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Il serait trop facile de montrer que l’égalité ne peut exister nulle part, pour la simple raison qu’il ne saurait y avoir deux êtres qui soient à la fois réellement distincts et entièrement semblables entre eux sous tous les rapports

“C’est bien là, en effet, le caractère le plus visible de l’époque moderne : besoin d’agitation incessante, de changement continuel, de vitesse sans cesse croissante comme celle avec laquelle se déroulent les événements eux-mêmes. C’est la dispersion dans la multiplicité, et dans une multiplicité qui n’est plus unifiée par la conscience d’aucun principe supérieur ;”

The gnostics seek their own felicity, not
God” (F. IV 443.1). They seek the joy of participating with
full consciousness and awareness in the ongoing renewal of
the universe, the endless process whereby God loves the
nonexistent entities and brings them into existence. They love
God not for his sake, but for their own sake.

This book makes me dream

Amazing story with sometimes deep spiritual thoughts.

Was not expecting this style of narration, it's a very peasant read.

Aisha enjoyed far greater freedoms than many 21century Muslim women. She debated with men, and she went to the mosque and to the battlefield. Once, when Muhammad received a dinner invitation that excluded her, he refused, 3times—until finally the evening’s hosts agreed to include her in the invitation, too. When she wanted to see a public sporting event, he hoisted her up so she could see...

Excellent book that speaks to my soul. So rich analysis not only on Islam but also on identity, history, politics, sociology, and many more. This book is changing my thoughts on many things.

Amazing book, Love the writing style, the structure and the content.

“For Edward Said and the postcolonial critics inspired by him, the West saw the Islamic world as static, peopled by types rather than living, breathing people. The epigraph to his seminal work, Orientalism, was a quote from Karl Marx: “They cannot represent themselves; they must be represented.”

“I’ve never actually read the Quran.” (...)
“Most Muslims haven’t read it either,” Akram said brightly, buttering his scone. “And even if they have, they don’t understand it. The Quran is alien to them. Usually, they’ll just go to the books of law. Or if they’re interested in piety or purifying the heart, they’ll read Ghazali”—a philosopher—“or Sufis like Rumi.”

Plume poétique pour une histoire émouvante où l'auteur aborde la vieillesse, la nostalgie et l'esthétique entre autre.