Iʿtikāf (update) اعتكاف

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I‘tikāf

Refererend aan mijn weblogbijdrage over Reza Aslan van gisteren, heb ik hier opnieuw iets wat perfect in mijn weblogcategorie "Ontmoetingen" past. Ook deze keer heb ik er weinig aan toe te voegen, behalve dan de toelichting dat het een serie tweets betreft van Iyad Elbaghdadi die zich net had voorgenomen om in het kader van Iʿtikāf tijdens de laatste tien dagen van de ramadan een Twitter stilte in acht te nemen. Onder voorbehoud, dat wel.

Iyad Elbaghdadi is iemand die zich nooit gehouden acht aan het maximum tweets per uur of per dag. Regelmatig overschrijdt hij dat maximum, waarop dan een gedwongen Twitter stilte (twitter jail)  volgt. Deze keer heeft hij zich prima ingehouden :-) Lees wat hij zojuist meemaakte in zijn moskee:

I'm online for a few minutes
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 30, 2013

Reminder: I'm not running a popularity contest and most of the time I just say what's on my mind without over-thinking whom it may offend.
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 30, 2013

On the first day of i3tikaf I had to break up a fight at the mosque. On one side a man nearly 70 and on the other one in his early 20s.
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 30, 2013

It was the old man's fault. He was super rude. But he's old, recently had a stroke, and got released from the ER two days ago.
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 30, 2013

The young man was completely right. The old man nearly hit him. But his response (anger, threats, etc) can't be correct.
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 30, 2013

I led the old man away and made him sit down. Then I spoke to the young man and told him to politely say sorry.
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 30, 2013

I know you're in the right, I said. I know he's wrong. But sometimes you need to compromise.
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 30, 2013

To compromise doesn't mean that you're forfeiting a right or admitting you're wrong, or that the other side was right to offend you.
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 30, 2013

Besides, what if he had stuck to his position and offended the old man even more? We still have to be in the same mosque for 10 days.
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 30, 2013

Otherwise I'm stuck on Surat Houd. Can't get enough of it.
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 30, 2013

"Houd" was a prophet who never had any decisive miracles. Only arguments and reason. A recurrent theme in the Qur'an.
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 30, 2013

Eén van Iyad's volgers reageert direct. Hij ziet een link met de actualiteit in Egypte. Lees:

@iyad_elbaghdadi Is it true story?? I feel it's kinda similar to our Egypt now.!!
— tofa7a (@doontb) July 30, 2013

@doontb True story. Unfortunately the young man left afterwards, I hope it wasn't related to the incident, he just wanted a different mosque
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 30, 2013

@iyad_elbaghdadi mmm but ur role in this story is the best..to try to reconciles between two Moslems..IT's the best think evaaa <3
— tofa7a (@doontb) July 30, 2013

@doontb Well at least neither of them called me a hypocrite and called my piety and intentions and agenda into question :)
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 30, 2013

UPDATE
13 AUGUSTUS 2013:

I must admit I'm still reeling from my i'tikaf experience.
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) August 13, 2013

The three questions that tortured me for a month: (1) What does God want from us? (2) What is "good"? (3) Does our worship make us good?
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) August 13, 2013

While at i'tikaf I gave up on question #2 and decided it's neither answerable nor is it the essential question.
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) August 13, 2013

I also felt really silly & stupid, having thought that I can answer in 10 days what humanity couldn't settle in 2500 years.
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) August 13, 2013

This was my corner of the mosque, where I slept for 10 days. http://t.co/dVjOLns8tL
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) August 13, 2013

Qur'an on my side and three books under my pillow #pt. One on ethics, one dictionary of philosophy, and one interpretation of the Qur'an.
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) August 13, 2013

My "neighbour" was Dr. Abdulkarim Al Syed. Physician, painter, personal friend of the late Naji Al Ali. http://t.co/aLyPZxTCBU
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) August 13, 2013