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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Watch the video from the Holy Quran Does Not Burn campaign, to restore damage from the rioters, at The Al-Andalus Tribune Substack By Indi.ca From the Holy Quran Does Not Burn campaign, to restore damage from the rioters Why won’t Iran attack first? Why did they agree when sued for peace before? Given that Iran is an Islamic Republic, these…
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Farah El-Sharif Those who were warned, “Your enemies have mobilized their forces against you, so fear them,” the warning only made them grow stronger in faith and they replied, “Allah alone is sufficient as an aid for us and is the best Protector.” (Qur’an 3:173) One might fast but he gets nothing from his fast except hunger. – The Prophet…
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by Salim Mansur “To God belong the Names Most Beautiful.” — The Qur’an (7:180) “God is beautiful and He loves beauty.” — Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. [Note: I wrote this tribute in honor of Professor Abdus Salam on his passing in November 1996 and was published in the London (UK) based Sufi journal in the Spring 1997 issue. I…
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By Salim Mansur Our age is indeed the age of intellectual organization of political hatreds. It will be one of its chief claims to notice in the moral history of humanity… To come down specifically to the political passions—the “clerks” [Benda means in French by “clerks” what is meant in English by “intellectuals”] were in opposition to them in two…
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Mo Hamdouni I almost always take the qahwa bldiya (traditional café) as my observation point when I travel. Not out of exoticism, and not to “watch people” the way one watches an object, but because the qahwa bldiya is a small theatre at the right scale: everything is public and yet discreet; everything is close and yet regulated. The cup,…
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Notable Muslim writers in English who have addressed the UFO issue include Nadeem Haque and Charles Upton. The latter is the author of numerous highly-recommended books on mystical and esoteric subjects. Here is his new article. -Ed. A Possible Explanation of “The Collins Elite” by Charles Upton One significant element in contemporary UFO mythology is the notion of something called…
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Emmanuel Todd Substack Excerpt with comment: My reflections on war, on what everyone can see by watching the television news (our daily spectacle), have therefore led me to a new interest in religion as a historical factor. Observing the consequences of the disappearance of religion in the present day has even opened up a completely new field of research for…
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Foadebate In a recent interview I conducted with Professor Kevin Barrett, a well-known political analyst and Islamologist, we examined this very question in depth. Barrett pointed to Momdani’s election as mayor of New York—despite the intense climate of Islamophobia and influential Zionist lobbying—and described the event as both “unexpected” and “performative.” It was unexpected because a Muslim figure, openly defending…
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