Global Intifada

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 […]

Lets get a discussion started on a seemingly simple query:
What do you think the problems of the Ummah, at the macroscopic and microscopic level, are?
You can respond either in the comments or on your respective blogs.
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I thought that the following post from Riyadat an-Nafs would be an excellent follow up to the previous post I made scrutinizing the intellectual traditions prevalent in the Muslim world at the turn of the 18th century. This brilliant article further elaborates on the reformist Sufi connections with Shaykh Muhammad Abdul Wahhab and contains a […]

There seems to be a lot of discussion on the blogosphere concerning the connection between Sufis and Salafis in a hadeeth circle in Madinah in the 18th century. (Imam Suhaib Webb, Sidi AbulHussein, and Mujahideen Ryder). The following is my contribution to the discussion.
Introduction
In a previous work, “On Intellectual Revival”, I argued that an […]

Here’s my retarded ALIM Winter 2007 essay. I wasn’t even trying. I just copied and pasted out of older essays. I apologize in advance if its incoherent. The question we were asked to write about was “Why is it important to study the history of Islamic thought?” or something to that extent.
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It is important […]

Many people know ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza’iri for his resistance to the French in Algeria. However, few people are aware that he was a Sufi and a staunch defender of Ibn ‘Arabi at that.
The following article eludicates his contributes to Tasawwuf:
God and the Perfect Man in the Experience of ‘Abd al-Qâdir al-Jaza’iri

by Itzchak Weismann

During the […]

The Ulema are fundamental actors who will play a pivotal role in the revival of the Ummah in three ways:
1. They serve as conduits to the Quran and Sunnah
2. Only they can revive the Sacred Sciences (a necessary component of Intellectual Revolution)
3. Once a Universal Islamic government has been established, they will play a pivotal […]