Bismillah. Knowing Islam and living from it are not the same thing. Most of us feel that gap. Few of us have been shown how to close it. Realigning the Muslim Mind is now live in the Classroom, and it is open to every member of this community. It is three recorded sessions, taken at your own pace: The Crisis of the Muslim Mind The Kalimah: More Than Words Identity and Purpose Each session has its own Reflection Sheet that you complete in your own words. And every Wednesday at 8:30pm Sydney time we meet live for 30 minutes as a group, so you can ask your questions and share your reflections. The first session is Wednesday 14 October. Farah, from our first cohort, wrote this after the second session: "I have to build my golden bridge of actions brick by brick to connect my internal belief and external submission. They will not automatically become one body." That is the work. We do it together. Realigning the Muslim Mind is $100 USD. It is open now in the Classroom: https://www.skool.com/the-muslim-mind-9598/classroom/8c00f468 If you have a question before you start, ask it below. I am here. Ziad

Bismillah. For 25 years I have worked with Muslims in classrooms, leadership programmes and community rooms. One thing kept showing up. A gap between what we believe and how we actually live. It is not a knowledge problem. It is a thinking problem. Awakening the Muslim Mind is where we start closing it. It is one recorded session, with a short introduction and conclusion, and a Reflection Sheet you complete in your own words. You go through it at your own pace. Sarah, from our first cohort, wrote this after the session: "Before, I would mostly blame the people in power, other countries, or the division among Muslims. But after this session, I feel that we also have to look at ourselves. The Ummah is made up of individuals, so the change has to start with us too." That shift is what this session is built for. The individual grows so the Ummah rises. Awakening the Muslim Mind is $25 USD. It is open now in the Classroom: https://www.skool.com/the-muslim-mind-9598/classroom/8452364b If you have a question before you start, ask it below. I am here. Ziad

Here. Goal. Now the part most frameworks skip. The Bridge Itself: Action Steps. You know where you are. You know where you're going, and WHY. None of that moves you an inch without steps in between. This is the honest, unglamorous middle. It's not the vision. It's not the destination. It's the specific, sequenced steps that connect one to the other and it's where most people quietly give up, because steps are harder to romanticise than Goals. Belief: Allah rewards the step, not just the outcome. The walking counts, not only the arriving. This week: Break your goal into three concrete steps. Not vague intentions. Actual, Nameable actions. Share step one below. We'll hold each other to it.

During Week 5, one of our Cohort 1 students said something honest. They knew what needed to change. The hard part wasn't learning more. It was admitting the habit they kept avoiding. I think most of us carry one of these. We know what matters, but comfort, distraction or fear keeps winning. So let's practise what she did, together. Reply with one habit you keep avoiding. One line is enough. No explanation needed. Whats one small step you'll take this week.

Yusuf is a civil engineering student at UTS. In week five, the cohort was asked how their view of leadership had shifted. His answer, live: “before, leadership for me was basically just an authoritative figure who manages stuff... the autocratic kind of perspective” And now: “what would the Prophet ﷺ do in this position? Who am I as Abdullah?” That's the shift. From control to character. From a title to a question you have to answer fresh, every single day. If you asked yourself his question in one situation this week, what would change? Tell us below.