Global Intifada

As the global economy undergoes perhaps the greatest market correction in modern history, rising prices will only increase political instability. As American power recedes due its own economic woes and its inability to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan, its grip on the international system will recede. It will increasingly be forced to pack up its […]

The 2008 elections is upon us and once again, the American Muslim is caught with its pants dropped between its ankles as our leaders run around like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off. The biggest problem seems to be that both of the presidential candidates seem to plan on “intervening” somewhere in […]

Unfortunately, the talk of a return to the Cold War has become quite frequent among political analysts these days due to American and Russian competition in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. The term is misleading because, unlike the Cold War which was essentially characterized by the bipolar nature of international relations, the present conflict is […]

One of the problem with Islamists is that they tend to reduce all of the Ummah’s problem into one of the implementation of certain legal injunctions and ignore that society has a variety of needs that must be fulfilled in order to be functioned or they become fixated on the fetish of fighting some foreign […]

I’ve received several complaints from people that I post articles that are too long. For those of you who don’t feel like reading the entire thing or would like some background before delving into it, the following comments are my “cliff notes summary” of this excellent piece by Professor George Saliba.
Professor Saliba has written a […]

This is an excellent article that engages in a critical reading of world history. It challenges many mainstream Eurocentric accounts of history that have unfortunately seeped into the Muslim mind pertaining to the relevance of Islam and capitalism, democracy, science, technology, and Marxism. I think this historical approach is useful to Muslims because it enables […]

In general, there are two types of intellectuals: those that acquiesce to power and those that challenge it. Those that acquiesce to power do so for a variety of reasons. Perhaps to promote their own self-worth, perhaps for monetary reasons since they are offered jobs, perhaps they do so for political power since they are […]

MSA National has recently announced the results of this year’s elections. The purpose of this article is to discuss several problems in the election process that have arisen year after year. For the record, I e-mailed the Election Committee with my concerns and a month has gone by and I have still not received a […]

As you read this post, I would advise that you pop in classic modern rock song “The Boys Are Back In Town” by Thin Lizzy.
Got the song on? Okay, now proceed with reading the post.
According to the New York Times, several Western oil companies that were kicked out of Iraq for 36 years during Saddam […]

Still too busy to write up a comprehensive post, but here are some points to ponder that I will flesh out in more detail in the future, inshaAllah.
1. One of the fundamental roots of the impotence of Muslim states and communities to promote social justice and fairness in international relations is the absence of an […]