All Blog Posts Tagged 'Ghouse' (74)

Texas Faith: Can baseball bring you closer to God?

The analogy of waiting for the season to start with great fervor and starting all over again with a clean slate parallels the wait for Christmas, Easter, Passover, Ramadan, Navaratri, Paryushan and other festivities. It is an opening everyone looks forward to after an exhaustive completion of another year. Indeed, Sexton puts it aptly, “Opening day encourages us every year to seek a path to serenity and transcendence.” - Mike Ghouse …

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Added by Mike Ghouse on April 10, 2013 at 11:09pm — No Comments

Christian Muslim Conflict mitigation

The foundation for the…

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Added by Mike Ghouse on March 19, 2013 at 7:55pm — 1 Comment

Texas Faith: What piece of advice would you give the new pope?

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Added by Mike Ghouse on March 19, 2013 at 7:47pm — No Comments

Shia Sunni difference over Prophet's last sermon, what do we do about it?

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Added by Mike Ghouse on March 16, 2013 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Muslims Condemn brutal attacks on Hindus and Hindu Temples by Muslims in Bangladesh

Friday, March 15, 2013

PRESS RELEASE

Muslims Condemn brutal attacks on Hindus and Hindu Temples by Muslims in Bangladesh; this goes against the very grain of Islam. The culprits must be punished to restore trust and justice to the Hindus of Bangladesh.…

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Added by Mike Ghouse on March 15, 2013 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Ahmedinejad Brouhaha over Hugging a Woman

YOU CAN LAUGH AFTER READING…

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Added by Mike Ghouse on March 12, 2013 at 10:59pm — 1 Comment

MEGA HINDU FESTIVITY - Happy Mahashivratri - Maha Kumbh Mela 2013

Festivals mark a significant milestone in one's life. It is a ritual to transform oneself from being one to the purified one. Hindus believe taking a dip in the Holy River Ganges washes their sins off and renews their spirituality. It’s akin to Christians walking Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem during Easter, or the time at the Wailing Wall for the Jews and doing Hajj for Muslims.…

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Added by Mike Ghouse on March 10, 2013 at 2:55pm — No Comments

Texas Faith: The Global South’s influence on religion

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Added by Mike Ghouse on March 7, 2013 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Balance in life, how do you achieve it

HOW TO ACHIEVE BALANCE IN YOUR LIFE

Imagine walking on a tight rope between two points; you have to have a perfect balance to walk through it comfortably to complete the walk. Life is no different,…

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Added by Mike Ghouse on March 5, 2013 at 8:03pm — No Comments

Hunting down Shias: What can we do about it?

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Added by Mike Ghouse on March 5, 2013 at 4:18pm — No Comments

Political Pluralism in America - Sequestration 2013

It’s a ransom - if you do that, we will do this. Neither Obama administration nor the Republicans budged from their positions to realign the cuts in expenditures and enhancement of revenues to balance the budget. …

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Added by Mike Ghouse on March 2, 2013 at 12:19pm — No Comments

Texas Faith: How to balance compassion with justice in the immigration debate?

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Added by Mike Ghouse on February 27, 2013 at 1:12pm — No Comments

Muslims Condemn Zardari Government for not protecting the Shia Minorities in Pakistan

Muslims Condemn President…

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Added by Mike Ghouse on February 25, 2013 at 12:55am — No Comments

First Intra-faith Muslim dialogue: Muslims talk with Muslims at Boniuk Center in Houston

MUSLIMS TOGETHER IN HOUSTON

Thursday, February 21, 2013.

This was the first of its kind Intra-faith Dialogue between Ahmadiyya, Sunni, Shia and WD Muhammad Groups of Muslims. This dialogue is not an effort to reconcile the differences, or finding convergence, it was merely to begin a process of sharing where we agree or disagree, and honestly acknowledging our…

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Added by Mike Ghouse on February 24, 2013 at 11:37am — No Comments

Muslims Speak with Muslims

Ken Chitwood of Houston Chronicle asked the following questions about the intra-faith dialogue in Houston and here are my responses to the questions;

INTRA-FAITH DIALOGUE BETWEEN

SUNNI, SHIA, AHMADIYYA AND WD MUHAMMAD…

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Added by Mike Ghouse on February 19, 2013 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Valentine's day Universal Message

HAPPY UNIVERSAL VALENTINE'S DAY

Love has no bounds; its a bondage of caring between two people in love, husband and wife, mother and son, father daughter, brother sister, brothers, sisters, friends, uncles, aunties, Grand Pa and Grand Ma and any one you cares about. Valentine's day has moved from an exclusive meaningful rendezvous between two lovers to universal expression of affection between any two people. It will…

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Added by Mike Ghouse on February 13, 2013 at 4:30pm — No Comments

So what if John Brenan is a Muslim?

As a Muslim I am sick of the radicals among us, and as a Republican I am sick of the radicals among us. The one gratifying fact is, we can find them all quarantined in one cess pool of GOP. Thank God much of the GOP is clean, and it is time for us to pray for these sickos.…

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Added by Mike Ghouse on February 12, 2013 at 10:59am — No Comments

A Muslim's commitment to Pluralism

Tracing the roots of my quest for Pluralism.

I am an Indian American, and take immense pride in the pluralistic ethos of India. Indeed, I have made a commitment to nurturing those values, and share them with fellow Americans in my talks, articles and media appearances. Let me…

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Added by Mike Ghouse on February 10, 2013 at 7:45pm — No Comments

If you are a Texan, support Native American Heritage Day

Details in the links below, but all you need to do is send an email to:

roberto.alonzo@house.state.tx.us,…

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Added by Mike Ghouse on February 8, 2013 at 8:19am — No Comments

Surreal Dreams turned out to be real

There is a world out there that is not physical; it is imaginary but real at times. Inspired by my facebook friends Joyi, Kush, Cathie and my two Nephews Tanveer and Zeeshan, I embarked on sharing some of the unreal dreams, and I am sure each one of you had such a dream. It took me a good one hour of writing - from 2:32 through 3:30 PM on February 6, 2013 . When I get a…

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Added by Mike Ghouse on February 7, 2013 at 12:30am — No Comments