27 Jul 2026, 12:59 UTC764 views9 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Forwarded from ‘The Islamic Chronicles’:
Following his conquests of Bilecik, Yar-Hisar, İnegöl, and Yenişehir, and claiming his independence from the Seljuks in 1299, Osman Bey now proceeded to besiege the former Byzantine capital city of Nicaea (İznik). As a result, in the spring of 1302, the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos sent his son and (co-emperor) Michael IX to relieve the city. But, he was blocka…
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27 Jul 2026, 12:58 UTC666 viewsread 9 August 2026 Photo
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25 Jul 2026, 12:54 UTC256 views3 reactionsread 9 August 2026 https://youtu.be/7FctvSc1xqM?is=8hK2kB75Zg6-l3dq
This is a riveting conversation that ties in to the theme of my book review above: the constitutional template of the caliphate & the versatility of the institution itself.
My heart fluttered ecstatically when the guest, Dr Sohaira, kicked-off the podcast by introducing the criminally underrated Seljuk-era scholar, Imām Al-Juwaynī.
He enjoyed a collegial relationshi…
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24 Jul 2026, 13:45 UTC258 views2 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Video
Another Muslim arrested. Another home destroyed. When do we act?
For over 20 years, CAGE has stood on the frontline defending those who are unjustly targeted, arrested and imprisoned.
The work to be there for our survivors, at the very least, is a Fardh Kifayah, a communal obligation.
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever relieves a believer’s hardship in this world, Allah will relieve him of a hardship on the Day of Resu…
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21 Jul 2026, 22:01 UTC545 views2 reactionsread 9 August 2026 File
New book review 📚
This time, we have an antique of modern academia under the microscope 🔍
‘Caliphate And Sultanate’, by Dr Amir Siddiqi.
Access the PDF here.
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17 Jul 2026, 10:01 UTC500 views5 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Photo
This is the type of moral audacity that wins hearts and thwarts corruption. When the judiciary is truly a separated power, then even the highest official of the land is subject to the baseline injunctions of Islamic law. This is the definition of the standard framework of Muslims governance (siyāsah): ‘nomocracy’ or ‘the rule of law’.
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16 Jul 2026, 16:40 UTC450 viewsread 9 August 2026 The disastrous first encounter between the Seljuk chief, Tughril, and the Abbasid caliph, Al-Qā’im, in 1055CE.
https://substack.com/@adiltagari/note/c-295818897?r=32um76&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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15 Jul 2026, 04:13 UTC337 views3 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Photo
The long-Shia century, from the 945CE to 1055CE witnessed the nadir of Abbasid authority. Most of the caliphs were glorified rubber-stampers for the Daylamite Shia dynasty, the Buyids, who had occupied Baghdad but pragmatically retained the caliph to bolster their own legitimacy. This unorthodox arrangement meant that the Abbasid caliph was still ceremonially paraded as the overlord, but actually exercised little de …
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11 Jul 2026, 15:57 UTC340 views1 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Photo
(Image above depicts the death of the Abbasid caliph Al-Wāthiq as a Mughal miniature from the Tarikh-I Alfi (1594))
The ‘Abbasid Inquisition’ to impose the doctrine of the Qur’an’s ‘createdness’ is usually attributed to the Caliph Al-Ma’mūn (r. 813-833).
Although his spirit for free-thought and his encouragement for the frontiers of philosophical speculation to be broadened were instrumental in shaping the socio-in…
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10 Jul 2026, 17:50 UTC275 views1 reactionsread 9 August 2026 https://youtu.be/AJxW_tk5Rt4?is=rESj-LTrbjPy4gBv
There you have it folks. The real reason why the media has turned on Farage so inexplicably after giving his political dumpster fire fuel all these years is because his careless handling of ‘donations’ is exposing a network of tax-skimping, ex-Tory donors who now fund Reform. Farage is the sacrificial lamb: the fall guy. If this scandal is isolated to him, the oligarc…
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The Muslim Odyssey pinned «I am in the process of finalising my Masters in Sociology dissertation. The theme dovetails with my work at CAGE International: ‘The Expanding Suspect-Community & Counter-Terror Frameworks Post Oct-7th from Muslims to Human Rights Activists in Britain’ …»
10 Jul 2026, 11:15 UTC251 views1 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Why? Because the bomber and his associates were intimately involved in the disastrous NATO-regime change operation in Libya in 2011. They were trained by British special forces, provided RAF cover and allowed to join organisations that the UK itself had designated as ‘terrorists’.
Most of the counter-terror powers in the country, like PREVENT referrals in the public sector or airport stops, not only disproportionate…
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