Western Muslim Intellectual on a Shakespeare’s Political Plays
Hajj Abdallah Robert Luongo (passed in 2012) spokes in this video on Coriolanus, Shakespeare’s most political play and it’s significance in today’s template of real power.
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Muslims From the Subcontinent and Their Problems in the West
The case of the finest Muslim youth from the communities of expatriate subcontinent Muslims is quite unique. It is quite unique because the Indian being has a deeply rooted component which is inherited from Hinduism: The caste, and the delusion of superior purity. We are pak; the rest is na-pak; pure-impure. Contrary to the ruminations on the theme by the genial madman[Read More…]
Towards an Islamic West
If my impertinence can be forgiven, I’d like to present a few modest thoughts as to why an Islamic West is so important and how it might, insha’allah, be brought about. Given the appalling condition into which colonialist abuse has forced the Islamic world in the last two centuries, no Muslim can be blamed for seeking to use Western liberalism against Western[Read More…]
Star Wars And The Crisis Of Modern Masculinity
Abdal Hakim Murad discusses contemporary gender confusion as promoted by mass media: what exactly is a man, and what is a woman?
How an Englishman became a Muslim and happy to be it
Do you think about converting to Islam, but have obstacles that hold you back? Junaid, a Muslim convert from Britain, was once in the same position and we hope that hearing from a Muslim convert inspires you to push forward in your conversion to Islam.
The Song of Roland. Hero in the monotheistic paradigm
Reflecting on common culture codes of Europe, a number of literary works, with no doubt, formed the character of previous European. If, Odysseus represents an archetype of a traveller, pioneer and conqueror, then, Faust — an active-minded and restless intellectual. Likewise, one of the most famous warrior archetypes is represented by Roland, one of Charlemagne’s (Carl the Great) knights, the hero of the[Read More…]
Deep roots of Western Muslim culture (Idris Mears)
Idris Mears was born in 1951 and studied English at Oxford University. He entered Islam in 1973 and attended Al Azhar University. He has been a publisher with Diwan Press and an educator with various Islamic education projects. He was director of the Association of Muslim Schools 2002 – 2008 and remains on its board as fundraiser. He is a[Read More…]
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