Tag: VALUES
Why Modern Atheists Are Mushriks
After coining "Farangism Studies" to unmask western modernity in his first article, Mirza Safwat is back with a closer look at the polytheistic, pagan roots of popular western atheism.
Unmasking Western Modernity: Farangism Studies
“It isn’t atheism per se that the apostate Muslim is embracing,” writes sociologist Mirza Safwat. “It isn’t an intellectual matter but a civilizational one; it needs to be understood not philosophically but sociologically…”
Building our Children’s Muslim Identity is Crucial
Do you want to raise children who grow into happy, connected, proud and strong Muslim adults?
Finding Your Human Potential
Everyone reading this right now is alive, but how many of us are truly living?
Indian Revolt 1857: the role of the Ulama 160 years on
Z A Rahman ponders over the difference: the revolt led by the Ulama of India in May 1857 & the Ulama of CVE in 2017...
Freedom of speech is an ideological construct
The recent events in Paris have engendered a series of questions relating to “freedom of speech” and the role of the Muslim communities in the West. Subsequently, the responses resonating across the Muslim world have failed to engage with the underlying assumptions which inform the debates. Notions of “freedom of…
