Belief in the Obvious

Joshua Lee Harris

As truth seekers, we shield ourselves from sophistry through practiced skepticism. But by wielding the weapon of incredulity, could there be another evil that we unwittingly invite?

Selections: "The Decline of Language and the Rise of Nothing"

Hamza Yusuf interviews Thomas Hibbs on the importance of rekindling a love of language so we might better articulate ourselves and possess the words to describe our experience of the world.

Hamza Yusuf, Thomas Hibbs

On Migrating to Lands of Melancholy

Abdal Hakim Murad

Those who migrate for worldly gain are likely to be miserably assimilated and crushed, while those whose intention is noble, who are willing to see and understand and heal, can serve a redemptive purpose.

At the Movies with African Sufis

Oludamini Ogunnaike

The virtual world of video may remove us yet another step from reality, but films and videos may reveal even as they conceal, as they draw attention to their own nature and serve as powerful reminders of the nature of the world.

After Revelation, Where Does Reason Lead?

Mohammad Fadel

With the end of revelation, Muslim scholars established a framework to “hear” God’s word, without pitfalls of pure fideism on one hand and free interpretation on the other.

The Forest Within Us

Dawood Yasin, Hakim Archuletta

The natural world can be a medicine, but without attention to our inner world, we may continue to suffer unease.

Breaking the Language Barrier

John Walbridge

The Han Kitab teaches that the Islam found in the Arabic and Persian books is only one possible way in which the Islamic revelation can be expressed.

Sacred Truths in a Profane World

Roger Scruton

Can an alliance of religious believers help humanity emerge from an age of skepticism?

The Human in the Qur’an

Zaid Shakir

How four Qur’anic aspects of humanity combine to make man a distinctive creation.