Doubt, Certitude, and Unknowing: Three Ways of Meeting God
In much of modern mainline/liberal Christianity, doubt has become almost sacramental. It is spoken of as the honest core
Tucker Carlson and Dostoevsky: “I am truly responsible.”
“Dear Sir: Regarding your article 'What's Wrong with the World?' I am. Yours truly,”
― G.K.
Bridges in Pittsburgh: Towards a Buberian Muslim–Hasidic Dialogue
“All real living is meeting.” — Martin Buber, I and Thou
Today, after the Friday Jummah prayers at the Islamic Center
Islam is Not an Ideology
“All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately
Tradition Beyond Left and Right: Islam, Conservatism, and the Limits of Liberalism (An Addendum)
American political “conservatism” right now is much discussing the tragic demise (and newly canonized sainthood) of Charlie Kirk after his
Carl Schmitt, Clausewitz, and the Violence Beneath Democracy
“It makes no difference what men think of war… War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone.
Charlie Kirk, American Politics, and Our Loss of Humanity
A Word on My Political Positions — Along with a Bit of a Rant
"The death of human empathy is
Atharī Creed and the Need for ‘Mystical’ Completion
Since I’ve returned to Pittsburgh, I’ve restarted my studies under Arkview — mostly for the Arabic, but also for
“Hegelian in Method. Deleuzian in Mood”: Thoughts on My Modus Operandi
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.
Quick now,
Islam: The Gospel Meeting Geometry
I once remarked that Islam is the Gospel meeting geometry. It’s a phrase that has stayed with me, because