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Kadyrovism: New Paradigm for Islam in Secular States?

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For a certain generation of Muslims, particularly Millennials and those on the younger end of Generation X, Chechnya occupies a distinctive place in the collective political imagination. This symbolic significance cannot be reduced to the fact that Chechens were perceived as “European” or “white Muslims.” After all, Bosnian Muslims (or Bosniaks) had already experienced ethnic […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/10/26/kadyrovism-new-paradigm-secular/

Christian Myth Debunked: “The Qur’an Copied the Apocrypha”

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One of the most common accusations raised in modern Christian-Muslim polemics is the assertion that the Qur’an supposedly “copied” its narratives about Jesus from apocryphal Christian literature. The Qur’an records Jesus (peace upon him) speaking from the cradle (Qur’an 19:29–33) and creating birds from clay by God’s permission (Qur’an 3:49; 5:110). Similar stories appear in […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/10/24/christian-myth-debunked-apocrypha/

From Hollywood to Bollywood: A Flydubai Production

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If you’ve been following the latest staged news spectacles flying out of Tel Aviv, you surely would’ve come across the newest action thriller, dubbed the “Flydubai incident.” The script is so poorly written that even the most trash Hollywood B-movie could’ve done a better and more believable job. For those of us who have years […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/10/22/hollywood-bollywood-flydubai/

Daniel Haqiqatjou and Julius Evola… or the Limits of Traditionalism?

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Some of you may have seen brother Daniel Haqiqatjou’s latest livestream, in which he takes the “12 Axes Political Compass” quiz. He discovers, perhaps to his own surprise, that his closest ideological match is none other than Julius Evola, with a surprising 92% ideological proximity. As brother Haqiqatjou himself points out, the compass is rather […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/10/19/haqiqatjou-evola-traditionalism/

Every Night a Death, Every Morning a Resurrection: A Qur’anic Metaphysics of Sleep

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As Muslims, it is necessary for us to believe that the Qur’an is the eternal, uncreated Speech (kalam) of Allah, revealed to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ via the angel Jibril/Jibra’il (Gabriel). What we will be looking at here is the Qur’an’s treatment of sleep. Far from presenting sleep merely as a biological necessity, the Qur’an […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/10/17/quranic-metaphysics-sleep/

“Cultural Islam”: The Good and the Ugly

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I increasingly encounters Muslims on X speaking approvingly of what might be called “cultural Islam”: an attachment to Islam that survives after its metaphysical, doctrinal, and normative commitments have been weakened, suspended, or even explicitly rejected. (The infamous Javed Akhtar is one such claimant, rejecting Islam as a theology but validating the “Islamicate” as a […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/10/15/cultural-islam/

The Making of Modern Hinduism: Hanuman Chalisa and an “Eternal Religion”

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You’d probably have heard by now of the incident that took place aboard flydubai flight FZ1073, which, on September 30, 2026, narrowly escaped catastrophe while travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv. According to the investigation announced by Emirati authorities, the aircraft’s Omani co-pilot, Hamam al-Hammami, attempted to seize control of the Boeing 737 and crash […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/10/12/eternal-religion-hanuman-chalisa-hinduism/