Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Deification of Sports: An Islamic Perspective
DISCLAIMER: This article was supposed to be posted as early as January but due to running out of funds and eventually losing access from the website, we were forced to collect funds to keep this venture going. Don’t hesitate to support us. Fund our work at https://patreon.com/muthanna Sports can be a ton of fun and…
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Online Debate Culture and Death of Taqwa
Debating religion, politics, history and many other topics is a defining characteristic of the internet for as long as we can remember. But it is only recently that Islamic and religious debates have taken the world by storm, with many debaters such as Mohammed Hijab, Hamza Tzortzis and Daniel Haqiqatjou taking the stage of Islamic…
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The Bizarre Hivemind of digital “Islamists”
In today’s digital age, many young people find a sense of belonging through online communities. The internet has made it possible for people with similar ideologies, interests, hobbies, and beliefs to connect with each other from all corners of the globe. While this can be a positive thing, it has also led to the rise…
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The Shocking Epidemic of Gay Porn Memes Among “Islamists”
There is a shocking epidemic of gay porn memes featuring black men among so-called “Islamists” on the internet. This issue is particularly severe because it not only violates the values and principles of Islam, but it also has the potential to mentally affect underaged children who may come across these materials online. As Muslims, we…
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10 Halal Ways To Get Rich
We live in the most accessible generation with respect to knowledge, tools and materials. We can now acquire the necessary tools and skills to produce and create things that would have been much more difficult a decade back and completely unimaginable a century back. Once upon a time, YouTubers were society’s comic relief of lifeless…
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Afghans and Islam in Bengal
Bengal has been the centre of trade, commerce and enlightenment in the subcontinent for millenniums but little is known about how Islam became a dominant force in the region. Although from a short glance, these two nations are Two Thousand Kilometres apart. One doesn’t seem tied to the other’s history with many of its inhabitants…
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Is Quraysh lineage necessary for the Caliph?
This topic has been controversial among Muslims all over the internet with sides evoking racial and nationalistic sentiments and both sides being absolutely high on emotion. Although it is true that there are ahadith that do speak about Quraysh lineage being a deciding factor for the Caliphate and legitimate Caliph, there are also ahadith that…
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Nalanda Monasteries: A myth of Muslim invasion
It is very well known that Nalanda monasteries was destroyed by the Turkish Muslim invader named Ikhtiyar al-Din Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khiliji in an attempt to uproot Buddhism from the regions he conquered — mostly encompassing Eastern India. Or was it? Whenever Muslims mourn on the internet over the loss of Baghdad to the Mongol invasion,…
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The House of Wisdom: Rise and Fall of Islamic Intellectualism and Sciences
Multiculturalism, knowledge, inventions, lingual eloquence and spirituality. These are what come to mind when we vision medieval Muslims that rapidly spread across the world within a short matter of time. Baghdad — once a centre of commerce and learning, now a region of the tumultuous political climate and humanitarian crises. What happened to once the…
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Bibliophiles Drought: Muslim youth and aversion to reading
Seeking of knowledge is one of the core collective obligation that we Muslims have. Although this may apply to knowledge of the Deen as per the ulama and students of knowledge, it is also true that ilm of the dunya is complementary to the knowledge of the faith. Reading of books is one of the…
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