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How do Muslims deal with what looks like the comprehensive success of Western civilisation. Is it time to accept defeat, as one writer put it? Or does Islam have something to offer the world that can move us beyond this dysfunctional world. Our guest today is Hasan Spiker, he argues that modernity is not neutral. The assumption is that modernity is regarded as universal is false. He argues that modernity is Western and its embrace is a means to Western hegemony and domination. He is the author of this soon to be published work, published on the 26th November – The Unraveling of Intelligibility. Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive monthly calls: https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMuslim How do Muslims deal with what looks like the comprehensive success of Western civilisation. Is it time to accept defeat, as one writer put it? Or does Islam have something to offer the world that can move us beyond this dysfunctional world. Our guest today is Hasan Spiker, he argues that modernity is not neutral. The assumption is that modernity is regarded as universal is false. He argues that modernity is Western and its embrace is a means to Western hegemony and domination. He is the author of this soon to be published work, published on the 26th November – The Unraveling of Intelligibility. Let me remind all viewers that to help us continue to engage critical thought at this time, Please consider becoming a Patron. https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMuslim You can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate Listen to the audio version of the podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vXiAjVFnhNI3T9Gkw636a Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-thinking-muslim/id1471798762 Sign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.com Purchase our Thinking Muslim mug: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch Find us on: Patron. https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMuslim Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Thinking-Muslim-Podcast-105790781361490 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingmuslimpodcast/ Telegram: https://t.me/thinkingmuslim Host: https://twitter.com/jalalayn Website Archive: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction 1:58 – Muslims Disempowered? 4:34 – What is Modernity? 9:42 – Metaphysics and progress 14:51 – Islam and modernity 19:00 – The 5 Bifurcations 24:20 – Importance of Sharia 25:36 – Separating sacred from spirit 27:58 – Sharia vs Spiritual 29:57 – The second bifurcation 37:43 – Protestantism and secularism 41:02 – Nation-state and modernity 44:06 – Liberalism development 49:52 – The third bifurcation 53:02 – Reasoning religious belief 56:38 – Empirical vs Metaphysics 59:10 – The fourth bifurcation 1:08:21 – non-recognition of Metaphysics 1:11:40 – The final bifurcation 1:13:47 – The west’s Machiavellianism 1:17:20 – Liberalism’s Façade 1:19:18 – Gaza western hegemony 1:27:17 – Ideologies and modernity 1:31:58 – Islams counter-hegemony 1:41:41 – City of Love 1:45:51 – Strength of modernity 1:50:30 – Islam will save modernity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.