Heather Laird

10/01/2025

Looking forward to returning to the Midwest soon and participating in the Usuli conference.

In a time of darkness, we gather for light, to regroup, re-energize and reignite our spirits. Join us for the 2nd Annual Usuli Conference in Columbus, OH, Oc...

04/30/2025

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04/13/2025

Please join me today on Posh.

03/17/2025

Please join us for our final Arabic Poetry events with Palestinian Poet Dr Yahya Ashour April 5th and April 6th. Come see how the power of poetry can positively affect your mental well being

03/02/2025

Please support this family in Illinois who have lost everything.

I am Aunt Diane and would like to raise money for my Nephew's family who have lost ev… Susan Veazey needs your support for Fire Took All: Aid a Family of Four

02/12/2025

Absolutely, LOVE the new Muslim Matchmaker show!

Healthy tv.

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10/27/2024

Check out my latest musings.

Coming off the heels of a historic moment in our Board’s history passing a policy that dares to give a voice to those less heard, I felt moved to write about how and why not all board service is equal. While traveling across the country and returning home from our quarterly board meeting of the Am...

04/05/2024

02/22/2024

So happy to see this is out and published. I am so happy for us as a community to have access to this knowledge. https://a.co/d/9GAn7cb

The basic point of the secular in the modern West is to "liberate" certain pursuits--the state, the economy, science--from the authority of religion. This is also assumed to be the goal and meaning of "secular" in Islam. Sherman Jackson argues, however, that that assumption is wrong. In Islam the "secular" was neither outside "religion" nor a rival to it. "Religion," in Islam was not identical to Islam's "sacred law," or "shari'ah." Nor did classical Muslim jurists see shari'ah as the all-encompassing, exclusive means of determining what is "Islamic." In fact, while, as religion, Islam's jurisdiction was unlimited, shari'ah's jurisdiction, as a sacred law, was limited. In other words, while everything remained within the purview of the divine gaze of the God of Islam, not everything could be determined by shari'ah or on the basis of its revelatory sources.

The Islamic Secular

02/17/2024

Please join us as we kick off the first five of 20 Arabic Poetry Nights. There will be readings and recitations followed by processing of what is heard and food. The first five events will take place at USC, online, at Soriana restaurant, Antioch LA, and at Vet's Community Center in Culver City. Please sign up and share.

02/17/2024

Honored to have been a co-author of the chapter in this new Systemic Ethics textbook on “Ethics of Incorporating Religion and Spirituality into Therapy." This is an interactive textbook. Thrilled to see it out on Amazon. Thanks to my co-author Dr. Claudia Grauf-Grounds and all those who were a part of this process.

Systemic Ethics Textbook

02/13/2024

Happy to be working again to serve the underserved population of Arabic-speaking people along with LACDMH and others. We are kicking off our first Arabic Poetry Nights at USC this February. Please join us. We will be having recited poetry both traditional and modern followed by process groups to discuss and discover our thoughts, emotions, and feelings about the content of the poetry and beyond. This is the 1st of 20 events that will take place across LA County from now until August.