Can I be Spiritual Without Religion? with Imam Tom Facchine
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Love our content? Sign up for the DoubleTake companion email featuring bonus supplemental content and a SNEAK PEEK of next week's episode! Sign up here: https://yqn.io/doubletake-email-signup When people choose to follow a religion, they are often looking for feelings of peace, contentment, and connection to a higher power. This feeling of spirituality is central to the life of a Muslim, but some may feel like it’s not necessary to follow a religion in order to experience it. They might consider themselves spiritual, but not religious.Β  Do sentiments like this help people come closer to God? Can a person be spiritual without being religious? What does an Islamic approach to spirituality look like?Β  Mohamad Zaoud explores these questions and more with Imam Tom Facchine, a fellow at Yaqeen and the Imam of Utica Masjid in New York. πŸ“« Join the newsletter! https://yqn.io/doubletake-email-signup πŸ“¨ Share your feedback! https://yqn.io/podcastfeedback πŸ‘πŸ» Follow us on Instagram! https://instagram.com/yaqeenpodcast πŸ“¨ Share your feedback! https://yqn.io/podcastfeedback πŸ“« Join the newsletter! https://yqn.io/doubletake-email-signup πŸ‘πŸ» Follow us on Instagram! https://instagram.com/yaqeenpodcast
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