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Hey guys. Does anyone know a place around here that i could learn tasbeeh or some other type of spiritual activity within Islam? Are there any groups that get together for tasbeeh or some kind of religious-philosophy discussions? Really needing some kind of "extra" spiritual practices and community - mourning my Catholic past a lot. :( Any ideas? I was told to look into the Sufi places here - but not sure which are "good" and not too new-age/hippie. :)

Thank you.
I live in El Cerrito and go to Berkeley

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e-mail is mysticlvr at peoplepc dot com

i'm up for that too - but i MIGHT not b able to go... as my roommate is driving in from chicago and will arrive either saturday or sunday. if she isn't here yet, i can go... otherwise i can't. you think you could e-mail the text to us so we can read it a bit before we meet?

yes i am down with that.
email me aq731 at yahoo dot com.

so maybe we can try the place in fremont or Julie's cafe in Berkeley?

the thing is desiincali, if we are doing this type of thing that arafiq suggests, someone has to know the stuff and kind of start it, lead it, etc. Then, inshaAllah it will take off and be a regular group. I used to do a lot of spiritual groups as a Catholic, but obviously i'm totally ignorant in Islam. (Unless u guys want to discuss metaphysics according to the famous Arab philosophers - then i can lead!) So i nominate Arafiq786 to start it. If it is not too far from me (el cerrito/berkeley) and I'm not working or otherwise busy, I'll go (I'll even put it in PEN on my calender) and try it out. :)

No offence to ya'll, but all i have heard here on this village so far is all talk.
I tried to arrange meetings, noone seems to come. So lets make it happen! Put a date and a time and lets meet up.

I think that is a great idea, Arafiq! Like maybe the first saturday of every month? At a coffee shop or something?

Try out Zaytuna in Fremont www.zaytuna.org

thanks, muneera, but why would you not recommend it if i were sunni? (I'm not really sunni, shia or sufi) Why is it scary alone? Just because it is so different?

ok , girl i suggest you take someone with you to the place in fremont. it is pretty scary when you dont know whts going on and people are chanting "allah hoo".
and i totally dont recomend it if your sunni.

What is it? Also, I had a few people e-mail me with suggestions... I think I'll try www.naqshbandi.org

There is this one gathering which happens in Fremont, if you are interested.

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