Reza

Salaam everybody:
Here's an opportunity to increase blessings throughout this community and throughout the whole world.  I remember seeing old threads from years past about salawat pledges, but this thread will be slightly different.  The only goal of this thread is to post the salawat as often as we can, and nothing more:
اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ
Allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin
O Allah: (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
Rules of this thread:
1.  All members are encouraged to post the salawat as often as they like, English or Arabic (but only once per post please)
2.  Like as many posts as possible (reciting it yourself out loud while you like the post)
3.  No other discussions or statements please, this is purely for salawat only
Let's see how long this chain will go, and how much blessing we can all accumulate from posting and liking.  More information on the salawat:
http://www.duas.org/salwaat.htm
I'll get started:
Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammad wa ali Muhammad

Salaam everybody:
Here's an opportunity to increase blessings throughout this community and throughout the whole world.  I remember seeing old threads from years past about salawat pledges, but this thread will be slightly different.  The only goal of this thread is to post the salawat as often as we can, and nothing more:
اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ
Allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin
O Allah: (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
Rules of this thread:
1.  All members are encouraged to post the salawat as often as they like, English or Arabic (but only once per post please)
2.  Like as many posts as possible (reciting it yourself out loud while you like the post)
3.  No other discussions or statements please, this is purely for salawat only
Let's see how long this chain will go, and how much blessing we can all accumulate from posting and liking.  More information on the salawat:
http://www.duas.org/salwaat.htm
I'll get started:
Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammad wa ali Muhammad

Reminds me of this Quran verse:
And when it is said unto them: Make not mischief in the earth, they say: We are peacemakers only. (2:11)

I saw the first 10 minutes on Netflix. Saw a scene of them escaping Iraq to Iran and getting abused and discriminated. Then they’re on a plane to Australia, with the announcer saying they’ve left Iranian airspace and can now serve alcohol. A woman takes off hijab and the young boy is all wide eyed and enticed by slow motion hair moving.
Off.

There's always been a push to find "organic" causes to mental disorders - i.e. chemical, anatomic, etc rather than the view it "just happens" without a tangible, measurable trigger.
Psychosis could be secondary to other diseases or processes, but in the end, most cases can't be explained. Some correlations may be discovered, but it's hard to decipher an exact cause in the majority of cases. 

Love English, but Arabic and Latin would be more useful in this discussion. We are still struggling with words like "worship", "saint", "god", that don't completely reflect the nuances of the principles they are supposed to describe. 

Not sure if everyone has the same definition of "worship". My definition is the penultimate recognition and devotion to something above all other things, without an equal. By that definition, I don't believe Catholics "worship" Mary unless she's considered an undetachable part of God physical/spiritual essence himself.
Imagine God, the son of God, and mother of the son of God all part of a single unified, inseparable continuum. This thinking makes no sense to a Muslim, but maybe it does to others.

I would assume Darth Vader would know most about this, being in outer space and all. 

I would assume Darth Vader would know most about this, being in outer space and all. 

I would assume Darth Vader would know most about this, being in outer space and all. 

اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ
O Allah: (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

Salaam everybody:
Here's an opportunity to increase blessings throughout this community and throughout the whole world.  I remember seeing old threads from years past about salawat pledges, but this thread will be slightly different.  The only goal of this thread is to post the salawat as often as we can, and nothing more:
اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ
Allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin
O Allah: (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
Rules of this thread:
1.  All members are encouraged to post the salawat as often as they like, English or Arabic (but only once per post please)
2.  Like as many posts as possible (reciting it yourself out loud while you like the post)
3.  No other discussions or statements please, this is purely for salawat only
Let's see how long this chain will go, and how much blessing we can all accumulate from posting and liking.  More information on the salawat:
http://www.duas.org/salwaat.htm
I'll get started:
Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammad wa ali Muhammad

Salaam everybody:
Here's an opportunity to increase blessings throughout this community and throughout the whole world.  I remember seeing old threads from years past about salawat pledges, but this thread will be slightly different.  The only goal of this thread is to post the salawat as often as we can, and nothing more:
اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ
Allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin
O Allah: (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
Rules of this thread:
1.  All members are encouraged to post the salawat as often as they like, English or Arabic (but only once per post please)
2.  Like as many posts as possible (reciting it yourself out loud while you like the post)
3.  No other discussions or statements please, this is purely for salawat only
Let's see how long this chain will go, and how much blessing we can all accumulate from posting and liking.  More information on the salawat:
http://www.duas.org/salwaat.htm
I'll get started:
Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammad wa ali Muhammad

This is an important question.
I know that it’s common to use modifiers like “conservative Muslim” or “Indian Muslim” or “revert Muslim” to give context if needed, but how long does the “revert” modifier last?
When does somebody stop being a “revert” and become simply “Muslim”? Is it a lifetime branding?

اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ
O Allah: (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

Salaam everybody:
Here's an opportunity to increase blessings throughout this community and throughout the whole world.  I remember seeing old threads from years past about salawat pledges, but this thread will be slightly different.  The only goal of this thread is to post the salawat as often as we can, and nothing more:
اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ
Allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin
O Allah: (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
Rules of this thread:
1.  All members are encouraged to post the salawat as often as they like, English or Arabic (but only once per post please)
2.  Like as many posts as possible (reciting it yourself out loud while you like the post)
3.  No other discussions or statements please, this is purely for salawat only
Let's see how long this chain will go, and how much blessing we can all accumulate from posting and liking.  More information on the salawat:
http://www.duas.org/salwaat.htm
I'll get started:
Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammad wa ali Muhammad

Discussion of these topics happen frequently in non-Islamic spaces, so it's nice to have it directly addressed as a majlis.
With that said, this is merely introductory. I agree there needs to be longer panel discussions, preferably including people who specialize in social work and psychology, as well as religious experts.

God, these threads pop up every year without fail. It's a nice, benign celebration of some cultural significance--- and doesn't harm anyone or anything. Give it a rest people. 

This is an important question.
I know that it’s common to use modifiers like “conservative Muslim” or “Indian Muslim” or “revert Muslim” to give context if needed, but how long does the “revert” modifier last?
When does somebody stop being a “revert” and become simply “Muslim”? Is it a lifetime branding?

This is an important question.
I know that it’s common to use modifiers like “conservative Muslim” or “Indian Muslim” or “revert Muslim” to give context if needed, but how long does the “revert” modifier last?
When does somebody stop being a “revert” and become simply “Muslim”? Is it a lifetime branding?

I suppose it depends on the criteria. GDP? Human Development Index? Or is it just an emotional "feeling"? Before you make this conclusion, we all have to agree on the parameters. 
It might be a surprise that not everyone views having a big, bloated financial sector as signs off a societies progress.

I'm not denying his credentials and what he's learned, especially in the topics he's chosen to focus on. I'm merely saying his talents are better suited elsewhere, and studying an important school of Islamic thought is more valuable than the new social justice conspiracy. 
It's problematic however to be presented as an "ex-Shia" while also being introduced as an academic, where there's an expectation that more study and reflection has been done than an average layperson. That's why his "conversion story" is supposed to carry more weight with the listeners. That's why they had him on. I'm skeptical, and I think his relationship with Shiism was superficial and culturally prejudicial (ie his attempt at reconciliation before "conversion" was not sufficient). He's free to pursue his life how he wants, but being used to push a sectarian agenda is not appropriate, and he himself probably would agree. 

As for Daniel, if he spent more time studying Shiism from primary sources, and spent less time in the Sunni/Salafist/Deen Show media bubble, liberal academic bubbles, and progressive culture war bubbles, it would do him much better.
Any "conversion story" that doesn't emphasize one's persistence to practice and sincerely understand their original faith as much as possible, is nothing more than cheap exploitation by its promoters. It's obvious his knowledge of Shiism was quite superficial. But these tribalists whose beliefs are reduced to "my side good, other side bad", this doesn't matter to them. All that matters is a win for their tribe. A win is a win. Their narrative confirmed.