Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Reviving the Islamic Spirit( RIS )

In the last few days I attend the RIS conference held here in Toronto. I estimate the attendance of more than 10,000 people. I was amazed by the huge number of people how came from every where and no body was expecting this number; showing that the Muslim community has great resources and potentials.
I was thinking about the importance of these meetings and the benefit they can give to the Muslim community and what I personally think would be the next step for a real revival of the Islamic spirit. I asked my self what is next after holding conferences and giving talks, we need to act. We need to move from talking to acting, we need to form small working units in ever city town putting goals for butter education more contribution in the political and economical life. It is very good to get reminded about our Islamic believes and traditions but we need also new knowledge.
Also it is very important to unify the community, and be transparent with every body. We should be clear on our goals and plans, explain them to the others, and work with them together on putting goals and making plans to achieve them. We lack the spirit of collective work between us and with the non Muslims.
I think we can not emphasize more the importance of good intentions in all what we do because this the real guarantee for success.

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