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The Pen and the Sword

“Strategy is the craft of the warrior. Commanders must enact the craft, and troopers should know this Way. There is no warrior in the world today who really understands the Way of strategy…. It is said the warrior’s is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have a taste for both Ways.
Students […]

The Anti-Islamist

I’m working on an essay entitled “The Islamist Papers” which is intended to be a massive refutation of every argument against Islamic political philosophy. In order to sufficiently rebut the many claims against an Islamic government, I’m working on compiling all of these claims into a single document. After all, you can’t refute an argument […]

Dance, Dance . . .

So ColorMeRed has this little quiz on her blog.

You scored as Philosophy. You should be a Philosophy major! Like the Philosopher, you are contemplative and you enjoy thinking about the purpose for humanity’s existence.

Philosophy

100%

English

100%

Engineering

100%

Journalism

100%

Mathematics

92%

Linguistics

75%

Theater

75%

Anthropology

75%

Art

58%

Sociology

42%

Psychology

33%

Chemistry

25%

Biology

25%

Dance

25%

What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3)created with QuizFarm.com

According to this quiz I’m pretty much a genius at everything, except […]

Majoritarian Rule

Shaykh Abu Ammar Yasser Qadhi, on the Al Maghrib Forums, wrote the following:

“Jinnzaman, I find your sudden conversion, along with the existence of your student, a rather fortuitous coincidence. In any case, I will leave the tactics and intentions that others employ to Allah , as we have been commanded to do.”
The topic of the […]

Murder She Wrote

For the purposes of this discussion, there are three types of punishment in relation to criminal acts:
1. Qisas and diyat (crimes that require retaliation and blood money)
2. Hudud (crimes with a fixed punishment)
3. Ta’zirat (crimes where a punishment is determined by the discretion of the judge
Qisas and Diyat crimes
The criminal, if proven guilty, is punished […]

Junk inside yo Trunk

Yesterday I went to the mall because I needed to get a haircut. I decided to get a buzz cut because I was tired of dealing with my hair being long. Short hair requires no maintenance. Also, for some reason, I only brought really small kufis with me to my dorm and it feels uncomfortable […]

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The SoundTrack of Our Movie

By Mae
I started to ache when I started to think of you.Wondering how long it would takebefore I step into something new.There’s only so much I can fake.There’s only so much that I can prove.Well, do it in a minute,I could go play the fool for you.
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