Politics
Guidelines For Muslim Political Engagement
By Jonathan Brown who is the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and he is the Associate Director of the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding. For many, politics… Read More ›
Islam and the myth of French secularism
Mehdi Hasan on why “laicite” is an easy excuse for Muslim-bashing. From a recently proposed ban on Muslim women wearing burkinis to banning face veils in public, France has cracked down on Islamic practices in the public sphere. The French… Read More ›
The Death of Socrates
Click to enlarge. I have seen this amazing painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Accused by the Athenian government of denying the gods and corrupting the young through his teachings, Socrates (469–399 B.C.) was offered the choice… Read More ›
New: Against Democracy blog
Subtitled ‘Exploring the best arguments against democracy’ this new site is a growing database of good arguments against democracy from diverse sources: Christian, atheist, Muslim and so on. It is deliberately iconoclastic. In modern politics, a gadfly is someone who challenges… Read More ›
Why Christianity is not compatible with democracy.
Modern democracy is the tyranny of secular values. by Rev Chris Mullen, reblogged from the Salisbury Review You know how it is when you get a puzzle buzzing in your brain and you can’t rest until, as they say, you’ve… Read More ›
Ok. Comic relief break. Donald Trump supporters at their finest.
Priceless. The guy in the red hat talking about 9/11 is awesome. Ok. Comic relief break. Donald Trump supporters at their finest. pic.twitter.com/txHy9c45qq — #LetMyPeopleGLO (@MichellCClark) September 21, 2016
The next leader of the free world?
Disturbing
“Socialism is atheism masquerading as political philosophy”
This is an insightful exposé of the metaphysical foundation of socialism
JC for PM
Some very special street art has been spotted in Camden Town, North London this evening! Photo credit: The Lurkers
When Evil Fails and Goodness Prevails: Regarding the Recent Coup Attempt in Turkey
by Hamza Yusuf on July 31, 2016 reblogged from Sandala The world is, and has always been, a dystopia. There is no such thing as a perfect or flawless government, and any doctrine or ideology that entices people with the… Read More ›
Fall of the Family by Sheikh Abdal Hakim Murad (Tim Winter)
reblogged from masud.co.uk Abdal Wadod Shalabi has remarked that a society only becomes truly decadent when “decadence” as a principle is never referred to in public debate. Prior generations of Muslims and Christians were forever fretting about their own unworthiness… Read More ›
The Jesus Blog Interviews Donald Trump on the Synoptic Problem
Sensational Jesus Blog interview I am a strong believer that blog posts are great entry points into complex topics. To this end, the Jesus Blog will be conducting a series of short interviews on complex topics in biblical studies. We hope… Read More ›
London has a Muslim mayor!
Mashallah, British First’s Paul Golding facing Mecca for evening prayer. Londonstan has begun.
The one understandable goal of ‘Islamic State’ the media (except the Guardian) will not tell you about
reblogged from todays Guardian Lawrence of Arabia wouldn’t have been surprised by the rise of Isis. TE Lawrence was always angry about the British betrayal of the Arabs in the Sykes-Picot agreement. A century on, the borders it established are falling… Read More ›
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