One of the symptoms of the problem currently facing the Muslim world is defeatism and shallow thought. Many defeated Muslims constantly try to undermine other Muslims attempting to do good works. The reason for this is because people have accepted… Read More ›
Reflections
An Allegory for the Islamic concept of ‘Fitrah’ (Human Nature)
An allegory for the Fitrah, is like a seed. The seed contains within it everything it needs to germinate, grow, and ultimately flower and bear fruit under the right conditions. But the earth contains many types of soils, some soils… Read More ›
Jihadi John Locke? The Founder of Secular Liberalism and the ‘Religious Extremism’ explanation for Terrorism
Secular Liberal Politicians and the media often disparage critics of government security & foreign policy, as ‘justifying terrorism’ because they point to it the cause of violence against their states. While it is obvious that no terrorism is ever or… Read More ›
What if the Muslim world treated non-Muslims as the West treats Muslims?
Sometimes, the best way for people to understand whether they are treating their minorities fairly, is to ask, ‘what if they were the minority?’, would they accept the same treatment they dish out to others? On the eve of extreme… Read More ›
What’s the difference between an Islamic State and Secular Democracy?
In an Islamic state, the leader (Caliph) is appointed by the Muslim Ummah through a process of consultation (shura), whether it is direct plebiscite of the people or election by a council of representatives (e.g. heads of tribes, influentials or… Read More ›
The two kinds of extremist
There are two kinds of extremists, ones who sacrifice principles for convenience, believing it is wisdom, and those who sacrifice wisdom mistakenly believing they are following their principles. The first hides behind the justification that the world is complicated, the… Read More ›
A Reflection on waiting for the servant, while ignoring the master
A servant is not greater than his master. So how do some people, who do nothing but wait for the Mahdi, expect the Muslim Ummah to obey the Mahdi, when they haven’t even sorted obeying Allah yet? Unity, mercy, thinking,… Read More ›
A Reflection on the absurdity of Muslims being expected to apologise for Terrorism
Muslims apologising and distancing themselves from crimes committed allegedly in ‘Islam’s name’, is as absurd as expecting people who believe in JUSTICE to apologise and distance themselves from crimes committed in the name of justice.However, the true absurdity of the… Read More ›
There is no worse enslavement of a man, than convincing him that he owns his own chains
Imagine, if you will, that your family home was invaded and occupied by armed gangsters. While they were there, they stole your expensive items and sold them off, they told you and your family members what to do, when to… Read More ›
On Idiots and Greeks
Idiot is a word derived from the Greek ἰδιώτης, or idiōtēs, which means “a private citizen”, or “individual”, and was used to refer to those who do not care about politics, public affairs or matters which touch the community. The… Read More ›