29.05.2026
The Inversion of Understanding the Quran
When you hear the statement: “the sunnah explains the Quran” you're meant to be hearing a precise…
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28.05.2026
Defining Faithfulness and the Concept of Takfīr
There are two entirely different questions that the words īmān and kufr can be made to answer, and…
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23.05.2026
The Art of Complexification
Becoming More Complicated Makes You Wiser There's an assumption that sits in most of our…
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21.05.2026
The Covenant’s Public Burden vs Modern Religiosity
I’ve been thinking about the following question for a while: Why do normal everyday people who…
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08.05.2026
Decorative Dissent and Prophetic Disruption
I occasionally hear about a public personality or scholar who is said to be "progressive" – not in…
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04.05.2026
The World You Inherited
None of us shaped the world we were born into: not us, not our parents, not our grandparents before…
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25.09.2024
Saluting the Final Prophet
Summary: The article argues that salāt on the Prophet is fundamentally a covenantal salute — an…
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25.09.2024
What is “Islam”? Facts Lost in Translation
Summary: The article argues that "Islam" as commonly understood today is not what God intended.…
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25.04.2022
Nail Polish and Ablution: a colourful conversation
The validity of ablution for women wearing nail polish has been a persistent question posed to…
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12.03.2022
Dear University Students
I'm writing this hoping it lands in the way it's intended. We've been where you are as university…
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22.01.2022
A thought on intelligence and the faithful
Summary: The article is a critique of what popular religious culture has made of God's covenant.…
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30.10.2021
Music: Some facts of the matter
Summary: The article argues that music is generically permitted in God's law, falling into the…
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