Summer 2025

Futurism, the Next Venture of Islam

The renewed vitality of Islamic civilisation depends on its pragmatic capacity to offer moral and material solutions for the problems of industrial…

Jun 29 •

Elephants, Rockets, and Tiger Statecraft: Tipu Sultan the Moderniser

Tipu's modernisation project nearly brought down the British in India. His eventual defeat holds lessons for us today.

Jun 22 •

The Jadid's Quest for Reform

On the Jadid movement’s struggle for Islamic renewal in the Russian Empire.

Jun 15 •

The Fourth Option: Alif and Silicon Valley’s Muslim Counterculture

A Muslim magazine for the 21st century, exploring civilisation with curiosity and conviction.

Jun 8 •

The Islamic Secular and the Scale of Civilisation

Sherman A. Jackson’s latest book, ‘The Islamic Secular’, provides a new analytical tool with which to (re)scale Islamic civilisation.

Jun 1 •

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