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In my work at Muslim Skeptic, I have frequently drawn upon the Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir) of the renowned scholar Mufti Muhammad Shafi (1897–1976), may Allah have mercy on him. As many of you may know, he is the late father of the contemporary scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani. Mufti Muhammad Shafi is one of the most […] The post Prophecy Against Psychology: Mufti Shafi, Kierkegaard, and the Crisis of Modern Subjectivity appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/05/11/prophecy-against-psychology/

The US Military’s Influence Over the Modern Gaming Industry In the previous article, we looked at how Pokémon Go – a game that went viral globally a decade ago – was a CIA-backed project where the unsuspecting players were essentially acting as unpaid CIA employees. They were collecting immense amounts of data behalf of the […] The post Call of Duty Players as Future Soldiers? How the US Military Controls Modern Gaming appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/05/05/us-military-modern-gaming/

Richard Dawkins, long associated with the “New Atheist” movement and a leading voice in evolutionary biology, has once again gone viral. This time, it it due to some remarks he made in which he appears to be attributing some form of consciousness – or at least quasi-agency – to artificial intelligence (AI). Netizens couldn’t miss […] The post Rethinking Dawkins’s Selective Skepticism: God, AI, and Atheist Double Standards appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/05/04/rethinking-dawkins-selective-skepticism/

Among the different forms of entertainment that have sprung forth in the wake of modern technologies, video games have been at the forefront. Many of these games are aimed towards the male consumer, primarily because they offer men the ‘fix’ they crave for performing challenging tasks and overcoming obstacles while accruing achievements and also gaining […] The post From Pokémon to Palestine: How Your Gaming Data Powers Israel’s Genocide appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/05/02/pokemon-palestine/

In the context of the current tensions between Iran and the U.S.-Israel axis, a number of ideologically driven actors, ranging from Wahhabis to neo-Ba’athists, have sought to adopt what appears to be a “centrist” posture. Their stance can be summed up via the claim that “the defeat of both sides would be preferable.” This framing, […] The post Selective Outrage: Iran, Sectarianism & the Politics of Blame appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/04/29/selective-outrage-iran-sectarianism/

In the Islamic intellectual tradition, within Ahl al-Sunnah wa ‘l-Jama’ah, there is a long-standing claim (supported by extensive textual transmission) that the core doctrinal framework has remained substantially stable for well over a millennium. While juristic schools may differ and theological debates did certainly occur, the foundational creedal commitments were never subject to periodic redefinition […] The post Voting on Orthodoxy: How Councils Rewrote Christian Belief appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/04/25/voting-orthodoxy-how-councils-rewrote-christian-belief/