Islamic Scientific Schools

In the Name of Allah---the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. The Multinational Maritime Defense Coalition: A New Strategic Security Architecture for the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb The security of international maritime trade has become one of the defining geopolitical challenges of the twenty-first century. Following repeated attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and the declaration of a naval blockade by Yemen's Houthi movement, Saudi Arabia and thirteen partner nations have established the Multinational Maritime Defense Coalition (MMDC) . The coalition seeks to ensure freedom of navigation, protect global energy supplies, and safeguard one of the world's most strategically significant maritime corridors—the Bab el-Mandeb Strait , the Red Sea , and the Gulf of Aden . The coalition represents a major transformation in regional maritime security, shifting responsibility from largely Western-led naval operations toward a broader regional security framework under Saudi le...

In the Name of Allah---the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. Pakistan–Somalia Defence Deal: A Strategic Expansion Toward the Bab el-Mandeb Date of Agreement: August 5, 2026 Pakistan and Somalia signed an important defence cooperation agreement on 5 August 2026 , marking another milestone in the growing strategic partnership between the two Muslim nations. The agreement was reached during the official visit of a high-level Somali delegation led by Ambassador Ahmed Moallim Fiqi , who held separate meetings with senior military leadership in Islamabad. High-Level Defence Meetings The Somali delegation first visited the Naval Headquarters, where Defence Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi met Admiral Naveed Ashraf . During the meeting, both sides reviewed matters of mutual professional interest, regional maritime security, and opportunities for expanding defence cooperation. Admiral Naveed Ashraf reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to strengthening defence relations with Somalia and emphasized...

In the Name of Allah---the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. Modern Muslim Philosophy: An Amazing Synthesis of Idealism and Empiricism The intellectual history of the Islamic world has often been characterized by dynamic debates between abstract metaphysical speculation and observational rigor. From the rationalism of the Falasifa (hellenized philosophers) to the precise empirical methods of early Muslim scientists, Islamic thought has long resisted a rigid dichotomy between mind and matter. In the modern era, as contemporary Muslim thinkers grapple with scientific naturalism, secularism, and post-colonial identity, a distinct paradigm has re-emerged: a synthesis of idealism and empiricism. Rather than viewing idealist truths (such as divine ethics, transcendent consciousness, and metaphysical purpose) as antithetical to empirical observation, modern Muslim philosophy increasingly frames sensory data as the outward physical manifestation of an ideal metaphysical reality. The roots o...

In the Name of Allah---the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. Proposed Counties of Pakistan: A Balanced Administrative Model Introduction Pakistan's current administrative structure consists of four provinces, the Islamabad Capital Territory, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. While this arrangement has served the country since independence, rapid population growth, urbanization, and increasing administrative demands have exposed significant governance challenges. Today, Punjab alone has a population exceeding 130 million, making it larger than many sovereign nations, while provinces such as Balochistan cover vast territories with scattered populations that are difficult to administer efficiently. Instead of creating additional provinces through politically contentious ethnic or linguistic divisions, Pakistan could adopt an intermediate administrative model by reorganizing existing divisions into counties . These counties would become the principal sub-national administ...

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In the Name of Allah---the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. The Houthi Militia: Origin, History, and Terrorist Activities Introduction The Houthi movement , officially known as Ansar Allah ("Supporters of God"), is a Zaydi Shia political and armed movement that emerged in northern Yemen during the 1990s. What began as a revivalist religious and political movement gradually transformed into one of the Middle East's most heavily armed non-state actors. Today, the Houthis control Yemen's capital, Sana'a, and much of north-western Yemen, exercising de facto governmental authority over millions of people. See the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center profile and Arab News Houthi coverage . Several governments—including the United States —have designated the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) because of attacks on civilians, commercial shipping, and military targets. Other governments and international bodies have not uniformly adopted the same desi...