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The Arab World’s Sacred Lies — and the Parody That Finally Told the Truth
A Reckoning With a Collapsing Empire
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The Song of the Oppressor and the Parody of the Oppressed
By Khaled Salih, a Kurdish observer with a Hitchensesque disdain for sanctimony Julia Boutros wein el malayin The parody, in case too many Arabs force Facebook to remove it! A Message, a Parody, and the Unmasking of an Empire Some days after I published my essay “A New Pattern for
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The Epistemic Immunity of Emin Poljarević’s Islamdom
By Khaled Salih Seeking wisdom! Emin Poljarević Why Emin Poljarević? Emin Poljarević must be studied because he represents a growing and influential intellectual current shaping how Islam, Muslim identity, and Islamic activism are theorised in European and global academia. With a background spanning sociology of religion, Islamic theology, political activism,
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A New Pattern for a Cursed Landscape
A Review of PAX ARABICA
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A New Pattern for a Cursed Landscape
A Review of PAX ARABICA
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The Grace of Power: Masoud Barzani
By Khaled Salih This hour-long interview with President Masoud Barzani on Zagros-tv was timely, measured, and strategically positioned a week ahead of Iraq’s federal elections. It offered a dignified review of the Kurdistan Region’s record and priorities, while signalling clear expectations for the national political process.
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The Finality of Fanaticism: Qutb’s Game Against Life Itself
By Khaled Salih It begins, as these things often do, with a man who believed the universe was insufficiently tidy. Sayyid Qutb, with the zeal of a schoolmaster who has caught the cosmos misbehaving, declared that history itself was an exam gone wrong — one to be corrected, retaken, and marked
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“Islamophobia” — UK’s Weaponisation of an Idea Pathogen
By Khaled Salih [I]n the 1800s the dominant racial ideology in America really was white supremacy. As a result, the master-debaters of that age often used their reasoning to justify anti-black racism. An example would be the American physician Samuel Cartwright. A strong believer in slavery, he
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The Architecture of Captivity: Sayyid Qutb’s Cult of Holy Certainty
By Khaled Salih Manufacture of Martyrs and Romance of Iron Bars Sayyid Qutb is not merely an author of pious tracts; he is the draftsman of a mind-manacle. He offers, not the ambiguity and ache of faith, but a locksmith’s kit for closing the human spirit. His admirers
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Kurdophobia
By Khaled Salih No Independence for Kurdistan. Source: Rui II @Sharizor on X. In a recently exchange with taxi driver in a German city, it was not difficult to guess the intention behind a question of my origin in a rather unpleasant voice: Where you from? I suddenly realised that
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“Islamophobia” — UK’s Weaponisation of an Idea Pathogen
By Khaled Salih [I]n the 1800s the dominant racial ideology in America really was white supremacy. As a result, the master-debaters of that age often used their reasoning to justify anti-black racism. An example would be the American physician Samuel Cartwright. A strong believer in slavery, he
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Nadav the Arrogant
By Khaled Salih Setting the Stage The “Call Me Back Live in NYC” event convened a panel of prominent commentators—moderated by Dan Senor and featuring Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal—to discuss the multifaceted crises facing Israel in the wake of war. While ostensibly a dialogue among peers, the