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How We Split the World Apart

The Separation of Faith and Philosophy

Transcending Meritocracy

Can We Move from an Economic Hierarchy to a Metaphysical and Spiritual One?

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The Ethical Obligations of the Wealthy

Aristotle’s great man possesses wealth, honor, or both––and avoids foolishness by spending his money with honor and responsibility.

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“Persia Has Become a Holy Land”

What English Artists Found in Their Rebellion against Industrial Britain

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The Stranger in Ithaca

A film adaptation of Homer’s epic offers rare honesty about the shame returning warriors carry with them, which often frays the bonds of family.

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An Ottoman Response to Enforcing Piety

The virtue of piety is praiseworthy in a person, but how far should society go to make it compulsory for all?

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On the Nature of Revolutions

The history of revolutions reveals that while they never reproduced the old regime exactly, each nonetheless exhibited a new domination with a new elite.

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We Need a Politics Grounded in Human Nature to Heal Our Divisions

The Islamic notion of the human fiţrah provides powerful support for a vision of government as a noncoercive custodian of the common good.

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“A House Is a Machine for Living In”

When progress erases beauty, what happens to our buildings?

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The Spirit in the Science

How a group of Hindu intellectuals challenged the dogma of empiricism.

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“The Fiery Hunt”

Moby-Dick and the Quest for God

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The Power of Human Speech

We Can Choose to Use Our Words to Dignify––or Denigrate––Others

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Hamlet’s Soliloquy

Hamlet’s downfall did not arise out of a wrong answer to the question he posed, but out of the arrogation to himself of the right to determine his own existence or annihilation.

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The Human in the Qur’an

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

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Can Materialism Explain the Mind?

Some philosophers believe materialism has now reached an insurmountable quandary in the question of consciousness.

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Breaking the Language Barrier

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.

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Counting the Minutes

Every single thing we do, every moment of waking awareness, every instant of our lives might carry value, be significant, and be ordered to some meaningful end.

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On Migrating to Lands of Melancholy

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.

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Of Cannons and Canons

Colonialism universalized modern Western education. As we wrestle with this often bitter legacy, why do calls to “diversify” what we read fall short?

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Islam as One Thing, Anything, or Nothing

Despite often impressive erudition and empathy, Western academics attempting to “conceptualize Islam” miss something significant.

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The Untold Stories of Enslaved African Muslim Women in the Americas

Historical records can provide a glimpse into the lives of the forgotten ones: enslaved Muslim women.

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Rules of Engagement

In religious dialogue, are virtue and good manners ultimately as important as, or perhaps more important than, the eloquence of words and the rigor of arguments?

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The End of Hope

A thought-provoking conversation with Chris Hedges, Zaid Shakir, and Hamza Yusuf about hope, despair, and the future of our nation.

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Lust Is Disordered Love

The Seven Deadly Sins in the Modern World

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Humane Being: Learning to Be Human

Umar Faruq Abd-Allah and Hamza Yusuf in conversation

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