By Farah El-Sharif, Sermons at the Court Substack “The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.” ―Thucydides For the past two years, I have been in touch with Dr. Kamal Al-Hindi in Gaza, who, despite living through the holocaust of our times, has been magnanimously sharing daily dispatches…
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By: Rachida Lamri | Date: February 10, 2026 | Newarab.com In medieval Muslim-ruled Iberia, during the golden age of Al Andalus, a certain chamber music was born. It evolved and echoed for centuries in the royal palaces, noble courts and culture of Córdoba, Seville and Granada. This music was forged over time and, quite literally, through movement: musicians, poets and theorists arrived…
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Youtube link On March 21, I visited the Grand Mosalla of Tehran, Iran’s largest mosque, where more than 100,000 had gathered calmly for the Eid Prayer. After the service, I asked several worshippers to comment on the West’s war on the Islamic Republic. Here’s what they had to say. -Dmitri Lascaris
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NAOKI YAMAMOTO MAR 21 A diagram of the “Heart” (心) from the Han Kitab tradition, a classical Sino-Islamic intellectual heritage. The Arabic word for Allah is written within the Chinese character for “heart” (心). At its core, East Asian thought may be understood as a sustained reflection on the harmony of the Three Powers (三才): Heaven, Earth, and Humanity. Heaven…
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By Kabir Helminski A deep prejudice against Islam runs in the veins of many Westerners. Palestinians and Iranians have been the target of dehumanizing lies, a classic case of psychological projection in which Israel and the West accuse Muslims of the kind of crimes they themselves are guilty of. In flagrant denial of their own crimes, they project the mirror…
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