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Rekindling an era of Muslim thought

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History

Al-Andalus: The Golden Age of the West

Shaykh Hammad Mustafa al-Madani al-Qadri

Between 711 and 1492, Islamic Spain embodied the pinnacle of civilisational splendour — a golden age that laid the foundations for the European Renais…

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Spirituality

Al-Shaykh al-Akbar Ibn ʿArabi: The Mystic Scholar

Dr Samra Mursaleen

Born in al-Andalus in 1165, Ibn ʿArabi shaped the trajectory of Islamic mysticism, theology, and philosophy. A study of the life, thought, and endurin…

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History

The Rise and Fall of al-Andalus

Ahmad Mustafa al-Arabi al-Qadri

A reading of Islamic Spain's eight-hundred-year arc through the lens of Ibn Khaldun's cyclical theory of sovereignty — and the erosion of asabiyya tha…

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Spirituality

Melodies of the Ney: The Essence of Rumi's Mathnawi

Shaykh Hammad Mustafa al-Madani al-Qadri

Listening to the lamentation of the reed — a journey into Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi's Mathnawi, the stations of the salik, and the maqamat of ʿishq.

Education

Retracing the Iqbalian Approach to Education

Hayat-ul-Mir Tahir Khan

On Allama Iqbal's vision for Muslim education — knowledge united with spiritual abundance, intellectual freedom, and the Prophetic example.

Truth Amidst Misinformation: Into the Multiverse of AI

Technology

Truth Amidst Misinformation: Into the Multiverse of AI

Ali Ahmed Malik

An exploration of how Muslims can navigate the era of generative AI and misinformation by leveraging digital literacy, understanding the limitations o…

An Intellectual Renaissance and Muslim Enlightenment

History

An Intellectual Renaissance and Muslim Enlightenment

Shaykh Hammad Mustafa al-Madani al-Qadri

A call to rekindle Muslim intellectual thought by reflecting on the rich academic heritage of the Islamic Golden Age, the forces that suppressed it, a…

Healing or Abating Symptoms

Health

Healing or Abating Symptoms

Dawood Mehmood

A critical comparison of the modern reductionist medical approach with the holistic healing tradition of Islamic medicine, arguing that true healing r…

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