Articles from the Taliyah al-Mahdi

The following are a selection of many Taliyah al-Mahdi articles. They will be likely be added to this site over time, but for now, interested parties can contact [email protected] to receive any of these, by request.

Who We Are

• The 12 Precepts (التعاليم الاثني عشر الفطرة)
• On the MOVE For Intersectional Social Justice
• The Nature of the Tali`yun
• The 12 Points of Action: The Ethics of the True Taliyah

Internal Jihad (Jahada-n-nafsa)

• The Perpetual Return of the Imam
• The Eternal Prophet: The Timeless Nature of Primordial Islam
• Universal Path of the Spirit
• The Liberation of Revolution
• Forgiving Those Who Trespass
• The Universal Brotherhood
• Pure Islam
• Focusing on Nothing
• Eternal Jihad
• Proof of the Divine
• The Sacred Mountain
• Division
• The Inferior and Superior `Edenic State

The Sunnah of the Shi`ah (of All Prophets and Sages)

• Niyyah and the Subtle Deceptions of the Nafs
• Minhaj al-Masih
• One Religion, Many Cultures
• The Religion of Reason: The Role of Personal and Hierarchical Ijtihad as well as `Aql (Reason) vs. Taqlid (Blind Obedience) in Islam
• Ashura: A Time For Direct Action
• The Ways of Jahiliyah: The Apostasy of Tribalism and Racialism
• Being Among the Shi`ah of all Prophets and Sages is the Sunnah
• `Ismah Al-Ma'sumin: What is REALLY Meant by the "Infallibility" of the Ma'sumin
• Islamic Taxes and Charity: The Nature of Zakah, Sadaqah, and Khums
• A Message to the Nawasib
• Qur'anic Salat: The Basis For the Salat Methodology of the Ahl al-Bayt
• The 52 "Night and Day" Rak`ah of the Taliyah al-Mahdi
• What is the Relationship Between Islam and Yahadut (Judaism)?

Social Issues and Intersectional Justice

• Deconstructing Fundamentalist Homophobia in Abrahamic Religions
• A Call For Justice
• Last Words of Shahid Walanzo
• The Islamic Concept of Race
• The Implausibility of the "Ticking Time Bomb Scenario" and Philosophical Dishonesty In the So-Called "War On Terror"
• Persistence of Jewish-Muslim Reconciliatory Activism in the Face of Threats and “Terrorism” (Real and Perceived) From All Sides
• Food For The Spirit

Islamic Reformation and Destroying the Wahhabi Apostasy

• The Hujjatiyyah Factor and the Iranian Regime
• Rashid Rida & Neo-Salafism In The 20th Century
• Recent Wahhabi Attacks On Civilians: The Myth of “Islamic” Terrorism (09.12.2001)

Historical-Critical Methodology In Seeking Historical "Islam"

• People of the Book: What the Religions Named in the Qur'an Can Tell Us About the Earliest Understanding of "Islam"
• The Quest for the Historical Muhammad: How the “Third Quest” Era of Historical Jesus Research Can Help Us Understand Muhammad's Islam
• What Did Muhammad Mean by Islam?
• The Qur’an as Midrash: Islamic Origins and the Sacred Writings of Judaism
• Unraveling the Myth of the Banu Qurayzah: The Origins of Islamicate Genocide
• The Fast of Moses: The Lunisolar Calendar of the Qur'an and the Origins of Islam
• The Dead Sea Scrolls on the Identity of Messiah, the "Chosen One of God"
• The Sabaeans, Magians and Zandiqin As They Pertain To Islamic Origins
• Identifying the Qur'anic "Nasara" - the Quasi-Jewish Nazarene Sect and the Qur’anic Audience
• The Ka`bah as a Jewish Sukkah: Why Muhammad Prayed Towards Jerusalem and Mecca
• Jewish Magic and Mysticism in Shi`ah Narrations of the Ahl al-Bayt
• What does it mean that "the Mahdi will rule according to the Judgment of David and Solomon"?
• Planets or Stars? When the Qur'an Quotes the Torah and Mufassirin Are Ignorant of the Source
• Critical evidence that the Qur'an DID NOT PERMIT the Eating of Camel Flesh!
• Naziritism and the Qur'an?
• The Biblical Basis for Vegetarianism: The Preference of the Edenic Diet in Jewish, Christian and Muslim Sources 
• Is “Allah” the God of the Bible? Investigating the Manuscript and Anthropological Evidence 
• The Historical Context of the Pre-Christian "Book of Revelation" and its Relation To Islamic Eschatology 
• Identifying the Historical Gog and Magog
• The Fitnah of the Dajjal: How We Can Identify The Imposter Today
• The Significance of the "God Fearers" Movement in the Environment of Early Christianity: Gentile Sympathizers of Judaism (As Pre-Qur'anic "Islam") and the Success of the Paulean Meme 
• James the Brother of Jesus: The Islamic Message of the Epistle of James and the Qur’an