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By Muzammal Hussain

With some exceptions, one of my observations when interacting with many strongly identifying as ‘on the left’, is there is often little willingness to explore views outside a narrow bandwidth.

Instead, despite believing in diversity and inclusiveness, there can be premature judgement and a scarcity of curiosity and imagination, reinforcing brittle boundaries limiting what we are ‘allowed’ to explore.

The response to a different view, presented perhaps over a coffee, or at a social, might be something like, “that’s what the right would say”. Another response, in the context of closing off an exploratory conversation might be, “we should be united and fight the right”. It is as though unity is only possible if we hold almost exactly the same view, or focus only on a ‘common enemy’.

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Book Review: Islam and Anarchism: Relationships and Resonances

This book shakes things up!

It also opens a dialogue space that welcomes Muslims, anarchists and all engaged with creating a just, peaceful world.

It attempts to offer a vision for building a community of mutual partnership, as an alternative to nation-state structures - capitalist or otherwise.

Such a community is inclusive of diverse faiths and spiritualities and grounded in shared, lived, ethico-political values. It also engages with justice in relation to indigenous land…

Book Review by Muzammal Hussain

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Power, Anarchism, Islam

The term 'anarchism' may evoke the idea of chaos and destruction.

You may be forgiven if you hold this impression - this is how it is so consistently and incorrectly portrayed by the mainstream media (just as Muslims are often unfairly portrayed into a certain narrative).

Instead, one simple way, thus, of looking at anarchism, is that at its heart, rather than about chaos, it is about creating systems whereby people are able to collaborate and organise themselves.

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