In 1260, Baybars ascended to power by eliminating Qutuz and led the state for a long period of seventeen years. Upon his accession, the realm was besieged by challenges on multiple fronts: the Mongols, whose incursions were a source of relentless pressure on the Islamic world, and the Armenians, who readily aligned themselves with the […]
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Disclaimer: This article was written 3/10/2024. The only thing I’d change here is replacing every “Biden” with “Harris”. As of writing this, Nikki Haley has recently quit her run for U.S. president, confirming what already was seen as a done deal since Trump’s indictment charges were dropped last March: that the 2024 election would once
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In the first article of this series, we discussed the problem of modernity, how it behaves, and why it is so important that we understand that it is the modern process itself that is our “other”. Those who’ve read that article might remember we specifically took a stance against framing the problem as “the West”
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Interview done November 20th, 2023 The Importance of Palestine to the Ummah, the discourse of “Whiteness” in the conflict, the two wings fighting for the soul of the Palestinian cause, and more with Imam Tom Facchine: AY: Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah Imam Tom, thank you for speaking with me. As the war and bombardment in
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“Propaganda does not aim to elevate man, but to make him serve.” Propaganda – The Formation of Men’s Attitudes – Jacques Ellul Before I begin, I feel it’s necessary to outline a very basic fact that all who wish for Islamicate Sovereignty one day should be cognisant of. The American Empire is a power and
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The contemporary Muslim is characterized by a longing for a certain Islamic greatness that seems to exist only in the past. This rears its head most clearly in situations such as we have witnessed during the past 2 months, where it becomes painfully clear how weak we have become. Just as this will cause many
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The paradigm shift post-October 7th, the roots of AGC, the post-WW2 civilizational narrative, the myth of Muslim diaspora exceptionalism, the Hijra debate, the American election, and more: a conversation with the esteemed anonymous poster Ibn Maghreb: Note: this interview was conducted on 02/28/2024. AY: Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullah. Hope you’re doing great brother. I became
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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 »
An impassioned journey home, one year after Afghanistan’s liberation from two decades of U.S. State Department Pantsuit Occupation, told by BASIL
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