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The Futuwwa Ninja: “Islamicate Fantasy” as an Imaginative Practice

By: Naoki Yamamoto | Date: January 17, 2026 | Substack.com This is an excerpt from a lecture that will be given in Germany next week. This project explores the significance of imagining fictional stories and characters rooted in Islamic ethics, Islamic cultural memory, and Japanese cultural worlds. My concern here is not fiction as entertainment alone, but fiction as an…

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What to Learn from the Ironies of Today ~ Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl

By: The Usuli Institute | Date: June 20, 2025 | Youtube.com Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl provides an in depth analysis on geopolitics and Iran in this Friday khutbah or sermon at The Usuli Institute on 20 June 2025. Then he ties this reality into ethical lessons from Islam. Watch the full video Watch Dr. El Fadl apologize (in a 2017…

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