Two pseudonymous writers, ABU ILHAM & SAAD, bring us an unapologetic essay with an unconventional approach to the question: Should Muslim men care about having multiple wives? It has come to my attention upon introspection and advice, that the situation of women’s opinion on polygyny cannot be rectified without first providing clarity, resolution, and equipping […]
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Abdul gives a rundown of the contemporary Muslim Zeitgeist, the various challenges and ills facing us, and what can be done as a start to counter it. Our current Muslim diaspora has monumental challenges barring the development of communal success, from community leaders making odd statements of neutrality towards obvious haram, to imams being disempowered
Allah said, “Descend as enemies to each other. You will find in the earth a residence and provision for your appointed stay.” Quran (7:24) Nietzsche argued if there is no God then morality does not exist, and humans “make” their own morality. This creation of individualistic morality is fairly evident in the modern Western world.
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From Ibad, a striking and pertinent essay on what the characteristics of the one who struggles for God’s sake looks in the modern day, through Jungian archetypes. Struggle is an intrinsic part of the human experience. Mankind’s history is replete with tales of struggle by men against forces much greater than themselves. The man struggles
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From your Editor in Chief, an introductory essay for our fitness section detailing the crucial need for Muslims, both men and women, to make physicality important in our cultures en masse again. The chronicler Ibn Hisham narrates that during the Battle of the Trench when the city of Madina was under siege by the pagans
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Reconciling working in the cold world of finance with living a spiritually fulfilling life. An introduction by a man with skin in the game, SECRET MUSLIM BANKER:
CONFESSIONS OF A MUSLIM INVESTMENT BANKER Read More »
An eye-opening walkthrough of the modern fiat economy, and how riba (usury) makes up every part of it, by MUSLIM BITCOINER One of the subjects that many Muslims, including some scholars, don’t seem to have a good understanding of is how Riba manifests itself in our current financial system. This stems from a lack of
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Chinese sweatshop trinkets won’t make you happy or lead you to paradise, says CHARLEMAGNE:
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Can the centralized model (hitherto referred to as The Madinah Model) of Islamic community organization be copied and pasted as a Dawah strategy for Muslims in the West in the 21st Century? Robert makes the case for why it’s not that simple:
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Within the obscure life and death of Abel Bonnard, French novelist and politician, lie the ideas of a man tied one way or another to his affinity for Islam, says BHERIA
A STAR HIDDEN IN THE NIGHT: ABEL BONNARD Read More »
