Sponsors
We are extremely grateful to all of our sponsors who have so generously supported this conference. We strongly encourage you to follow the links provided here to their websites to learn more about them and their activities.
Thank you!
| Middle East Institute at Columbia University | |
 www.mei.columbia.edu |
The Middle East Institute of Columbia University, founded in 1954, has helped to set the national pace in developing an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Middle East from the rise of Islam to the present, with a primary focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. more.... |
| Institute of African Studies at Columbia University | |
 www.ias.columbia.edu |
The Institute of African Studies (IAS) is Columbia University's central forum and resource for African-centered academic research, program development, curriculum administration, student advisement, and local, national, and international dialogue and action on Africa. more... |
| WBAI Radio 99.5 FM | |
 www.wbai.org |
WBAI began as WABF in 1941 and moved to 99.5 FM in 1948. The station took a respite from broadcasting in 1953, and came back on the air as part of World Broadcast Associates, Inc (WBAI) in 1955. more... |
| Anqa Publishing | |
 www.ibn-arabi.com |
Anqa Publishing is dedicated to bringing out the works of the great Andalusian mystic, Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi (1165-1240), and his line. These writings contain some of the most beautiful and comprehensive depictions of the vision of One Reality in all its facets. more... |
| Beshara Publications | |
 www.besharapublications.org.uk |
It is because of his exclusive concern with spiritual truth, and with its meaning for humanity, that many of the works published by Beshara Publications are by the great twelfth century Andalusian mystic Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. more... |
| SUNY Press | |
 www.sunypress.edu |
As an acclaimed international publisher of distinguished research and notable works of general interest since 1966, SUNY Press supports the commitments of the State University of New York to teaching, research, and public service. more... |
| Aslan Media | |
 www.aslanmedia.com |
The mission of Aslan Media Initiatives is to inform, educate, and engage the public on political, social, religious, and cultural issues related to the Greater Middle East and its Diaspora Communities worldwide. To accomplish this mission we coordinate and disseminate news and information through New Media and Social Media outlets... more... |
| Park 51 Community Center | |
 www.park51.org |
Park51 will be a vibrant and inclusive community center, reflecting the diverse spectrum of cultures and traditions, serving New York City with programs in education, arts, culture and recreation. more... |
| Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order | |
 www.nurashkijerrahi.org |
The Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order is a community of dervishes within the Halveti-Jerrahi Tariqat, in the specific lineage and spirit of Shaykh Muzaffer Ashki al-Jerrahi, Shaykh Nur al-Jerrahi, and Shaykha Fariha al-Jerrahi. more... |
| Sufi News & World Report | |
| www.sufinews.blogspot.com |
Sufi News is a volunteer organization in the process of attempting to become financially viable. more... |
| The Henry Corbin Project | |
| www.henrycorbinproject.blogspot.com |
Henry Corbin (1903-1978) was a scholar, philosopher and theologian whose work is profoundly significant for the contemporary world. more... |
| Poets House | |
 www.poetshouse.org |
Poets House is a national poetry library and literary center that invites poets and the public to step into the living tradition of poetry. Our poetry resources and literary events document the wealth and diversity of modern poetry, and stimulate public dialogue on issues of poetry in culture. more... |
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from The Kernel of the Kernel
One of the special matters that Ibn 'Arabi wants to explain in his Futuhat al-Makkiyah is this: "If a gnostic is really a gnostic he cannot stay tied to one form of belief."
That is to say, if a possessor of knowledge is cognizant of the being in his own ipseity, in all its meanings, he will not remain trapped in one belief. He will not decrease his circle of belief. He is like materia prima and will accept whatever form he is presented with. These forms being external, there is no change to the kernel in his interior universe.
The knower of God, whatever his origin is, remains like that. He accepts all kinds of beliefs, but does not remain tied to any figurative belief. Whatever his place is in the Divine Knowledge, which is essential knowledge, he remains in that place; knowing the kernel of all belief he sees the interior and not the exterior. He recognizes the thing, whose kernel he knows, whatever apparel it puts on, and in this matter his circle is large. Without looking at whatever clothing they appear under in the exterior he reaches into the origin of those beliefs and witnesses them from every possible place.