Archive - Occasional Reflections

He’s Baaaaack

Why Gaza (Probably, Definitely) Caused Harris’ Defeat

Nov 9, 2024 •

October 2024

November 5th Predictions

Some guesses on how things will play out next week

Oct 30, 2024 •

Lies, Damned Lies, and Mehdi Hasan’s "Facts"

Rejecting the push for permanently supporting blue by attenuating genocide

Oct 17, 2024 •

February 2024

Biden Has to Go

The alternative is awful. But there's just no getting around genocide - it must be punished.

Feb 26, 2024 •

January 2024

The Fading Illusion of Western Moral Superiority

How Gaza shows us the West's Pretense to Moral Superiority is -- and always was -- a Fraud

Jan 29, 2024 •

December 2023

The “Self-Defense” Canard, Genocide Denialism, and Wayward Theology

Thoughts on Palestine

Dec 4, 2023 •

August 2023

Islam, Gender, and Sexuality

Transcript from Speech at the Karima Foundation

Aug 29, 2023 •

Staying Ahead of the Curve

Anticipating next steps, discourse dysfunction, and the need for temperance

Aug 17, 2023 •

May 2023

On Muslim Decoloniality

Problems with the "decolonization" culture

May 8, 2023 •

March 2023

On the "Unification of Religions"

An important fatwa from the Permanent Committee for Ifta on "Abrahamic Unification"

Mar 2, 2023 •

February 2023

The Ummah’s “Hollywood”: On American Muslim Exceptionalism

What do American Muslims and Hollywood have in common?

Feb 20, 2023 •

March 2021

In Defense of Male Headship in Islam

In a recent BBC “Woman’s Hour” interview, Zara Mohammed, the first woman elected Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain, found…

Mar 8, 2021 •

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