Muftah is a biannual digital magazine that probes key issues at the intersections of religion, culture, and politics. Follow our podcast @proteanview.muftah.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3mj5sfem6i22pWe chat with @ojutel.bsky.social about why Marc Andreessen lacks "introspection" and what that has to do with the crisis of over-accumulation, accelerationism, and the utopian delusions of our tech overlords. Enjoy! https://www.muftah.org/p/venture-capitalism-and-tech-utopianism10 Apr 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5sfem6i22phttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3migx3fix2c22This is an excellent dissection of the fabled ‘fascism debate’ in America, India, Israel, and beyond featuring two voices whose critical disagreements offer much needed clarity. From @proteanview.muftah.org https://www.muftah.org/p/on-fascism-with-daniel-bessner-and01 Apr 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3migx3fix2c22https://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3mfkx5geexs2g https://www.muftah.org/p/our-most-popular-reads-and-listens24 Feb 2026 00:50 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfkx5geexs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3mesjkxpv3s2kOn the new Syrian state, the future of Islamism, and more with @thomaspierret.bsky.social https://www.muftah.org/p/syria-and-the-future-of-islamism14 Feb 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mesjkxpv3s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3mdm6bnmifk2xOn Israel, the Christian Right is fracturing. But why now? Our latest episode with Melani McAlister explains and touches on a key issue rarely discussed: the differences and similarities between Christian nationalism, evangelicalism, and Christian Zionism. 👇 https://www.muftah.org/p/israel-islam-and-the-christian-right30 Jan 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdm6bnmifk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3mbxlzqptjk2z https://www.muftah.org/p/we-need-to-rethink-the-meaning-and09 Jan 2026 03:55 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbxlzqptjk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3mbrpvzyuzs2gAsad Haider was a singular presence on the U.S. left: rigorous, optimistic, and relentlessly focused on the problem of political thinking. He died in November at 38. https://www.muftah.org/p/socialists-think-in-memory-of-asad06 Jan 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbrpvzyuzs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3mbn37fqpc22zWhen did “community” come to mean “a service you subscribe to”? For Muftah’s latest issue, Jamal Mehmood takes on the hollowing of “community” in tech and corporate culture to show how subscription platforms co-opt a term of real human connection by turning it into a “pay-to-say” product. https://www.muftah.org/p/your-subscription-service-is-not04 Jan 2026 23:27 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbn37fqpc22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3mbaiktvsms2mUnilateral demands for “disarmament” seem to have little to do with achieving peace. In fact, they actively avoid the politics that make actual peace possible. Militant movements can’t be disarmed by force; mutual political arrangements must make their weapons unnecessary and even counterproductive. https://www.muftah.org/p/is-disarming-hezbollah-and-hamas30 Dec 2025 23:22 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbaiktvsms2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3mbai47mwys2mDemocracy survived the 1930s because of (not despite) authoritarian and populist tactics, argues Moshik Temkin. Procedural restraint alone is never enough to preserve democratic life. Restoring material security and public faith matter, even at the cost of elite consensus and institutional decorum. https://www.muftah.org/p/when-populism-and-authoritarianism30 Dec 2025 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbai47mwys2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3mbaht2pvis2mMuftah Magazine’s final issue of 2025, “Community & Crisis,” is here. Our first two essays—on the challenges of disarming groups like Hezbollah and Hamas, and the curious history of rescuing American democracy by “authoritarian” means—are now available, with the rest to follow soon. https://www.muftah.org/p/issue-4-community-and-crisis30 Dec 2025 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbaht2pvis2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3m3gehmg6p22yIt’s easy to publish something loud. It’s much harder to publish something that lasts. If you’ve followed Muftah Magazine, you know we care about great writing that earns your attention and holds up under scrutiny. 🧵17 Oct 2025 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3gehmg6p22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3m2l2vqqya22l🙌 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Oct 2025 02:20 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2l2vqqya22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3m2kbm5iozk2kDon’t miss this—the recent response of philosophy departments to the Gaza genocide is also discussed. Other topics include Rawls’ early religious & political influences, the meaning of the analytic-continental divide, & how philosophy has historically reinforced the status quo. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Oct 2025 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2kbm5iozk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3lzmp5t3gjk2lWith Syria back in the news, here’s our article from June in which @alarian.muftah.org and @mesbushra.muftah.org reflect on the condition of the new Syrian state and where it’s headed in the future. Full, un-paywalled article 👇 https://www.muftah.org/p/is-the-new-syrian-state-revolutionary25 Sep 2025 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzmp5t3gjk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3lsulnlz3ac2qFor Muftah Magazine's latest issue, Zaid Adhami asks: What does it mean to hold commitments 'in the gray'? Though our culture often extols the critical virtues of 'being skeptical,' with Gaza, it can often be an excuse to waver and mask moral evasion. https://www.muftah.org/p/commitment-in-the-gray01 Jul 2025 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsulnlz3ac2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3lsulllubrs2qIs the new Syrian state revolutionary? In Muftah Magazine's new issue, @alarian.muftah.org & @mesbushra.muftah.org argue that while post-Assad Syria seemed, in theory, a blank canvas for revolutionary change, its inherited conditions narrowed the horizon of possibility. https://www.muftah.org/p/is-the-new-syrian-state-revolutionary01 Jul 2025 01:51 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsulllubrs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/muftah.org/post/3lsulirlu3s2qMuftah Magazine’s new issue is out. We explore the theme of ‘authenticity,’ with essays on revolution and the state, capitalism and self, activism, democracy, and more. Articles are being released weekly, and the first two are available now. https://www.muftah.org/p/issue-3-authenticity01 Jul 2025 01:50 +0000at://did:plc:253pxevisuvtqc4nxwp23kub/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsulirlu3s2q