{"id":158,"date":"2022-09-22T06:10:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T06:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2022-09-30T20:46:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T20:46:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us\/TL;DR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliyah al-Mahdi, or &#8220;Vanguard&#8221; of the Mahdi, is an egalitarian and pluralistic MOVEMENT fighting for socio-spiritual REVOLUTION in the\u00a0 Muslim world. We are guided by REASON (<em>`Aql<\/em>) and SCIENCE (<em>`Ilm<\/em>), yet we are not materialists, who vainly imagine the illusion of the physical world (<em>Dunya<\/em>) to be the whole of Reality (<em>Haqiqah<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>In fighting our external battle against the forces of Ignorance (<em>Jahiliyyah<\/em>) and Oppression (<em>Zulm<\/em>), we first wage war within, against the Ego (<em>Nafs<\/em>) and its armies &#8211; the\u00a0<em>jahada-n-nafsa<\/em> that Muhammad told us is the &#8220;Greatest Jihad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As such, we engage not only in physical training, to defend ourselves and our communities from oppression, but we also engage in the internal training described by the Ahl al-Bayt as prerequisites for ranking amongst the 313 Troops of the Mahdi &#8211; meditative internal training engaged in by the likes of Harun al-Makki, and sadly by not even 4 others in his generation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Help SPREAD THE WORD!<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-158\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/about\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/about\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-158\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/about\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-158\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/about\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-158\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/about\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20About%20Us%2FTL%3BDR&body=https%3A%2F%2Ftaliyah.org%2Fnewdawn%2Fabout%2F&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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We are guided by REASON (`Aql) and SCIENCE (`Ilm), yet we are not materialists, who vainly imagine the illusion of the physical world (Dunya) to be the whole of Reality (Haqiqah). 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This MOVEMENT is one that seeks to UNITE all of those who have been victimized, marginalized and oppressed by the forces of evil which dominate our communities from East\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/taliyah-al-mahdi-religion-of-reason.jpeg?fit=736%2C509&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15,"url":"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/contact\/","url_meta":{"origin":158,"position":2},"title":"Chapters","date":"September 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The following are the current list of chapters contacts available to the public. The vast majority of the Taliyah al-Mahdi is not public. In the past we listed all of our global chapters. Since our occultation in\u00a0 2005, our approach has changed. The following represent chapter contacts throughout the world\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":278,"url":"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/articles\/the-twelve-precepts\/","url_meta":{"origin":158,"position":3},"title":"The Twelve Precepts (\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062b\u0646\u064a \u0639\u0634\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0637\u0631\u0629)","date":"September 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u0628\u0633\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u064a\u0645 \u201cWhen our Qa'im rises he will face so much difficulty from the people that even during the period of Jahiliyah did not face.\u201d Fadl asked: \u201cWhy should that be so?\u201d The Imam said: \u201cWhen Muhammad was appointed people worshipped stones and wood. However, when our Qa'im\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":670,"url":"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/bring-proof-if-you-are-truthful-a-quranic-call-to-cult-leaders-and-dajajilah-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":158,"position":4},"title":"\u201cBring PROOF If You Are Truthful\u201d: A Qur\u2019anic Call To Cult Leaders and Dajajilah Today","date":"November 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u0623\u0639\u0648\u0630 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u064a\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062c\u064a\u0645 \u0628\u0633\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u064a\u0645 As it was orated in the Holy Qur\u2019an centuries ago, those making claims should \u201cbring proof if they are truthful\u201d - hatu burhanakum 'iin kuntum sadiqin (\u0647\u064e\u0627\u062a\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0628\u064f\u0631\u0652\u0647\u064e\u0627\u0646\u064e\u0643\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0625\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u0643\u064f\u0646\u0652\u062a\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0635\u064e\u0627\u062f\u0650\u0642\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e). Why? Because Al-Islam does not call us to abandon reason,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cults.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":182,"url":"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/articles\/ethics\/","url_meta":{"origin":158,"position":5},"title":"12 Points of Action: The Ethics of the True Taliyah","date":"September 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"In order to lay forth the basics guidelines by which members of the Taliyah al-Mahdi abide in day to day life \u2013 and pursuant to the spiritual and physical disciplines which all are encouraged to strive after \u2013 the following actions and guidelines are presented to aid in personal and\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/taliyah_ya-aba-abdullah.jpg?fit=976%2C549&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions\/353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taliyah.org\/newdawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}