Download or read book Days of Ignorance written by Laila Aljohani and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is he dead? Medina, Saudi Arabia. A young man, Malek, has been brutally attacked for being of the 'wrong' race. Malek's lover, Leen, waits by his bedside and reflects on their relationship and her life as an unmarried, childless woman. All around her are voices of judgment and concern; in the twenty-first century it is still unforgivable, and dangerous, for a Saudi woman to enter into a relationship with a black man. In the distance US planes hover over Iraq, primed to embark on yet another senseless conflict. Malek's attacker was Leen's brother. Flinging wide a window onto the second holiest Islamic city – a city in which people observe daily prayers and preach equality and justice – Days of Ignorance is a novel about honour, hypocrisy, war and fear. And, glimmering beyond, beneath and behind it all, love.
Download or read book Holy Ignorance written by Roy Olivier and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olivier Roy, world-renowned authority on Islam and politics, finds in the modern disconnection between faith communities and socio-cultural identities a fertile space for fundamentalism to grow. Instead of freeing the world from religion, secularization has encouraged a kind of holy ignorance to take root, an anti-intellectualism that promises immediate, emotional access to the sacred and positions itself in direct opposition to contemporary pagan culture. The secularization of society was supposed to free people from religion, yet individuals are converting en masse to fundamentalist faiths, such as Protestant evangelicalism, Islamic Salafism, and Haredi Judaism. These religions either reconnect adherents to their culture through casual referents, like halal fast food, or maintain their momentum through purification rituals, such as speaking in tongues, a practice that allows believers to utter a language that is entirely their own. Instead of a return to traditional religious worship, we are now witnessing the individualisation of faith and the disassociation of faith communities from ethnic and national identities. Roy explores the options now available to powers that hope to integrate or control these groups; and whether marginalisation or homogenisation will further divide believers from their culture.
Download or read book Aspects of the Days of Ignorance Workbook written by Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad Ibn Abdil-Wahhaab and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the official workbook of the 1441 (2019) Winter Seminar at the Germantown Masjid in Philadelphia. This workbook can now be used to study the recorded lessons from that monumental seminar. The recordings are freely available on the Germantown Masjid''s SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/germantown-masjid/sets/winter-seminar-2019 THE BOOK Masaa''il al-Jaahiliyyah is a unique and powerfully insightful work warning against the worst traits of the days of ignorance, authored by one of the most knowledgeable and authoritative scholars of the past few centuries, Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn ''Abdil-Wahhaab at-Tameemee (may Allah have Mercy on him). Shaykh Saalih ibn ''Abdil-''Azeez Aal ash-Shaykh (may Allah preserve him) said, "These are tremendous points which, no doubt, we are in need of in every time, and especially in this time. Reviewing them and reminding the people about them is a necessity." THE WORKBOOK In this workbook, you will find the original Arabic text of the book, Masaa''il al-Jaahiliyyah, paired with its translation, with ample space to take notes for each point. Appendices in the back provide a chain of transmission for the text, the complete, uninterrupted text of the English translation, and the fully voweled Arabic text of the book as well. THE NEW CHALLENGE You will also find a total of 12 quizzes to challenge your understanding and memorization of this important text. Five daily quizzes with multiple choice questions have been prepared to check your understanding of the lessons of each of the five days of the seminar. A 25-question mastery test awaits you once you have studied the entire book and reviewed the five quizzes. For more advanced students who choose to memorize the Arabic text along with its study, five more daily quizzes and another comprehensive test are also included. The following are some of the topics as cited in the Table of Contents: ASPECT 1: CALLING UPON SAINTS FOR THEIR INTERCESSION ASPECT 2: SPLITTING INTO RELIGIOUS FACTIONS ASPECT 3: DISREGARDING AND OPPOSING THE AUTHORITIES ASPECT 4: TAQLEED: A SHARED PRINCIPLE OF ALL DISBELIEVERS ASPECT 5: THE MAJORITY VOTE: BEING DELUDED BY NUMBERS ASPECT 6: USING THE WAYS OF THE ANCESTORS AS PROOFS ASPECT 7: USING THE RICH AND POWERFUL AS PROOFS ASPECT 8: REJECTING THE TRUTH BECAUSE THE WEAK FOLLOW IT ASPECT 9: TAKING EVIL SCHOLARS AS ROLE MODELS ASPECT 10: CLAIMS ABOUT THE FOLLOWERS OF TRUTH ASPECT 11: USING FALSE ANALOGIES AS PROOFS ASPECT 12: REJECTING SOUND ANALOGIES ASPECT 13: FANATICISM TOWARDS THE SCHOLARS AND RIGHTEOUS ASPECT 14: MISGUIDED NEGATIONS AND AFFIRMATIONS ASPECT 15: PRETENDING NOT TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH ASPECT 16: TRADING IN REVELATION FOR BOOKS OF MAGIC ASPECT 17: ATTRIBUTING THEIR OWN FALSEHOOD TO THE PROPHETS ASPECT 18: FALSE AND CONTRADICTORY CLAIMS ASPECT 19: REVILING THE RIGHTEOUS BECAUSE OF THEIR FOLLOWERS ASPECT 20: CONSIDERING MAGIC TRICKS A SIGN OF PIETY ASPECTS 21-22: WHISTLING, CLAPPING, AND FRIVOLITY AS WORSHIP ASPECT 23: BEING DELUDED BY THEIR WORLDLY PROSPERITY ASPECT 24: REJECTING TRUTH BECAUSE THE WEAK EMBRACED IT FIRST ASPECT 25: TAKING THE PREVIOUS ASPECT A STEP FURTHER ASPECT 26: CHANGING THE BOOK OF ALLAH INTENTIONALLY ASPECT 27: INVENTING FALSE SCRIPTURE AND ATTRIBUTING IT TO ALLAH ASPECT 28: NOT ACCEPTING THE TRUTH FROM OUTSIDE THEIR GROUP ASPECT 29: NOT EVEN TRULY PRACTICING THEIR OWN RELIGION ASPECT 30: EACH GROUP REJOICING WITH WHAT THEY HAVE ASPECT 31: HYPOCRITICAL HATRED FOR WHAT THEY ASCRIBE TO ASPECT 32: DESPISING PEOPLE, REJECTING THE TRUTH THEY HAVE ASPECT 33: REJECTING PARTS OF THEIR OWN RELIGION ASPECT 34: EVERY SECT CLAIMED IT WAS THE SAVED ONE... There are a total of 128 aspects to study in the book!
Download or read book The Book of General Ignorance written by John Mitchinson and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 2007-08-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Misconceptions, misunderstandings, and flawed facts finally get the heave-ho in this humorous, downright humiliating book of reeducation based on the phenomenal British bestseller. Challenging what most of us assume to be verifiable truths in areas like history, literature, science, nature, and more,The Book of General Ignorance is a witty “gotcha” compendium of how little we actually know about anything. It’ll have you scratching your head wondering why we even bother to go to school. Think Magellan was the first man to circumnavigate the globe, baseball was invented in America, Henry VIII had six wives, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain? Wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong again. You’ll be surprised at how much you don’t know! Check out The Book of General Ignorance for more fun entries and complete answers to the following: How long can a chicken live without its head? About two years. What do chameleons do? They don’t change color to match the background. Never have; never will. Complete myth. Utter fabrication. Total Lie. They change color as a result of different emotional states. How many legs does a centipede have? Not a hundred. How many toes has a two-toed sloth? It’s either six or eight. Who was the first American president? Peyton Randolph. What were George Washington’s false teeth made from? Mostly hippopotamus. What was James Bond’s favorite drink? Not the vodka martini.
Download or read book The Power of Ignorance written by Chris Gibbs and published by Brindle and Glass. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join certified Ig-master Vaguen on the road to bliss. You might think that ignorance comes naturally, but on the contrary, the world conspires to cram our heads full of useless and dangerous know-ledge every day. Fall off this know-ledge into the safe and comforting world of oblivio(n/ousness) by discovering The Power of Ignorance. In his seminars, Vaguen has helped successful people, wealthy people, good-looking people, and people just like you to attain the heights/depths of ignorance. For the first time, his secrets are revealed between the covers of a book. Purchase this reasonably-priced volume and join the ranks of those who understand that a lack of understanding is unimportant. Based on original material and characters by Jeff Sumerel and Sam Reynolds.
Download or read book Ignorance written by Peter Burke and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich, wide-ranging history of ignorance in all its forms, from antiquity to the present day A Seminary Coop Notable Book of 2023 “Ignorance: A Global History explores the myriad ways in which ‘not-knowing’ affects our lives, sometimes for good, sometimes for ill.”—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Throughout history, every age has thought of itself as more knowledgeable than the last. Renaissance humanists viewed the Middle Ages as an era of darkness, Enlightenment thinkers tried to sweep superstition away with reason, the modern welfare state sought to slay the “giant” of ignorance, and in today’s hyperconnected world seemingly limitless information is available on demand. But what about the knowledge lost over the centuries? Are we really any less ignorant than our ancestors? In this highly original account, Peter Burke examines the long history of humanity’s ignorance across religion and science, war and politics, business and catastrophes. Burke reveals remarkable stories of the many forms of ignorance—genuine or feigned, conscious and unconscious—from the willful politicians who redrew Europe’s borders in 1919 to the politics of whistleblowing and climate change denial. The result is a lively exploration of human knowledge across the ages, and the importance of recognizing its limits.
Download or read book The Second Book of General Ignorance written by John Lloyd and published by Crown. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the brains behind the New York Times' bestseller, The Book of General Ignorance comes another wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating, and mind-bending facts, taking on the hugely popular form of the first book in the internationally bestselling series. Just when you thought that it was safe to start showing off again, John Lloyd and John Mitchinson are back with another busload of mistakes and misunderstandings. Here is a new collection of simple, perfectly obvious questions you'll be quite certain you know the answers to. Whether it's history, science, sports, geography, literature, language, medicine, the classics, or common wisdom, you'll be astonished to discover that everything you thought you knew is still hopelessly wrong. For example, do you know who made the first airplane flight? How many legs does an octopus have? How much water should you drink every day? What is the chance of tossing a coin and it landing on heads? What happens if you leave a tooth in a glass of Coke overnight? What is house dust mostly made from? What was the first dishwasher built to do? What color are oranges? Who in the world is most likely to kill you? Whatever your answers to the questions above, you can be sure that everything you think you know is wrong. The Second Book of General Ignorance is the essential text for everyone who knows they don't know everything, and an ideal stick with which to beat people who think they do.
Download or read book I don t know written by Leah Hager Cohen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short, concise book in favor of honoring doubt and admitting when the answer is: I don’t know. From the acclaimed author of No Book but the World and 2019's searing new novel Strangers and Cousins. In a tight, enlightening narrative, Leah Hager Cohen explores why, so often, we attempt to hide our ignorance, and why, in so many different areas, we would be better off coming clean. Weaving entertaining, anecdotal reporting with eye-opening research, she considers both the ramifications of and alternatives to this ubiquitous habit in arenas as varied as education, finance, medicine, politics, warfare, trial courts, and climate change. But it’s more than just encouraging readers to confess their ignorance—Cohen proposes that we have much to gain by embracing uncertainty. Three little words can in fact liberate and empower, and increase the possibilities for true communication. So much becomes possible when we honor doubt.
Download or read book The Way of Ignorance written by Wendell Berry and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The continuing war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, the political sniping engendered by the Supreme Court nominations, Terry Schiavo - contemporary American society is characterized by divisive anger, profound loss, and danger. Wendell Berry, one of the country's foremost cultural critics, addresses the menace, responding with hope and intelligence in a series of essays that tackle the major questions of the day. Whose freedom are we considering when we speak of the ''free market'' or ''free enterprise?'' What is really involved in our National Security? What is the price of ownership without affection? Berry answers in prose that shuns abstraction for clarity, coherence, and passion, giving us essays that may be the finest of his long career.
Download or read book Europa written by Robert Briffault and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depicts the sophisticated social and political life of prewer Europe.
Download or read book A Curtain of Ignorance written by Felix Greene and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ignorance written by Robert Graef and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sums up the many fields of study where ignorance can undermine our understanding, while showing how an awareness of ignorance can lead to exploration and the discovery of new knowledge. The flip side of knowledge is ignorance. This book explores the vast scope of ignorance, even in an age when we think we know more than ever before. By marking off this ocean of ignorance into manageable categories, the author provides a kind of navigational chart to the unknown, and a series of red flags to all those who claim certitude. The book first lays out the many branches of ignorance--in education, the media, politics, religion, science, and other major institutions. It then assesses the costs and consequences of that ignorance. World conflicts, endemic poverty, environmental damage, waste, racism, and the manipulative forces of industry and politics that use propaganda to manipulate the public may all be seen as rooted in ignorance. But there are positive aspects of ignorance as well. Scientists and artists, by recognizing what they don't know, are spurred on to new creative approaches and discoveries, which would never be found by those too comfortable with the tried and true. The author cites Socrates, whom the Delphic Oracle declared to be the wisest of all people simply because he realized how much he didn't know. This book gives you ways to follow in the path that Socrates forged, to counter the closed minds whose false sense of certainty cannot help but distort reality, and to be better prepared to take on even the most serious challenges of today.
Download or read book The Curse of Ignorance written by Arthur Findlay and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 1169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ignorance of the day of our death a sermon written by Benjamin Carpenter (minister at Stourbridge.) and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Curse of Ignorance written by James Arthur Findlay and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 1184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ignorance and Knowledge Foe and Friend written by E. T. Ezekiel and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the Bible passage that really pointed out the main problem faced by humanity was quoted; Hosea 4:6 says, My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge . . . . Here, God is actually referring to His people or chosen ones. We may say, the so-called children of God. But the question is why will the people who are called Gods children still get into judgment of destruction, since it is God who created all things, has all good things, and owns all powers? The simple answer is exactly what God said. If we read further, we will discover that the priest was mentioned. This means no one was left behind in this matter. The issue of ignorance and knowledge is a great issue that does not only attack the people who did not know or believe in God but also the people who knows and believes. This book will give you the deep meaning and truths about ignorance and knowledge. This book will also open your eyes of understanding to weapons that ignorance uses to capture its victim and how to be free from them.
Download or read book Europa written by R. Briffault and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
