Recorded 12/27/2015 at the Westin Lombard Hotel in Lombard, Illinois

مجلس عزاء حسيني يتلوها الحاج أحمد حمدان ٢٠١٥/١٢/٢٥ خلال المؤتمر السنوي الحادي والثلاثين للجماعة الإسلامية في أمريكا وكندا، في مدينة شيكاغو، الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية.

Report done by Brother Haidar Mazen and Karbala Satellite Channel covering the 31st Annual Conference held by the Muslim Group of USA and Canada. Content is in the Arabic language.

The Muslim Group of USA and Canada proudly presents its 34th Annual Conference | Al-Quran: The Spring of Our Hearts.

Register today at: Conference.TheMuslimGroup.org

As the world turns and seasons change, our lives negotiate their own natural cycles of birth, growth, maturity, decay and death. We augment these natural cycles with artificial ones: daily commutes, morning and evening routines, regularly scheduled entertainment, and even planned holidays wherein we might find some brief respite from our shackles of employment. We ward off our need for renewal by constantly doing away with the old and ushering in the new—from the newest cell phone offerings, to evolving social media platforms and the latest fashion trends.
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Beneath the cyclical monotony of these artificial cycles, adorned as they are by the comfort and ease of modern amenity, there is an unmistakable void that remains. We all do feel it—the emptiness, the spiritual sloth, the hollowness of countless forms, all empty of substance. In these latter days of great imbalance, we are in desperate need of restoring our connection to the natural order which surrounds us. We are thirsty—dying of spiritual thirst, and desperately in need of a sip from some sacred spring that might give us renewal and make us whole once more.
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But despite the waywardness of our own selves, God’s natural order remains beautiful, and fixed, and constant. The world still turns, the seasons still change, and the North star still twinkles in the sky each night—right where we expect her to be, should we remember to look. And at the end of winter, the sun still crosses the equator on its apparent Northern course to initiate a new spring. We take joy in this, as blooming flowers and trees attest to the orderly power of nature, and remind us of our own need for renewal. No matter how disorderly we become, the natural order of God’s creation sings: ‘Come back, come back—a thousand times, come back!’
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The Muslim Group of USA and Canada cordially invites you to attend its 37th Annual Conference:

The Path Of Guidance:
Lessons from the Life of Virgin Mary and Sayyida Fatima (as) coming to Indianapolis from December 23rd-27th.

For details and reservations, visit: www.TheMuslimGroup.org
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Presented during the 2014 Muslim Group Conference

For over a billion Muslims across the world, the House of Islam represents a tradition of multivalent beauty—a profound civilizational heritage brimming with knowledge and light that endured for centuries, only to fall into disrepair and decline, gathering dust as modernity swept in to replace it.
The crisis for Muslims is that we live in buildings that are derelict, but despite their dusty façade, these buildings still have great meaning in them. As such, our primary task is to Renovate the House of Islam—to dust it off and restore its overwhelming beauty and splendor.
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To renovate is to uncover beauty, and the Islamic tradition is an elaborate telling in the unveiling of beauty. Perhaps the most compelling unveiling of that beauty came from a peerless luminary of the Islamic tradition, the quintessential exponent of the Jaʿfarī maḍhab and sixth blessed Imām, Jaʿfar ʾibn Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq (ع).
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This conference will engage with spiritual and practical lessons from Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq’s (ع) radiant legacy, leveraging the blessed Imām’s unparalleled mastery over the noble religious sciences and exalted spiritual doctrines, affirming that ours is a holistic tradition—firmly rooted in knowledge and securely anchored in Truth. We hope to uncover pearls and gems from the Imām’s wisdoms that they might adorn our hearts and inspire our purpose as we renovate the beautiful House of Islam.

For more info visit: Conference.TheMuslimGroup.org

Register now for the Muslim Group's 39th annual conference and become a part of a community that understands the strength of unity and the beauty of faith.
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