Reflections & Notes
The Blog
From Villain to Vindicated
Sūrah Munafiqun, the vindication of Zayd ibn Arqam, and telling the truth in difficult times.
Imam Marc Manley
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Dreaming of a Prophetic Life
A reflection on fitrah, homesteading, and the quiet pull toward a simpler, more prophetic way of living.
Imam Marc Manley
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Guard Your Narrative
On protecting your inner narrative from those who profit by naming your anger for you.
Imam Marc Manley
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Islam & Evolution
Pushing the Yaqeen–Muslim Skeptic debate over human evolution forward, thoughtfully.
Imam Marc Manley
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Islamic Psychology
Does a psychology built on agnosticism toward the soul deserve the name “Islamic”?
Imam Marc Manley
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Meaning & Terminology in the Qur'an
On preserving Qur'anic terminology against the temptation to redefine it.
Imam Marc Manley
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The Modernist Muslim
On the false humility of dismissing scholarship while claiming not to be a scholar.
Imam Marc Manley
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Muslims & Manhood
Why some Muslim men reach for pop psychology instead of tradition to answer a crisis in manhood.
Imam Marc Manley
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Black Lives Matter & Systemic Racism
A civil conversation on race and systemic racism with Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali.
Imam Marc Manley
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Race & Secularism in America
Musings on Vincent J. Lloyd's work on how secularism manages both race and religion.
Imam Marc Manley
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Reading List 2023
Imam Marc's running list of books for teaching, study, and inspiration.
Imam Marc Manley
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Reading List (Articles)
A companion stack of articles alongside the book reading list.
Imam Marc Manley
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Performative Islam
On the shift from practicing Islam to performing it for an audience.
Imam Marc Manley
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On Liberalism
Framing an excerpt from Modern Age on liberalism's quiet hold over Muslim education in the West.
Imam Marc Manley
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The Challenges of Embracing Islam Today
On the difficulty of learning Arabic, and what the ummah owes new Muslims — written in Arabic.
Imam Marc Manley
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Marc Manley: A Brief Biography
Imam Marc's path to Islam, his teachers, and the story behind Middle Ground — written in Arabic.
Imam Marc Manley
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Why Islam Is Not a Culture
On revelation, culture, and the temptation to conflate the two.
Imam Marc Manley
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