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Hometown:: Berkeley CA and Dhaka, Bangladesh

Relationship Status:: Single

My personal story:: I've been outreaching to promote peace between Jews, Muslims in particular for many years. Particularly through my sufi spiritual tradition

Why I want peace:: Because I worhship a GOD Who is peace Himself.
Remember Prophet Muhammad's supplication (peace be upon him)
"O Allah! You are peace and from You is peace i.e. Allahumma angtas salam wa mingkas salam"

Interests and activities:: writing, meditating

Something you didn't know about me:: i'm a sufi teacher and author

How I found mepeace.org:: traubman who is a peace-maker couple in Northern California

What I want to achieve here:: Connect to spiritual people of both Jewish, Muslim, Christian and others

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At 12:41pm on October 22, 2008, windsfeather said…: Irshad,

Thank you for comming here. I will be looking forward to reading your threads and listening to your theology. I had to laugh when I seen you from Berkley. I found that the most intellects of our society seem to come from this region.

Do share and let us see what you can bring to the table in the peace of Sufi.

And a small note for Rob Schrama he needs to find a better way to express himself. He posts the samething over and over again and I just don't want to take the time to do a psychological evaluation of his literacy to determine his anger values.

I believe if you open your heart then the real light shines through and you are guided through a path that ignites passion and fire to the peace of Allah. Good follows good and the light we follow brings greatness to the lives we touch.

Shokran for comming here. Ma Wa Salam and peace be with you In Sha' Allah.
Sincerely,
Amera Windsfeather

At 4:13pm on May 30, 2008, Rob Schrama said…: The ‘Big Hug’ and the future of Jerusalem

The sting of all problems between Israeli and Palestinians lays in the Old City of Jerusalem. Her status has to be solved in such a way, that all parties fighting for control over her can agree upon.

On June 24, the ‘Big Hug’ will be hold in Jerusalem. Light workers from Israel, Palestine and from all over the world, ‘Lovers of Jerusalem’, will come together to bring warmth and energy to this city, embracing holding hands the Old City. If we bundle all our positive energies and bring these to Jerusalem, we can create peace to this exceptional place.

We are organizing the Big Hug to make the people aware –especially the Israeli and Palestinian inhabitants of Jerusalem- that there is a very shaped perspective for the city of Jerusalem as a city of peace: a new, undivided Jerusalem, as the capital of Palestine, Israel and at large.

Let go of the conflict concerning her command and dedicate the city to the Omnipresent. The Old City as a whole is His Temple. To give the walled Old City free to God, as a "Status Apart”, as an independent city, will be the most feasible way to come out the current impasse.

The Old City of Jerusalem must become an open city; a House of Prayer for all the Peoples. This perspective is written down in the Holy Books, this is the perspective we, as ‘Lovers of Jerusalem’ embrace as well as solution. But how many people does already notice this hopeful point of view?

What I saw in Jerusalem and also everywhere else where I meet Islamic and Jewish people is, that not so many persons really think about a future for Jerusalem. Most of the time, they stick with old ideas that the Old City of Jerusalem will always remain a part of Israel, or in opposite, that it will be absolutely a part of a new Palestinian state, as stolen land that has to be given back. With these visions, a future Jerusalem will be a divided city with an East Palestinian and West Israeli part, with barbed wire and checkpoints in between, like the situation of the city from 1948-1967. Or, coming closer to an agreement, people suggest -like proposed in the “Geneva Accord” in 2003- to make a complicated dividing of the Old City in a Israeli and Palestinian part. That will mean that the small alleys will be split by walls and barriers too. The idea that a future Jerusalem will become a divided city, is something that we have to prevent.

There are living about 250.000 Palestinian and 500.000 Israeli rather close together in one city. Do they want to make a separation of Jerusalem in parts or do they choose, deep in their hearts, for unity? So my best friends, it is our task to inform the whole city that there is an alternative for the Jerusalem of today.

All lovers of a united Jerusalem will come together to encircle and embrace the Old City of Jerusalem with love and devotion. We have to encourage all inhabitants of Jerusalem to join the coming Big Hug, with the idea of a New Jerusalem that might be realized with their support.

Rob Schrama Phone:0031-646608660 www.loversofjerusalem.org

At 2:25am on April 17, 2008, Catherine said…: Welcome to MEPeace! I hope to learn more about Sufi faith. The little bit I have heard reminds me of my own Quaker faith. Is there something introductory you would recommend that I read?
Be Well,
Catherine

At 2:00am on March 20, 2008, Yigal D. Kahana said…: Thanks Irshad,
I'll try to reach him.
Let's think about what sort of productive thing we could all do together...
It would be great if we could set up a concert for coexistence at the "Sultan's Pool'' right next to the walls
of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Just one idea...

At 2:51am on March 19, 2008, irshad alam said…: Dear Yigal"

You may call Sheikh Bukhari at

Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari
Tel: 978-(0)-2-628-0563
cell-978-(0)-545-94-3318
PO Box 38437
Jerusalem Israel
and learn about him thru the website www.jerusalempeacemalers.org

You may also avail my services as I am also a sufi sheikh of the Naqshbandiya tariqa. I'd be avaolable to serve to promote peace and mutual understanding Im from Bangladesh but I lived almost all my life after the age 14 in the usa.

Ive a US passport and Im available to travel to Israel or anywhere else. And even in Israel, I'd go to synagogue services as well.

Im aksi an author of 2 sufi books. one the translation of a classic text, the other translations of Rumi poems

At 8:32pm on March 18, 2008, Yigal D. Kahana said…: Hey Irshad,
I see you are a real renaissance man.
You practice Judaism and Islam?
Must keep you very busy!
Lots of holidays. (Does that mean praying 8 times a day?)
At least the food part should be relatively simple...
Yigal

At 6:28pm on March 18, 2008, Yigal D. Kahana said…: Can we contact Sheikh Bukhari about meeting up with him?
Maybe we could organize something interesting and productive?
Yigal

At 6:26pm on March 18, 2008, Yigal D. Kahana said…: Martin Buber?
Very interesting.
I guess the Ethiopians would be a natural....
Thanks - I really appreciate your answers,
Yigal

At 11:34pm on March 17, 2008, Yigal D. Kahana said…: Dear Irshad,
Do you think the teachings of Ibn Arabi could be helpful in solving the issue of Muslim extremists?
Has anyone done a comparitive study of the teachings of Ibn Arabi versus the teachings of Ibn Hanbal?
I'm very interested,
All the best,
Yigal

At 2:50am on March 14, 2008, Yigal D. Kahana said…: Very nice to meet you over the net, Irshad,
Do you know Ibn Falestin of Sakhnin?
Do you think maybe that Sufism is at least part of the solution to the problem this forum was created to reduce?
Do you know of the similarity between Sufis and Breslavers?
Not that I'm a Breslaver, but they also stress being happy and dancing a lot...
Am I way off base here? Please let me know.
All the best,
Yigal