HeyJaredThe Thinking Muslim by Muhammad Jalal
An attempt to understand the world around us through the lens of an Islamic worldview. A newsletter of the Thinking Muslim Podcast and broader project.
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Our First Thinking Muslim Conference (opens the original)
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Disinformation and Damn Lies over Syria (opens the original)
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Living in a post-truth world, we have become accustomed to a constant stream of disinformation. Gaza has taught us the painful lesson that it’s not how convincing the lie is; it’s how many voices are ready to confirm it – until unreality becomes fact. But so many of us have internalised a similar campaign of doubt, slurs and propaganda on Syria, spread principally by those who ultimately failed to prop up the despicable regime of Bashar Assad.We are now deluged with two-bit influencers who have
The Architecture of a Broken Civilisation (opens the original)
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In my line of work, I frequently come across accomplished Muslims who have refreshing takes on the world and how our faith interacts with it. When I first met Abdel Wahed El-Wakil in Doha, it was like being punched repeatedly by an intellectual juggernaut. This man did not take any prisoners. He seemed at once jaded and combative — a man whose aged appearance concealed a brilliant mind. He demanded to know whether I’d read the hundreds of books stacked around him, an eclectic mix of political an
Professor Suhaira Siddiqui talks decline and renewal (opens the original)
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This last week on The Thinking Muslim, we had our first Doha interview with the scholar Professor Suhaira Siddiqui. I thought it was a brilliant conversation about how history can instruct us about decline, calling upon her academic research of ‘bleak’ periods of our collective past before the inevitable bounce. It really is a wonderful conversation. I would very much appreciate your feedback. If you like the show, please pass it on to your WhatsApp lists.There’s been some consternation on socia
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