My Personal Mottos: An Explanation and Reflection
There are a few personal mottos I’ve adopted (and retained) over time. Here is a brief explanation of them:
Al-Maqasid Seminary Life (A Video)
Last night I attended the Al-Maqasid Annual Benefit Dinner. It was a beautiful event, and I was honored and blessed
The Scourge of God Came Riding
“I am the scourge of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment
The Hidden Beauty at the Heart of Islam
Recently, a very kind sister in our blessed ummah — a sister from Lebanon — sent me a few wonderful books which
Nosferatu, Technology, and the Loss of the Ghost Story
Beware: In this article there be *mild* spoilers… as well as content of a generally spooky nature. You have been
Thanksgiving: The Transformative Power of Gratitude
“Give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; His mercy endures forever” (Psalm 107:1).
“… And if you should
The ‘Nomad Archetype’ and the ‘Great In-Between’: Part 7— Ernst Jünger and the ‘Anarch’
“Serapion the Sindonite traveled once on a pilgrimage to Rome. Here he was told of a celebrated recluse, a woman
The ‘Nomad Archetype’ and the ‘Great In-Between’: Part 6 — Abdal Hakim Murad on Arabic, the Quran, Deleuze and ‘Nomadism’
Much of my coming into Islam can be credited to the tireless efforts of one man: the English academic, theologian
The ‘Nomad Archetype’ and the ‘Great In-Between’: Part 5 — Flannery O’Connor and ‘Dark Nomadism’
‘Southern-Gothic Nomadism’ and the ‘Christ-Haunted South’
“The body, lady, is like a house: it don’t go anywhere; but the
The ‘Nomad Archetype’ and the ‘Great In-Between’: Part 4 — “The Nomadism of Dajjal (Antichrist)”
“In a world that keeps moving, the nomad is the one standing still.”
— Nanako Umemoto
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