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Once upon a time, society was governed by stable structures, gender roles, and well-defined hierarchies. And within these societies, people worked and struggled to pull their weight and do their part, with the men working outside the home and the women carrying out the housework inside the home. However, both of these timeless values, i.e., […] The post The Calhoun Effect: How Spiritual Death Is the Prelude to Biological Extinction appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/06/06/calhoun-effect/

Independence and isolation are two sides of the same coin. Recently, I had an interesting conversation with my dad that got me thinking about this. When my dad first moved from Egypt to the United States twenty-some years ago, he found some things very odd in his new surroundings. He gave me three examples of […] The post Independence and Isolation Are Two Sides of the Same Coin appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/06/05/independence-isolation/

Most people encountering the name Tyre today do so through reports of Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon. This is due to the fact that the city of Tyre is frequently mentioned as part of Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah/Hizbullah. It is a campaign that often treats vast areas of predominantly Shi’i southern Lebanon as a legitimate […] The post Tyre Still Stands: Israel, Lebanon and a Failed Biblical Prophecy appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/06/03/tyre-still-stands/

One of the foundational claims of traditional Judaism is that the Torah was revealed directly by God to Moses in a complete, fixed, and authoritative form; and that this revelation was transmitted faithfully and unchanged through history. Classical rabbinic literature presents the Torah not merely as inspired scripture but as a divinely dictated text whose […] The post The Torah Was Changed? What Rabbinic Scholarship Actually Says appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/06/02/torah-was-changed/

In earlier articles, we mentioned the possibility of a sort of hypothetical bridging between the physical and metaphysical worlds via technological advancement. Transhumanists already speak of a ‘singularity’ where mankind and AI will supposedly merge and transcend into a higher form. However, what we’re discussing here is a mergence between AI and demonic jinn. This […] The post Digital Demons: Exploring the Metaphysical Framework of Jinn appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/06/01/digital-demons-jinn/

I would like to begin this article by extending my sincerest greetings on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. Blessed Eid to all Muslims across the world. May Allah accept our prayers, sacrifices, fasting, charity, and acts of devotion. May He forgive our sins, increase us in sincerity and steadfastness, and allow us to draw nearer […] The post The Only Abrahamic Civilization: Eid al-Adha and the Sacred Economy of Sacrifice appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/05/29/only-abrahamic-civilization-eid-al-adha/

If you use social media, you simply couldn’t have missed them. They are now ubiquitous across perhaps all social media platforms. Yes, we’re talking about the “looksmaxxers,” i.e., the strange new subculture within the so-called “manosphere” which has elevated physical appearance above pretty much everything else. Even just the terminology they employ is sufficient to […] The post Looksmaxxing: Aborted Son of Feminism, Abandoned Child of Capitalism appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/05/26/looksmaxxing/

Given that the UAE government is currently the center of attention in the Muslim world (and not in a good way), this an excellent opportunity for us to discuss their government’s kufri perennial efforts. These include projects like the Abrahamic Family House and the Ministry of Tolerance & Coexistence. The project that we’ll be analysing […] The post Document on Human Fraternity Serves the UAE’s Evil Agenda Against Muslims appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/05/23/document-human-fraternity-uaes-evil-agenda/

The death and resurrection of Jesus (peace be upon him) occupy the absolute heart of Christian theology. Christianity does not merely present Jesus as a prophet, moral teacher, miracle-worker, or even messianic figure. Rather, it grounds the entire structure of salvation history upon the claim that Jesus physically rose from the dead after crucifixion. The […] The post The Quranic Critique of the Resurrection Tradition appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/05/21/quranic-critique-resurrection-tradition/

If we examine the aqida and hadith literature produced by the early Sunni Ahl al-Hadith of the ninth and tenth centuries CE, we can notice something deeply ironic. Of course, the ninth century Ahl al-Hadith (of Ahmad ibn Hanbal) are who the Wahhabi movement of the eigteenth century claims to follow. The irony is that […] The post Wahhabism Is the Inversion of Ahl al-Hadith appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/05/20/wahhabism-inversion-ahl-al-hadith/

One particular objection that is often raised against Islam goes as follows: Muslims claim that Islam predates the historical mission of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ despite the fact that the Qur’anic revelation emerged in seventh-century Arabia. Critics, particularly among some Jewish and Christian polemicists, mock the idea that Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, or Jesus (peace […] The post “Adam Couldn’t Be Muslim”: Why This Chronological Objection Against Islam Fails appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/05/19/adam-couldnt-be-muslim/

There are many celebrations that are held annually in Pakistan, such as the two Eids, Pakistani Independence Day, days on which the Pakistani military globally humiliated India, etc. However, alongside all of these, there is a certain strange event that has popped up and has been recurring for some years now, and that is the […] The post Providers No Longer: What Men Can Learn From Aurat March appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/05/17/providers-no-longer-aurat-march/

Parapsychological phenomena remain among the most captivating subjects at the intersection of science, philosophy, religion, and popular culture. Broadly speaking, parapsychology refers to the study of mental or consciousness-related phenomena that appear to operate beyond the explanatory limits of conventional sensory perception or known physical mechanisms. These phenomena include telepathy (the transmission of thoughts from […] The post The Age of Illusion: Parapsychology, Technology and the Dajjal appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/05/14/the-age-of-illusion-parapsychology-technology-and-the-dajjal/

Wahhabi Outrage at Dr. Zakir Naik’s Call to Pan-Islamic Unity In his recent stream with Dr. Zakir Naik, brother Sneako asked him his thoughts about some topics that are extremely relevant to the Muslim ummah today. One of these questions was regarding Pan-Islamic unity. This is, of course, something that the Wahhabis have been extremely […] The post Dr. Zakir Naik vs Andrew Tate: Prioritizing the Life of the Hereafter Over This Life appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/05/12/zakir-naik-vs-andrew-tate/

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/

Paul of Tarsus is arguably the foremost influential figure responsible for shaping Christian doctrine. Although the New Testament contains teachings attributed to Jesus (peace be upon him), far more theological material is derived from letters attributed to Paul, and even then, modern scholarship recognizes only seven of these epistles as being authentic (Romans, 1–2 Corinthians, […] The post Intra-New Testament Diversity: Did Paul Deform Christianity? appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/04/23/intra-new-testament-diversity-paul/

As you may know, Iran and the Trump Administration have made a “deal” – a two-week ceasefire that already appears to be unravelling. Israel has been ferociously bombing the South of Lebanon, and most people with even a few functioning brain cells are of course skeptical about the US and Israel’s intentions to live up […] The post Will Iran Ignite the Fall of the American Empire? appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/04/20/iran-ignite-fall-american-empire/

Over time, Muslim Skeptic has thoroughly dismantled the deviant ideology of Wahhabism via documentaries, debates, and online discourse. Countering the Wahhabi movement is important at such a time when Pan-Islamic unity is needed to bring Muslims under the banner of la ilaha illallah, against our greatest enemies who seek to wipe us off the face of […] The post How to Destroy the Wahhabi ‘Israel vs Iran’ Argument in Less Than Ten Seconds appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/04/16/destroy-wahhabi-israel-iran-argument/

Book Review: Enver Pasha (translator: Abdullah Bey), In Tripoli: Enver Pasha’s Diary during the Turco-Italian War (Suavi Publishing House, 2025) One of the most persistent habits of popular historical thinking is counterfactual speculation – the infamous “what if” question: imagining alternative trajectories of history if a decisive variable had been different. What if Archduke Franz […] The post [Book Review] What If, Instead of Ataturk, Turkiye Had Been Shaped by Enver Pasha? appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/04/14/book-review-enver-pasha/

More than a month into the U.S.-Israel offensive against Iran, informally dubbed “Operation Epstein Fury,” the conflict has now culminated in what is being described as a ceasefire brokered through Pakistan – well, supposedly. In the immediate discourse, particularly across Iranian official channels, the outcome is being framed through a lens of civilizational resilience and […] The post Hormuz Over Hiroshima: Iran’s Victory and the New Logic of Power appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/04/11/hormuz-over-hiroshima-iran/

A few weeks have passed since the mega 3 million page Epstein files drop, and in its light many theories have popped up as to why so many of the files were released and what it reveals about the Satanists who run the modern world. It’s quite fitting that something which was such a vindictive […] The post Was the Latest Epstein Files Dump a Satanic Ritual? appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/04/07/epstein-files-dump-satanic-ritual/

Jacob/Ya’qub (peace be upon him) occupies a central and enduring place in both Judaism and Islam, though the theological framing of his significance differs across the two traditions. In Judaism, Jacob’s importance is inseparable from his transformation into Israel (Yisrael), the name bestowed upon him after he supposedly “wrestled” with “the divine being” in Genesis […] The post Jacob Between Judaism and Islam: Are Jews Deceivers? appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/04/05/jacob-between-judaism-islam/

In contemporary polemical and ideological discourse, the phrase “Christ is King” has re-emerged and become quite widespread, often within highly polarized cultural and political contexts. Quite frequently, the phrase is not uttered merely as a devotional slogan; it also functions as a theological assertion: namely, that Jesus (peace be upon him) is to be considered […] The post “Christ Is King”? What Does Jesus Say? appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/04/03/christ-is-king/

Artificial intelligence has been a global hot topic ever since Chat GPT was released over three years ago. Since then, it has made significant advancements at a rate that only makes one wonder how drastically it’ll change the world in the near future. However, there is another growing field of technology, one that is still […] The post Superior to AI: The Consciousness Problem of Organic Intelligence appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/04/01/consciousness-problem-organic-intelligence/

This is a guest post by Abdullah Noorudeen from Coolness of Hind. The first article in this series exposed how David Betz has been connected to and amplified by Zionist networks. The second uncovered flaws in the premises of his civil war theory and documented how he has worked to normalise the Great Replacement conspiracy theory while legitimising and […] The post Commentator or Terrorist Agitator? David Betz and His Anti-Muslim “Civil War” – Part III appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/30/commentator-terrorist-agitator-david-betz-iii/

Israel as the UNO Reverse Card If countries could be represented by cards from card games, then the illegitimate state of Israel would perhaps be the UNO reverse card. Usually, in modern meme culture, this particular card is associated with someone who does something cleverly unexpected in order to turn the tables against their opponent, […] The post An Existential Global Threat: Why Israel Must Be Denuclearized appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/28/israel-must-be-denuclearized/

These past few weeks have illustrated a sustained phase of high-intensity confrontation in which Iran has demonstrated a layered and adaptive defensive posture against coordinated U.S.-Israeli pressure during their notorious “Operation Epstein Fury.” We are now nearly a month into the campaign, and Tehran’s response has not relied on conventional force-on-force symmetry. Rather, there has […] The post National-Islamist Security Doctrine: Iran’s IRGC as a Model for Civil–Military Integration appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/27/national-islamist-security-doctrine/

What is the stand of the US and UK based Dawah Mafia (and their B- and C-tier enablers) on the Iran war? You may have noticed that this group has either been completely silent on the Iran War or have actually made critical remarks agaisnt Iran, despite the fact that Iran is doing something that […] The post The Dawah Mafia Betrayal on the Iran War appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/26/dawah-mafia-betrayal-iran/

This is a guest post by Ismail Moosa. Introduction Over the last few centuries, the Muslim world has experienced a tumultuous period politically, economically, militarily, and academically. Much of this can be attributed to Western colonisation, both physical and mental. Among its many consequences, one is especially relevant here: the absorption and implicit acceptance of […] The post Feminist Tries to Reform Heaven: The Maidens of Jannah (Hur al-Ayn) appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/24/feminist-jannah/

In an earlier article, we discussed how Israel and the US had formed the Satanic ‘Board of Peace’ to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, consisting of all kinds of depraved individuals such as Donald Trump and Tony Blair. We also spoke of how the eventual long-term goal is to turn Gaza into a smart city […] The post Sick Human Experiments: Will New Gaza Be Used as a Human Farm? appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/23/sick-human-experiments-gaza/

Ali Larijani has been killed by the American-Israeli coalition. Similar to Ayatollah Khamenei, available accounts suggest that Ali Larijani may not have prioritized extensive personal security measures. This is a pattern that can be interpreted as reflecting either a calculated acceptance of risk, or a symbolic alignment with the ideological valorization of martyrdom within the […] The post Ali Larijani (1958–2026) and the Unity of Intellect and Action appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/19/ali-larijani/

Operation Epic Fury, better known as “Operation Epstein Fury,” has not unfolded as its architects had hoped. Contrary to the expectations of Washington, the United States has failed to consolidate a broad coalition in support of the US-Israeli campaign. Several European states, including Spain, have openly refused participation. Others, such as France and Germany, have […] The post Missiles and Markets: Iran’s Doctrine of Asymmetric Endurance appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/18/missiles-markets-irans-asymmetric-endurance/

One of the disturbing aspects of the Iran-Israel War has been the number of UAE-connected influencers and Wahhabis who have come out to stoke sectarian hatred against the Shia on social media. One of the prominent examples is UK-based speaker Adnan Rashid. What makes Adnan Rashid’s blind sectarianism so disturbing is that he claims to […] The post Adnan Rashid: Rabid Sectarian Hate Monger Working for Zionist Interests appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/16/adnan-rashid-rabid-hate-monger/

This is a guest post by Abdullah Noorudeen from Coolness of Hind. In the previous part, we drew attention to the Zionist amplification of the civil war narrative in which Muslims are rounded up and slaughtered. We highlighted how Zionist-boosted chief civil war propagandist David Betz was laying the groundwork for potential Mossad assassinations of […] The post Commentator or Terrorist Agitator? David Betz and His Anti-Muslim “Civil War” – Part II appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/16/commentator-terrorist-agitator-david-betz-2/

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ali Khamenei, has been chosen as the successor to his deceased father as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Formally, the position of Supreme Leader is filled by the Assembly of Experts, an 88-member clerical council whose members are elected by popular vote in […] The post From Khamenei to Khamenei: Revolutionary Islamism to National-Islamist Statism? appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/15/from-khamenei-to-khamenei/

(Disclaimer: For those who might not catch on due to reasons such as English not being their first language, etc., this post is satire.) Assalamu ‘ala man ittaba’a ‘l-huda. If you didn’t already know, the salam is exclusively for Muslims. It is not permissible to give salam to a disbeliever. The above is the alternative […] The post Diary of a Wahhabi Kid: Takfiring the Entire Ummah Before Dinner appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/12/diary-wahhabi-kid/

A few days ago, on March 8, 2026, Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas finally left this world and returned to his Creator. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un. With his passing, the intellectual world of contemporary Islamic thought has lost one of its most penetrating philosophers of religion and civilization. More specifically, over the past several […] The post Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (1931–2026): Remembering a Polymath appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/11/syed-muhammad-naquib-attas/

In the late 90s, on August 14th (Pakistan Independence Day), Pakistan Television Network ran a special in celebration of the event. In this special, they talked to several people about their feelings on the day. One of the women interviewed after praising Pakistan as a country said “We thank Allah that we are not like […] The post The Pakistan-Afghanistan Conflict: A Tool for Israel/USA appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/09/pakistan-afghanistan-conflict/

As I write this piece, the Middle East remains in the midst of the escalating campaign known as Operation Epic Fury. This refers to the joint military operation launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on 28 February 2026. Of course, many would agree with me when I say that it should instead […] The post How Iran Delegitimized the US Military Presence in the Middle East appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/08/how-iran-delegitimized-the-us/

Pakistan vs the US-Israel Regime Imagine a hypothetical scenario where an existential threat was posed against Pakistan by the US-Israeli regime. Allow me to set the stage. Due to increasing opposition towards the ‘Great Satan,’ Israel has now decided that Pakistan is just too great of a threat and can no longer be allowed to […] The post Why Wahhabi Logic on Iran Makes No Sense appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/06/why-wahhabi-logic-iran-makes-no-sense/

This is a guest post by Abdullah Noorudeen from Coolness of Hind. This narrative has deep consequences for the Muslims of Britain and indeed Europe. Over the past several months, the talk of a looming civil war in Britain has grown louder. To many, this sounds fantastical, a figment of an overactive imagination nurtured in […] The post Commentator or Terrorist Agitator? David Betz and His Anti-Muslim “Civil War” appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/06/commentator-terrorist-agitator-david-betz/

Ayatollah Khamenei has been killed. His adversaries ultimately granted him what he had often described as the most desirable end: to be martyred for his cause/beliefs. In numerous speeches, Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized that, at 86 years old and having previously battled cancer, he did not fear death. Rather, he framed dignified death in struggle as […] The post The Last of the Iqbalians? Ayatollah Khamenei Between Karbala and Khudi appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/03/02/last-iqbalians-ayatollah-khamenei/

You may have already come across the latest episode of provocation from Randy Fine. For those who aren’t aware, he’s a U.S. Republican lawmaker whose public record is saturated with Jewish supremacism and Islamophobic bile, especially with dehumanizing rhetoric about Palestinians. In his most recent outburst, Fine declared that, if forced to choose, he would […] The post A Dog’s Life: Is Randy Fine’s Judeo-Christian Civilization on a Leash? appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/02/26/randy-fines-judeo-christian-dog-leash/

The past few weeks have been an absolute whirlwind of news about Jeffrey Epstein and his infamous pedophile island. Mainstream media outlets have only now begun to acknowledge these revelations, as the truth has gradually started to seep into the public spotlight, thus making it impossible to ignore. In recent weeks, mainstream media has bombarded […] The post Five Things We Learned from the Epstein Files appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/02/25/five-things-learned-epstein-files/

I recently encountered one of those “viral” posts on X that arguably reveal more about algorithmic amplification in an era of functional illiteracy than they do about any genuine growth in political or sociological insight. The post, attributed to a self-described Turkish secularist, claims that “political Islam” has paradoxically produced de-Islamization in both Türkiye and […] The post The Myth of “Islamist De-Islamization”: Political Islam and the Illusion of Secular Drift appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/02/22/myth-islamist-de-islamization/