Appreciate the Zaytuna College movement a lot in the Anglosphere, but it ultimately set the limit of Muslim intellectual engagement towards Neo-Luddite First Things-style Catholicism - Islam has so much more potential than this.
At the time this was a much welcome contrast to mainsteam corporatized Islamoleftism and simpleton chickenshop Salafism. Since then the landscape has clearly evolved but Zaytuna and largely SHY set the Neo-Luddite megatrend and agenda that even his rivals ended up emulating.
SHY's influence in this aspect has become ubiquitous to the point that a lot of anti-modernity poasting within the Anglosphere is just his legacy but without name - true megatrend dominance.
However now comes the point to contest and overthrow this megatrend - SAIF will dictate the agenda change by forcing many to re-evaluate their Neo-Luddite first principles - this will inspire a range of emotions - it will compel reaction.
SAIF continues to attack the most sacrosanct pillars of Anglo-Islam intellectualism which has now seeped into Dawah Inc too - comfortable anti-modernism, holier than thou Neo-Ludditism and fanciful eschatologies that rationalise defeat.
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What is SHY and SAIF...?
Subhanallah! I was just talking to a student of SHY about this last night. The Zaytuna experiment was a nobel extention of al-Attas' vision of revival through education. Many of the graduates are also eager to embrace an active agenda and will flip cult aligance from SHY to SAIF with subtle nudges. Accelerate!
There seems to be growing disagreement in Zaytuna as well