📅 2023 "Call to good and prevent wrong" - amr bil ma'ruf wa nahy an al munkar. Depending on the translations within the Qur'anic contexts, "calling to good" may be rendered as promoting the right, just, honorable, righteous behavior, and virtue; whereas "preventing wrong" is forbidding what is evil, dishonorable, and vice. The Qur'an urges believers to embrace this duty individually, and collectively and praises them when they practice this obligation (Al'Imran 3:104, 110)

Dewey 297.6

📅 2021 What causes people to join - and, more important, stay in cults? A common belief is that cult indoctrinators look for individuals who have "psychological problems" because they are easier to deceive. But former cult recruiters say their ideal candidates were actually good-natured, service-minded, and sharp. It's not desperation or mental illness that consistently suckers people into exploitative groups - instead, it's an overabundance of optimism.

Dewey 306.44

📅 2016 There is no doubt that choice is good for us, for a host of reasons. The mistake we have made, is to assume that since some choice is good, more choice is better. Each new option adds to the list of trade-offs, and trade-offs have psychological consequences. The necessity of making trade-offs alters how we feel about the decisions we face; more important, it affects the level of satisfaction we experience from the decisions we ultimately make. Having the opportunity to choose is no blessing if we feel we do not have the wherewithal to choose wisely.

Dewey 302

📅 2015 For a small nonprofit, there may be nothing as important to its mission or overall success as the quality of its board. Reaching this place, though, can be hard for a small nonprofit. Small nonprofits often have -frankly- very "green" boards. This handbook is designed to be the tool those board members need to understand the roles and responsibilities of being on a board of directors. Serving on a board is a rewarding experience that will stretch your mental muscles and introduce you to a new people you might not have met otherwise. It is enriching and a great way to give back to your community.

Dewey 658.048

📅 2015 This book is the oldest surviving Arabic work on Islamic legal theory and a foundational document of Islamic jurisprudence. Its author, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d. 820 CE), presents important, creative answers to issues that Muslims continue to grapple with: What sources of guidance exist? Who is qualified to interpret texts? How does one become qualified? How does interpretation change as circumstances change? How does a scholar balance revealed sources with his own instincts and rational capacities? How much should any person trust in others' deliberations and how much must he work out for himself?

Dewey 340.5

📅 2012 In the wake of 9/11 here in the United States, we became divided between those who believed every Muslim was a potential threat and those who believed no Muslim could do wrong. In A Battle for the Soul of Islam, Jasser embraces both his faith and his country while asking hard questions: (*) Are American Muslim children learning entitlement as victims, or are they being taught individual responsibility and critical thinking? (*) Are poisonous conspiracy theories dividing their American identity, or are they gaining exposure to reason, nationalism, and patriotism? (*) Are Muslims publicly critical of the Islamist movements of the Middle East, or do they remain silent on aspects of religious doctrine that conflict with modernity and universal equality?

Dewey 305.6