How “Progressive” Muslims Get Their Foot in the Door
Are we willing to defend Islamic values and the Islamic tradition against those who wish to see it destroyed? If so, we need to...
The Lost Virtue of Himma
Himma is a lost concept for Western Muslims. I've seen himma translated as "lofty aspiration" in some places, but perhaps "zeal" gives a better...
You Will Not Spread Islam by Censoring It
When we say that Islam is the religion of the fitra, part of what that means is that in some capacity, whether consciously or...
Overgeneralization and Its Dangers in Understanding Islam
In Western philosophy early to mid 20th century, a group of philosophers argued that the discipline of philosophy is prone to overgeneralize, i.e., to...
What is “Traditional” Islam?
Following "traditional Islam" does not mean that we care about the past for the sake of the past. We only care about the past...
Islamic “Imperialism”?
Do we as Muslims have a problem with colonization and imperialism? Maybe.
A lot of historical imperialism involved wanton murder and pillaging, i.e., things that...
The Bias of Progressivism
What is not understood is how shallow and provincial so many of the most cherished beliefs of the current times really are. If you...
The Brilliant Minds in Secular Islamic Studies
This is what counts as brilliant insight in the secular academic field of Islamic studies:
There is no fact of the matter about what "Islam"...
The Selectivity of Modernist Fads
Modernist Hypocrisy: So many diets, fashion trends, health crazes, etc., are based on the idea that doing things the way humans have done them...
Past Islamic Scholars Were Biased!
Those Muslims today who claim the scholars of the past were tainted by cultural and philosophical bias are like a person submerged in 10...