Commentary On The Eleventh Contentions

A contemporary take on the classical Islamic genre of aphorisms, this volume offers explanations of the eleventh set of ‘Contentions’. Contentions 111.         Augustine: man’s deformity. Ishmael: his deiformity. (Defy, don’t deify.)2.         Peace without justice is not peace at all.3.         A faqih in first class? And pigs will fly …4.         The Dajjal will only be king when only the blind are left in the valley.5.         British Islam: ‘We came as rebels, and found ourselves to be heirs.’ (Gershom Scholem)6.         The Liber Asian is the reconciliation between Edom and Juda-yi Ism.7.         Your greatest liability is your lie-ability.8.         No-one is more extroverted than the contemplative saint.9.         Modernity: an accelerating attempt to shovel matter into the growing hole where religion used to be.10.       The Liber Asian vs. the Manu Mission: a woman may be Arahat on Arafat.11.       Arabdom is not congenital.12.       Jesus said ‘Allah’, not ‘Deus.’ (‘Say: