Why Medieval Muslims Traveled So Much

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By Dr Nathaniel Miller | May 24, 2025 https://classyarabic.substack.com/p/why-medieval-muslims-travelled-so The notion that one should travel in pursuit of knowledge is deeply embedded in Arabic and Islamic culture. The Arabic word for “student”, ṭālib, means seeker, an abbreviation of ṭālib al-ʿilm, or “knowledge-seeker.” That this seeking implies travel is evident in the Prophetic statement (hadith) uṭlubū al-ʿilm wa-law bi-ṣ-ṣīn—”seek knowledge (al-ʿilm),…

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Dr. Hasan Zafar Interviews Captain Dan Hanley: “9/11 Was a Hoax”

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Dr. Hasan Zafar, a notable media figure in Pakistan and its diaspora, just interviewed Captain Dan Hanley of 9/11 Pilots Whistleblowers about the evidence that no Muslim hijackers, or indeed any hijackers, were involved in the remotely-flown attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Captain Hanley is a retired American commercial pilot and whistleblower, and…

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Remembering Mulla Sadra, Iranian mystic philosopher who redefined Islamic thought

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By: Humaira Ahad | Date: May 22, 2025 | Presstv.ir In a madrasa in the 17th-century Shiraz, a group of students gathered in the Khan School, notebooks open, listening carefully as their teacher taught complex ideas about existence, truth, and the soul’s journey toward God. Their teacher, known throughout Iran as Mulla Sadra, was not merely explaining religious doctrines, he…

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Review of ‘The Midnight Library’: Making sense of Schrodinger’s cat

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“I don’t know if these alt-lives exist in some multiverse, with angels and jinn visiting from them now and then.” Wednesday, 21 May 2025 01:35Written by Eric WalbergЭрик Вальберг / Уолберг | إيريك والبرغ How can a cat be alive and dead at the same time? I love how science has rediscovered religion. Leaving aside the Big Bang theory, the…

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Muhammad: The Ultimate Leader From Western Business Perspectives

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From the book Muhammad: The Ultimate Leader From Western Business Perspectives By Daud Batchelor Chapter 1: The Most Influential Person Who Ever Lived Of five non-Muslim biographers cited by Khalid Yassin, who had studied leaders throughout human history, three of them determined that the most profound human being who has impacted on humanity was none other than the Prophet of…

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Taj Mahal and Agra

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By Taj Mahal Taj Mahal-Official Website of Taj Mahal, Government of Uttar Pradesh (India) Agra, an old heritage city on the bank of the river Yamuna, finds mention in the Epic Mahabharata as Agravan. Ptolemy, the famous 2nd Century Geographer, marked it as Agra on the World map. It is generally accepted that Sultan Sikandra Lodi, the Ruler of Delhi…

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Daniel Haqiqatjou: Hamza Yusuf Betrays Palestine Again

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5pillars.org President Donald Trump has appointed Shaykh Hamza Yusuf to serve on the advisory board of his Religious Liberty Commission. The White House confirmed the appointment in a statement issued this week. They described Sheikh Hamza as “one of the leading proponents of classical learning in Islam and… a co-founder of Zaytuna College, the first accredited Muslim liberal arts college…

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Breakthrough Coming in Gaza?

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Mahmood OD offers a hopeful overview of recent developments in efforts to stop the Gaza genocide. Mahmood OD, a native Palestinian born in Haifa, is the author of 2048: A Manifesto for the One State Solution in Israel Palestine. In it, he considers the underlying causes of the violence and instability in the region, and proposes a simple and sensible…

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