WRZKY

WRZKY

Political writing, mutual aid, decolonial thought, and Islamic social justice.
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Orientalism and the Denial of Muslim Political Agency

Edward Said, Palestinian literary scholar and author of Orientalism

Western political discourse often treats Muslims as politically illegible, interpreting Muslim societies through secular or liberal frameworks. This critique examines how Orientalism embedded in Western political thought denies Muslim political agency and frames Islamic resistance as a threat rather than a response to imperial violence.

Is Islam Compatible with Modern Values?

Three Muslim women wearing hijab stand together beneath flowering branches, reflecting on Islam and modernity beyond Western liberal values.

When people ask whether Islam is compatible with modernity, they often assume Western liberalism as history’s endpoint. Islam does not exist to validate modernity. It exists to form an ethical life, challenge power, and expose the violence hidden inside “progress.”