Lesser Jihad

Voyage to Aliveness: Islam and the Powerful Way of Jihad

Feb 14, 2021

Love and Justice, Sermon, Social Events, Spirituality, World Religions

CAIR Ohio, Five Pillars, Greater Jihad, Huston Smith, Islam, Jihad, Karen Armstrong, Khadija, Lesser Jihad, Muhammad, QAnon, Rabia of Basra, Teatime for Peace, Terrorism, trauma

Rabia of Basra has the distinction of being the first female Sufi mystic in the history of Islam. She lived around 1300 years ago, and one of her stories is about the time a robber broke into her home, and what happened next. The robber broke in, only to find that there was nothing worth…