Disciplining the Blog

I finally came around for a new title to my blog. It's a play on words. The famous sufi book, Disciplining the Soul, by Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali is one of forty books he wrote for his Ihya Uloom al-Din, the Revival of the Religious Sciences, and is probably my most favorite sufi text.

As many of you know, my blog has pretty much become a defense of Islamic tradition against anti-Islam bloggers and extremists from al-Qaeda, the Ikhwan, and other Islamist/Salafi organizations. I find no greater enthusiasm for this topic than I do for any other. The title of my blog reflects my desire to infuse the traditional understanding of classical Islamic authorities into the modern debate about Islam.

But my time is dedicated to other things as well and so I have to concentrate on certain topics and may and will likely be slow on addressing other important topics. When I have time, I will respond, God willing.

In the meantime, I hope my blog can become a source for refuting the extremism of the right wing and the extremists. While they share hatred for one another, in my opinion they are the common enemy of the people of this world. It's high time to refute them both.