament of the World’s Religions
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On this episode of the Raw Islam Podcast with Imam Azhar – a 2017 Podcast Award nominated podcast – the Imam comes to us live from Toronto, Canada, from the Parliament of The World’s Religions.
There have been several meetings referred to as a Parliament of the World’s Religions, the first being the World’s Parliament of Religions of 1893, which was an attempt to create a global dialogue of faiths. The event was celebrated by another conference on its centenary in 1993. This led to a new series of conferences under the official title Parliament of the World’s Religions.
After finding a good Wi-Fi signal, Imam Azhar explains that there are religions from all over the world that have come together to talk about the struggles that they are facing, and what we can over come and accomplish if we come together.
He explains that there are many reason that people attend this parliament, but for Imam Azhar it is about trying to understand more about how we can come together and overcome the hatred and bigotry that we are seeing in the world today.
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