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Introduction Background: Sectarian Demography and Alawi Rule Online debate continues to rage over the political situation in Syria and its relationship to broader developments in the Middle East. The political situation in Syria fundamentally shaped the religious and ethnic composition of the country. Syria is home to various religious groups. Approximately 80% of the population […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/20/asads-anti-sunni-sectarian-policies/

Traditionally, being Sunni is not only about aqida. Rather it is also about establishing independent sovereign states, applying the Sharia, and waging jihad (e.g., to maintain political independence, to protect vulnerable Muslims, etc.). These basic facts were recognized by Sunnis Islamists throughout most of the 20th century (e.g., Muslim Brotherhood, Jamaat-e-Islami, Hizb al-Tahrir, etc.). These […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/18/hijacking-sunnism-secular-ultrasectarians/

Islamic history is rife with episodes of battles, wars, and conquests. This is no doubt a result of the divine command to engage in armed struggle or “jihad” against disbelieving polities. Liberal and modernist polemics against Islam often revolve around the idea of jihad as barbaric, materially motivated invasions coated by a mirage of spiritual […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/17/napoleon-bonaparte-islamic-modernist/

You may have come across some of the recent controversy surrounding a TikTok creator known as “Ayah’s Voice.” She has become the subject of intense conversation on various social media platforms including X. I do not use TikTok myself, but from what I’ve seen circulating online, she appears to command a somewhat substantial audience, likely […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/16/autonomous-self-cult-muslim-feminism/

Wahhabis have launched another braindead, self-defeating media campaign against me simply for calling for a practice championed by the Salaf. Context is here. Basically I called for the DEMOLITION of the Clock Tower McHotel looming over the Sacred Haram. Predictably, the dishonest Wahhabis say this means I am calling for the “bombing of Mecca” lol […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/13/salaf-demolished-buildings-taller-kaba/

Following the events of the genocide in Palestine and the subsequent war between the Zionist establishment and Iran, a wave of seldom discussed matters surfaced as the subject of fierce debate. Among the more pressing questions include the issue of Sunni-Shi’ah unity, whether or not Muslims should show solidarity towards the fighters in Lebanon, Yemen, […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/11/iranian-ittihad-i-islam/

A very bizarre criticism of Islam has been popularized recently. The argument is that the Qur’an supposedly lacks credibility because it never uses the divine name “YHWH” (the Tetragrammaton). At first glance, this may appear persuasive to some who are unfamiliar with the linguistic and theological landscape of the biblical tradition. Upon closer examination, however, […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/09/myth-yhwh-quran/

Al Jazeera recently published a news article titled, “‘Tsunami’ of emigration reshapes Israel’s future, experts warn,” wherein they reported the following: Nearly 270,000 Israelis have left the country over the past three years, the Tel Aviv University study found, drawing on Central Bureau of Statistics data. More than 86,500 Israelis left in 2023, followed by […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/07/jews-leaving-israel-yerida/

Like many others, I still choose to not be on TikTok. Complete withdrawal from social media, however, carries its own costs, and unless one intends to become socially insulated, some degree of participation is almost unavoidable. I therefore use WhatsApp, among other things, to remain in contact with family and friends… and, as anyone from […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/05/compassionate-imams-feminine/

Feminist theory and the liberal ideological foundations it emerged from are a uniquely post-enlightenment, Western phenomenon. In modern times, the imagined scale of “social progress” still weighs heavily in the favor of Western countries, leading to practices that would be considered extreme even to an audience from a decade prior. Countless articles from Muslim Skeptic […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/03/feminism-womens-education-ottoman-empire/

There are two inconvenient truths about Ahmad Sharaa that haven’t gotten much attention ever since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in 2024. (1) Syrian Wahhabis including Ahmad Sharaa were long allied with Bashar al-Assad’s intelligence services. (2) Syrian Wahhabis including Sharaa began blowing up Shia marketplaces and mosques in Iraq long before Assad’s crimes in […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/02/assad-create-sharaa/

In contemporary Hinduism, the Bhagavad Gita is arguably the most widely read, translated, and cited sacred text. Though it comprises only approximately 700 verses, it has come to occupy a position in modern Hindu thought comparable to that which is occupied by the Qur’an in Islam or by the Bible in Christianity. Historically, however, the […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/01/islamic-critique-bhagavad-gita/