Book Review: Islam and Anarchism: Relationships and Resonances
Book Review: Islam and Anarchism: Relationships and Resonances

This book shakes things up!

It also opens a dialogue space that welcomes Muslims, anarchists and all engaged with creating a just, peaceful world.

It attempts to offer a vision for building a community of mutual partnership, as an alternative to nation-state structures - capitalist or otherwise.

Such a community is inclusive of diverse faiths and spiritualities and grounded in shared, lived, ethico-political values. It also engages with justice in relation to indigenous land…

Book Review by Muzammal Hussain

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Power, Anarchism, Islam
Power, Anarchism, Islam

The term 'anarchism' may evoke the idea of chaos and destruction.

You may be forgiven if you hold this impression - this is how it is so consistently and incorrectly portrayed by the mainstream media (just as Muslims are often unfairly portrayed into a certain narrative).

Instead, one simple way, thus, of looking at anarchism, is that at its heart, rather than about chaos, it is about creating systems whereby people are able to collaborate and organise themselves.

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Floods in Pakistan; Cost of Living Crises and Strike action in UK
Floods in Pakistan; Cost of Living Crises and Strike action in UK

We have been deeply affected by recent wider happenings - the devastating floods in Pakistan that have displaced millions, and the cost of living crisis.

We see these happenings as sharp indicators of what our recent online forums have articulated: that the dominant systems and structures we are intimately woven into are a destabilising and destructive force; and also that they are creeking and will not remain

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Photos and Rumi Reading Video from ‘Muslims Walk, Listen, Talk’ Brighton
Photos and Rumi Reading Video from ‘Muslims Walk, Listen, Talk’ Brighton

In the summer of 2022, Wisdom In Nature organised an in-person outing in Brighton for Muslims and friends to walk, listen, talk and eat together.

The outing included a walk through grass and woodland, partly in collective silence, with opportunities to converse with fellow participants.

View Photos and Video of the event>>

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Launching of Islam and Permaculture Online Starter Course! [Self-Paced]
Launching of Islam and Permaculture Online Starter Course! [Self-Paced]

With much effort put in over the last year, trialling and lots of tweaking, we are ready to launch our Islam and Permaculture Online Starter Course.

This is a self-paced, self-study course that will give you the nuts and bolts of permaculture within the context of an authentic spiritual tradition!

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Grounding & Alignment: Reflections on a WiN Team Dreaming Day
Grounding & Alignment: Reflections on a WiN Team Dreaming Day

Valentina Maccario, the newest WiN Team Member, describes her thoughts and experiences surrounding her first facilitated 'Dreaming Day' with the WiN team.

The morning of our team's Dreaming Day coincides with the autumnal signs of seasonal changes; the turning of the leaves, drops in temperature and shortening of the days. As these shifts bring a later Fajr, it's been a little easier to rise before the sun….

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Muslims: Emotions, Spirituality and Justice ~ Sabnum Dharamsi with Muzammal Hussain [Video Conversation]
Muslims: Emotions, Spirituality and Justice ~ Sabnum Dharamsi with Muzammal Hussain [Video Conversation]

A conversation with our guest, Sabnum Dharamsi, Co-Founder of Islamic Counselling Training, in conversation with Muzammal Hussain (WiN founder, medical doctor, therapist)

A heart-opening conversation for anyone interested in the relationship between the inner and outer, in the context of Islamic spirituality, Muslim culture and social justice.

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Radical Healing, Wholeness and Islam: Transforming Emotional Pain (FREE E-Book)
Radical Healing, Wholeness and Islam: Transforming Emotional Pain (FREE E-Book)

“This E-book is essential reading for anyone interested in emotional healing and spirituality. It is also relevant to any Muslim looking for a radical healing approach that aligns to an Islamic model of the soul. Equally, it will be illuminating to individuals experiencing emotional distress whether anxiety, depression, loss, uncertainty, relationship tension, feeling a lack of wholeness,or a physical condition, who are looking for deep healing work that includes the spiritual dimension.

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WiN on Faith Panel @ Climate & Ecological Emergency Conference: Full Video
WiN on Faith Panel @ Climate & Ecological Emergency Conference: Full Video

The Climate & Ecological Emergency Conference took place on Friday 13 November 2020.

At the faith session, each speaker contributed for 5-10 minutes and there was then a discussion with audience members. Speakers at the faith session (in speaking order) :

Dr Muzammal Hussain (Wisdom In Nature), Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg (Co-founder of Eco-Synagogue), Revd Canon Professor John Rodwell (Environmental Officer of Blackburn Diocese), Andy Lester (A Rocha).

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