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DESCRIPTION:Film evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments and social hour at  
 6:30 pm,\nfollowed by the film at  7:30 pm, followed by a discussion after 
 the film.\n\nAl-Ghazali:  The Alchemist of Happiness\n\nBy Ovidio 
 Salazar\n\nThis beautiful film explores the life and impact of the greatest 
 spiritual and legal philosopher in Islamic history.  It examines 
 al-Ghazali's existential crisis of faith that arose from his rejection of 
 religious dogmatism -- and in the process reveals profound parallels with 
 our own times.  Ghazali lived in an era of tremendous upheaval.  We can see 
 the many similarities to our own time.  The problems that he addressed are 
 not unlike those facing seekers everywhere and the answers he sought are 
 still relevant today.  But his path was largely abandoned by early 20th 
 century Muslim reformers for the more strident and less tolerant school of 
 Ibn Taymiyya. Combining drama with documentary, the film argues that 
 Ghazali's Islam is the antidote for today's terror.\n\nThis powerful film 
 does not just chart the curve of Ghazali's life and spiritual and 
 intellectual development. The great achievement of the film is to portray 
 the profound inner transformation that is the goal of every spiritual 
 person.  Through a subtle and sensitive cinematography that takes us on a 
 great journey through Central Asia, Ovidio Salazar imperceptibly puts us in 
 Ghazali's shoes.  We come to understand that Ghazali's great inner journey 
 was on behalf of every like-minded traveler regardless of time, place, and 
 denomination.   Ghazali became known as the Proof of Islam and his path of 
 love and spiritual excellence overcame the pitfalls of the organized 
 religion of his day.\n\nWheelchair accessible around the corner at  411  
 28th  Street\n\n$5 donations are accepted\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/26/18645750.php
SUMMARY:Al-Ghazali: The Alchemist of Happiness
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nmidtown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org \n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/26/18645750.php
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