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So Much for America the Invincible …

Every hegemonic state must convince both its own citizens and the citizens of other states of its in power and virtue in order to deter any potential challenges to their grip on power. They promote a vision that the rise of the hegemonic state was “inevitable”, “unavoidable”, and now “invincible.”
However, as is with all hegemonic […]

Faulted Families: Were Abu Sufyan and Mu’awiyah (ra) Hypocrites?

One of the many allegations of the Shi’a is that the family of Abu Sufyan (radhi allahu anhum) was, as a whole, a family that outwardly accepted Islam after the conquest of Makkah and secretly plotted to destroy Islam by stealing the Caliphate. They are vilified in the Shi’a narrative for being Hypocrites, with a […]

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