Tag: resistance
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Preconfiguring the Revolution: An Anarchist Manifesto on Palestine and the Global Muslim Community
There has never been, in the modern West, a radical political movement by orthodox Muslims designed to build our communities from the ground up. There have been movements focussed on electoral politics, lobbying, and even dreams of re-establishing the caliphate. There have been some local community initiatives, but never a movement centred on radical community…
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The Women Writing Gaza’s Truth
A book review of Voices of Resistance: Diaries of Genocide, a searing, intimate testimony from four Palestinian women whose everyday worlds, from pregnancy, exams, olive harvests, weddings, are relentlessly invaded by bombs, famine, and displacement, yet remain defiantly human.
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Thinking Palestine Through Islam: The Mirage of Secular Dissent as Epistemic Resistance Against Israel
The central tenet of Islamic belief – the proclamation of lā ilāha illallāh, or “there is no God but Allah” – forms the underlying consciousness that breathes meaning into the existence of every Muslim. This proclamation, or kalimah, is made up of two seemingly opposing statements – a negation followed by an affirmation. Ostensibly, this…