"Fiṭra and Presential Consciousness: Qur'anic Ways of Knowing Beyond Physicalism" by Syed AmirHossein Asghari

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"From Remembrance to Insight: Hudur al-Qalb and Basirah in Salat and Dhikr" by Mishaal Javed and Miguel Farias

In this presentation, Mishaal Javed and Miguel Farias present original qualitative research into how practitioners of salat and dhikr experience heart-centred insight and clarity. Comparing Islamic devotional practice with mindfulness meditation, and situating their findings alon ...  Show more

"Sufism as 'Mysticism': A Global Religious History Approach" by Liana Saif

In this presentation, Liana Saif interrogates the now-automatic pairing of Sufism with the word "mysticism." Tracing this label back through Orientalist, Traditionalist, and Perennialist thinkers, she argues that "mysticism" obscures more historically grounded frameworks like al- ...  Show more

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