Do we actually care about Afghan rights?

Legit question

America’s longest war has come to close after a mere 20 years of military involvement. It’s been such a persistent component of our foreign policy that it is difficult to imagine a domestic political landscape without it. We were always at war with the bad guys that caused the never-again-tragedy of 9/11. But were we really? Who were we really fighting over there in the first place, if bin Laden was killed 10 years ago (in Pakistan)? Why did we continue the military occupation for another decade? Was is it really to benefit the Afghan people? The relentless media cycle would have us believe that Afghan women and girls would suffer imminent bodily danger if the Taliban would have their way with them. Therefore, there was no other choice but to continue pounding the country full of drone strikes. Right?

Nothing underlines the faultiness of this narrative more than one particular drone strike carried out in Kabul by the Pentagon last month. What was supposed to be a preemptive-but-still-kinda-retaliatory strike against ISIS-K after a suicide bombing occurred during a United States-led evacuation 3-days prior, turned out to be a tragically symbolic bookend to our mission for the last two decades.

Islam Sure as Heck ain’t Liberalism

Muslims need to wise up

With Islam under fire from large portions of Western society, there has been an understandable push to defend the legitimacy of Muslims as a whole. As a Muslim, I am sympathetic to this effort. However, the ways in which this defense is mounted is more often than not sub-optimal. Other times, it is straight up self-defeating. What do I mean by this? Well, before we can consider an intellectual defense of a belief system, we must first consider what Islam is, in of itself.

Allah Argues Against Jesus’ Divinity

Can you come up with a better argument than God?

Often times the most potent arguments are not the most complex and intricate, but rather those that are simple yet resonate loudly. Even Muslims themselves can forget that. Sometimes we need a return to basics in order to find the answers that plague us. In the case of religion, no question is more hotly contested then the nature of Jesus Christ, upon whom be peace. As such, I have compiled a few excerpts from the Qur’an, speech of Allah Himself, to articulate what Christ’s role for humanity really is:

What Islam Really Teaches

If you were to give an award to “the world’s most misunderstood religion,” you would be hard pressed not to give it to Islam. After all, what is Islam? Is it a pagan religion? Is it a heretical sect of Christianity? Is it a violent religion? Is it a religion of hate? If you were to theoretically follow all of the fundamentals of Islam, what would be your character, your ethics, and your creed? Would you become a blind barbarian, seeing all infidels worthy of death? Would you become a moon-god worshiper, following in the footsteps of an unjust prophet? Would you recite the words of hate and oppression contained in your unholy book?

Why Do We Exist?

And when it is said to them, “Believe as the people have believed,” they say, “Should we believe as the foolish have believed?” Unquestionably, it is they who are the foolish, but they know [it] not. [2:13]

Ever since society started to become secularized, atheism has grown as an intellectual movement and a cult of skepticism has emerged in modern culture. Nowadays, people tend to view themselves in a superior light thanks to the advancements made in science and technology. We now take a rational approach to life; no longer do we invent stories to explain how and why things happen, rather we only make judgements after physical evidence is presented before us.

It is true; eliminating superstitions and expecting evidence has indeed allowed us to advance as a society.