A provocative manifesto by MU KAHN confronting the decay of our old world, calling for a look into the future instead of pontificating about the glories of the past. All can be done with the grounding of Prophetic tradition, postmodern warfare, and eschatological momentum.
The Tragedy of Historical Pseudomorphosis Naif Al Bidh explores the case of IslamicMagian culture in Oswald Spengler’s philosophy of history describing its tragic birth, miraculous growth, and predestined future. Oswald Spengler’s analysis of Islamic civilization in The Decline of the West introduces the concept in mineralogy of pseudomorphosis, a phenomenon where a mineral experiences total…
In the mid-13th century, the political landscape of the Middle East and surrounding regions was a complex tapestry of alliances, conflicts, and shifting powers. Sultan Baybars, a formidable military leader and statesman, emerged as a central figure during this turbulent period. His ascent to power in 1260 marked the beginning of a new era for…
The first article of this series dealt with an investigation of what the problem is – namely modernity – and subsequently expounded upon an investigation of why Islam is the direct opposite and the solution of modernity’s problems. In the second article, we built off of this foundation to analyze the role of politics and…
سعد بن أبي وقاص: “كان أبي يعلمنا المغازي والسرايا، ويقول: يا بني هذه شرف آبائكم فلا تضيعوا ذكرها” – شرح الزرقاني على المواهب اللدنية بالمنح المحمدية Sa’ad ibn Abi Waqqas: “Our father used to teach us about the battles and raids [of the Prophet ﷺ], and used to say; my son, this is the honor…
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…
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…
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”…
From your editor-in-chief comes something a little out of left field. His reading of the Ottomans led him to some conclusions about how we think of “caliphate” in our circles, and how, just maybe, our understanding of the concept and our history is a little too narrow.
In the next edition of MAMLUK CORNER, our Turkic expert EL ERRANTE goes over the underrated history of Sultan Baybars’ strategic maneuvering with his Frankish foes as the threat of the Mongols still looms over the Near East. A genius not often spoken of.