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#wcharaf November 23, 2019 at 03:06PM
Adam Lee once said: “Not only is there nothing to be gained by believing an untruth, but there is everything to lose when we sacrifice the indispensable tool of reason on the altar of superstition.”
Free Thinking is all about freedom in searching for truth, and a better life.
It is freedom from all negative and illusive thoughts acquired from society or by inheritance, that stands against our progress.
It is freedom to cherish the beautiful and wise from our heritage and culture and reject that which is harmful or sublime.
For Freethinkers, for a notion to be considered true, it must be testable, verifiable, and logical. Freethinkers reject conformity for the sake of conformity. Freethinkers stand in defiance to the power of the mass belief to indoctrinate faith rather than solicit the mind through reason.
The struggle between logic, reason, and empiricism against authority, tradition, and dogma is as old as humanity itself. Throughout history, “forming your own ideas and opinions rather than accepting those of other people without sufficient evidence” was not a popular idea in totalitarian societies. You can not subjugate humanity to slavery,inequality, and oppression of minorities & women if you allow free thinking.
AlNadwa is formed to embrace and promote free thinking in our communities. Its vision is building a freethinking community that promotes creativity, critical thinking, culture, and arts, embraces science and reason, and celebrates diversity. We believe in the Separation between Religion and State, and defend the Universal Declaration for Human Rights.
So today,
We stand with reason, with progress,
For all the libraries and books that were burnt,
For all the scientists, writers, and artists of the world, and especially of the Arab World that were threatened, isolated, excommunicated, imprisoned, tortured, or killed because of their free-thinking or free expression,
For Ibn Seena, Ibn Rushd, Abu Alalaa Alma’ary,
For Yakoub bin Isshak Alkindy, Nusair Aldeen Altousi, Jaber bin Hayan, Abdullah bin Almukafa’ who was crucified and grilled in front of people for his thoughts,
For every religious or secular thinker who was persecuted because of his or her free-thought,
For Farag Foda and Mahdi Amel
For Ali Alwardy and Ali Shariati
For Najeeb Mahfooz, the only arab who won a nobel prize for literature ever, who was stabbed in the neck for blasphemy.
For Fadwa Tuqan, Manal Al Sharif, Loujain Al-Hathoul, Nawal Alsaadawi, and Yasman Aryani
For all the prisoners of conscience everywhere,
For all those deprived from the basic right of self determination and all those suffering under apartheid and enduring humanitarian crises.
For the symbol of endurance and resistance in the world, Palestine.
For them, and for the future of our children and the future of the world, that is swarmed with challenges of dogma denying science, and greed denying equality, and tribalism denying unity,
..we present you with the Free Thinking Society to continue carrying the torch of freethinking and the freedom of the mind and the freedom of human expression forward …
Thank you for your support! Please join us!
مقدمة لجمعية الفكر الحر
قال آدم لي ذات مرة: “ليس فقط لا يوجد شيء نكسبه من خلال تصديق كذب ، ولكن هناك المثير الذي نخسره عندما نضحي بأداة العقل التي لا غنى عنها على مذبحة الخرافات”.
التفكير الحر ما هو الا الحرية المطلقة في البحث عن الحقيقة والحياة الأفضل.
إن التحرر من جميع الأفكار السلبية والمضللة المكتسبة من المجتمع أو عن طريق الميراث ، و التي تقف ضد تقدمنا.
إنها حرية أن نعتز بالجمال والحكمة من تراثنا وثقافتنا ونرفض ما هو ضار أو مؤذي.
بالنسبة لصاحب الفكر الحر، لكي تعتبر الفكرة صحيحة ، يجب أن تكون قابلة للاختبار وقابلة للتحقق ومنطقية. اصحاب الفكر الحر يرفضون الشمولية من أجل الشمولية. يقف اصحاب الفكر الحر في تحد لقوة الإيمان الجماهيري لتلقين الإيمان بدلاً من التماس العقل من خلال المنطقية و الوعي.
الصراع بين المنطق والعقل والتجريبية ضد السلطة والتقاليد والعقيدة قديم قدم الإنسانية نفسها. عبر التاريخ ، “لم تكن فكرة تكوين الأفكار والآراء الخاصة بك بدلاً من قبول أفكار الآخرين دون أدلة كافية” فكرة شائعة في المجتمعات الشمولية. لا يمكنك إخضاع الإنسانية للرق ، وعدم المساواة ، وقمع الأقليات والنساء إذا سمحت بالتفكير الحر.
تم تشكيل الندوة لاحتضان وتعزيز الفكر الحر في مجتمعاتنا. تتمثل رؤيتها في بناء مجتمع فكر حر، يعزز الإبداع والتفكير النقدي والثقافة والفنون ، ويحتضن العلم والعقل ، ويحتفل بالتنوع. نؤمن بالفصل بين الدين والدولة ، والدفاع عن الإعلان العالمي لحقوق الإنسان.
اذاً اليوم،
نحن نقف مع العقل ، مع التقدم ،
لجميع المكتبات والكتب التي أحرقت ،
نقف لجميع العلماء والكتاب والفنانين في العالم ، وخاصة العالم العربي الذين تعرضوا للتهديد أو العزلة أو الطرد أو السجن أو التعذيب أو القتل بسبب تفكيرهم الحر أو تعبيرهم الحر ،
لابن سينا ، ابن رشد ، أبو العلاء المعاري ،
نقف ليعقوب بن إسحاق الكندي ، نصير الدين الطوسي ، جابر بن حيان ، عبد الله بن المقفع ، الذي صلب و شوي أمام الناس لأفكاره ،
لكل مفكر ديني أو علماني تعرض للاضطهاد بسبب تفكيره الحر ،
لفرج فودة ومهدي عامل،
لعلي الوردي وعلي شريعتي،
نقف لنجيب محفوظ ، العربي الوحيد الذي فاز بجائزة نوبل للآداب على الإطلاق ، والذي تعرض للطعن في الرقبة بسبب تهمة التجديف.
نقف لفدوى طوقان ، لمنال الشريف ، للجين الحذول ، لنوال السعداوي ، لياسمان العرياني،
لجميع سجناء الرأي في كل مكان ،
لجميع المحرومين من الحق الأساسي في تقرير المصير وجميع الذين يعانون من الفصل العنصري والأزمات الإنسانية المستمرة.
لرمز التحمل والمقاومة في العالم ، فلسطين.
نقف لهم جميعاً و لأمثالهم ، ونقف لمستقبل أبنائنا ومستقبل العالم ، الذي هو مليء بالتحديات المتمثلة في العقيدة العمياء متنكرة للعلم، و الطمع المتنكّر للمساواة ، والقبلية المتنكّرة للوحدة الانسانية،
.. نقدم لكم جمعية الفكر الحر لمواصلة حمل شعلة الفكر الحر وحرية العقل وحرية التعبير الإنساني إلى الأمام …
شكرا لدعمكم! ارجو أن تنضموا الينا!
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE (14 July 1868 – 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist who explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her knowledge and contacts, built up through extensive travels in Greater Syria, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Arabia.Along with T. E. Lawrence, Bell helped support the Hashemite dynasties in what is today Jordan as well as in Iraq.
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She played a major role in establishing and helping administer the modern state of Iraq, using her unique perspective from her travels and relations with tribal leaders throughout the Middle East. During her lifetime she was highly esteemed and trusted by British officials and exerted an immense amount of power. She has been described as “one of the few representatives of His Majesty’s Government remembered by the Arabs with anything resembling affection”.
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She has single handedly helped document and establish the archeological records of the area. She established the Iraqi museum By appointment from King Faisal. Her correspondences are the best source for the inner politics of the region after world war 1. .
#thegreatarabrevolt
#wcharaf September 28, 2019 at 11:41AM
#paris #wcharaf #woodyallen September 26, 2019 at 08:08AM
Is one of the biggest leagues and translators in this Era, and published his scientific and social articles in major magazines such as Crescent and extract. Known for his proofreading.
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Published many books and articles and published three books of poetry, many of it written to describe the historical events of his time. .
He died in Cairo in 1935. .
He is Asaad Khalil Dagher. .
#wcharaf
#thegreatarabrevolt September 21, 2019 at 02:54PM
The result was the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 22 November 1921, which confirmed the Indo-Afghan border, established diplomatic ties between London and Kabul, and defined special trade agreements.[1] He later served as High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Iraq from 1923 to 1929, the longest time this position was held by anyone during the course of the Iraq Mandate.
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#thegreatarabrevolt September 21, 2019 at 11:02AM
Founded in Nov 19, 1919 by Sylvia Beach to become a hub for English book lovers and writers in Paris.
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#sylviabeach September 20, 2019 at 09:43AM
Wissam Charafeddine 