Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad - Crisis of Modern Consciousness

Lecture by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad during The Crisis of Modern Consciousness workshop at Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur, 28 March 2010
Apologise for the missing first 2 minutes.
Watch the Q&A session: http://youtu.be/AK_wx0dSMk4
Watch also Shaykh Abdul Hakam Murad Public Lecture Shah Alam Malaysia 27 March 2010: http://youtu.be/FImo3mtPS-s
and also his talk at at Masjid Taman TAR, Kuala Lumpur: http://youtu.be/Xh4e2hIsdFU

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[bayreuth79]

I am always impressed by Sh Abdul Hakim Murad's thoughtful and intelligent ~Islamic lectures.

[Malangsufi]

@AntiKaratekid I do not wish to speculate anything, Mr Murad in my view one of the intellect that I highly take serious and find fascinating. He is is very well read and critical of issues most of us simply don't see. I am watching more of his video, I believe there is more to his message than this clip, I should not judge him for this 54 minute lecture.

[AntiKaratekid]

@Malangsufi It can be said that they find them "old and meaningless" precisely because they have lost touch with them. How can one appreciate what one has forgotten? Anyways, I am sure the Sheikh has considered your viewpoint but has come to a different conclusion. Either that or he agrees but has reserved this lecture to covering a different aspect.

[boopooist]

essentially, i believe, he is discrediting the western cultuer's most prominent feature/quality and that is material advancement and the structural condition of the west which is very conducive to heightened dunnya pursuit. he, i believe, is harshly critiquing the west. moreover to the debate: muslims as a nation cannot stigmatise material pursuit or else we will always pay the price of relative backwardness

[Malangsufi]

@boopooist No the directly attacks technology and blames it in the most indirect manner for the reason why people are lacking faith. He assumes lack of faith and losing touch with ones old custom is to be blamed to modernity, he seems to not to realise people do not lose touch with their custom because of technology altering the content but most people are in fact finding believing the content of their custom as something as old and meaningless.

[boopooist]

Mr Murad labours to provide morale for the muslim man/woman in the modern age in which the mind is under siege from intellectual forces. Yes, as Murad highlights: form is valued, yet not at the expense of content - that is: depth. The microphone is just a tool to carry content; content/depth which is missing in the contemporary subject.

[Malangsufi]

I dislike this rather cruel generalization Mr Hakim is making. The microphone front of him which is amplifying his speech, the video recorder which has recorded his speech and the internet which host his works are all great example on why technology is infact a good thing. The problem is down to human nature and human will. I wish he addressed that more in depth.