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“Make Iberia Great Again”: An invitation to join our imaginal al-Andalus

Al-Andalus Tribune Substack I saw her not with these eyes of clay, But with inner gaze born of love’s own ray. Al-Andalus—shimmering face of the Real, Unfolding where only the heart can kneel. She spoke in symbols, in shadow and flame, Each form a mirror, each name His Name. There, time imploded and veils grew thin— I walked through her…

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Trump in Arabia: Sign of the End Times?

By Daniel Haqiqatjou on X https://x.com/Haqiqatjou/status/1922697611997479051 Yesterday in Riyadh, Trump gave a nearly 1-hr speech with Gulf rulers and Western billionaires and Zionists in attendance. The main theme of his speech was that allying with the US brings prosperity and unimaginable wealth, while opposing the US will bring only abject poverty and destruction. At one point, Trump noted that the…

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Western Approved Sufism

By Zafar Bangash, Crescent International Given the intellectual decline in the Muslim world, Muslims have adopted practices that are contrary to the teachings of Islam. Who is unaware of the destructive role played by al-Qaeda, the takfiris and ISIS over the last 30 to 40 years? Propped up by the west, primarily the US, they have served as a cover…

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A Classic Visit to the Alhambra

PALACE OF THE ALHAMBRA From Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving TO the traveller imbued with a feeling for the historical and poetical, so inseparably intertwined in the annals of romantic Spain, the Alhambra is as much an object of devotion as is the Caaba to all true Moslems. How many legends and traditions, true and fabulous,—how many songs…

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Review of Curtin, At the Lost and Found: Finding the spectacular in the society of the spectacle

Eric Walberg, a Canadian Muslim journalist, is the author of The Canada-Israel Nexus, Islamic Resistance to Imperialism, From Postmodernism to Postsecularism, and Postmodern Imperialism. By Eric Walberg  (subscribe to his Substack The internet, computers have been a boon to essayists like Edward Curtin (and me!). He/you/we can publish at online sites (DissidentVoice.org is a favorite for us) and then publish…

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Adam, Iblīs, and the Lie of Hopelessness

A Fajr Club Talk by Imam Marc Manley May 13 Sūrah al-Baqarah has many merits as al-Haythumī, the great scholar of ḥadīth, reports from his Mujmaʿ al-Zawāʿid, according to Ibn Masʿūd, لِكُلِّ شيءٍ سنامٌ وسنامُ القرآنِ سورةُ البقرةِ “For everything there is a pinnacle and the hump pinnacle of the Qur’ān is Sūrah al-Baqarah.” Here I want to mention the…

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Persian Festivals and Traditions

Published by Sogand Safari, Orient Trips, Orienttrips.com Iran’s colorful calendar overflows with joyous festivals and celebrations that hold a cherished place at the heart of Persian culture. The festive calendar intertwines ancient Persian rituals, Islamic holidays, and joyful national events. These diverse festivities reflect how Iran’s identity has been shaped over centuries by different influences. By exploring some major Iranian…

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