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prosopagnosia (face blindness)

Cited in 2 segments across 1 recording · 2018 · term/term:prosopagnosia

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15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions If jinn do not possess people, what is ruqya for? The Quran is a cure for what is in the hearts, meaning disbelief and superstition, not a medical treatment. Ruqya and the du'as taught against omens are a scaffolding that steadies a person's faith until it can stand on its own, because the mind clings to ritual. Lessonposition checkedruqya (reading Quran over the afflicted)shifa (cure)Quran 10:57 (a cure for what is in the hearts) [?]iman machine3 min 55 s44:33on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions What is the 'jinn of the gaps'? It is Mufti Abu Layth's name for blaming the jinn for anything not yet understood, as atheists accuse believers of a god of the gaps. He lists conditions such as Capgras delusion, hemispatial neglect, aphantasia and foreign accent syndrome that have or will have natural explanations but would once have been called possession. Lessonposition checkedprosopagnosia (face blindness)Capgras delusionhemispatial neglectaphantasia machine6 min 34 s48:28on YouTube