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.
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“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…”
ʿAbd Allāh Thomson dispels common myths about Muslims and so-called “integration”.
Z A Rahman compares the racist and genocidal histories of “nations” that think they will remain forever…
“We are much taken with moral outsides, whereby the Turks exceed Christians; for they are more modest in their conversation generally than we…”
After a 91-year struggle against contradictory, secularist marriage laws imposed on them, Turkey wins back a small part of its stolen identity, sparking outrage from some…
“As a former practising Christian, I saw first hand the effect of reforming wisdom and morality to suit the whims and desires of some powerful people…”
‘Allāma Iqbāl in Oldham A series on Muḥammad Iqbāl Part 1: On unity and identity In a quiet neighbourhood in…
Arabic is the main surviving language of the Semitic family. It is spoken in the Arab East and Arab West,…
I often sit in Islamic lectures and realise the concepts are familiar but the language is not. I do not…