Al-Haqqah Is Coming: How Prepared Are We for the Inevitable Reality?

The Forgotten Reality Beyond the Veil In this article, we will be taking a look at the true reality that Muslims—though already being well aware of it—need to really reflect on more seriously and more frequently. It is the inevitable reality known as al-haqqah. Mufti Muhammad Shafi’ (may Allah have mercy on him) mentions in […]

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Reclaiming the Legacy of Islamic Governance: Nizam al-Mulk vs. Machiavelli

Introduction: A Crisis of Political Imagination Many Muslims today believe that Islamic governance is no longer realistic. They see the failures of modern Muslim states and assume our tradition has no answers. So they turn instead to the Western models of liberal democracy, realism, or secular authoritarianism. This shift is often unconscious. It’s been shaped […]

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India vs. Pakistan Ceasefire: Contextualizing India’s Failures

Those who have been following the recent India-Pakistan conflict will be aware that it is now widely known that the two nations have reached a U.S.-brokered “agreement.” Prominent Indian analysts, including geostrategist Brahma Chellaney, have characterized this outcome as a failure for India, arguing that its perceived military superiority failed to achieve any sort of […]

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From OnlyFans to No Fans: AI Models Beating Women at Their Own Game

Ever since the AI revolution began, more and more of the fears of those who had made predictions regarding the future dangers of this technology have started to become true. The chief amongst them is perhaps the replacement of human workers as a whole. However, all seriousness aside, there is a particularly comical consequence of […]

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The White Man’s Burden: An Overview

During the colonial era, Western liberal states established vast empires encompassing much of the Muslim world. These powers developed systematic methods of governance specifically tailored for Muslim populations—methods that, in many ways, persist today in the postcolonial context. Contrary to the conventional perception that liberalism opposes imperialism, ethnocentrism, and racism, the historical policies of liberal […]

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