The Frontiers of Steadfastness A Trust-Based Approach to the Nation’s Current Conflicts

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I have never been accustomed to speaking about current events as they unfold, not because I don’t follow them closely, but because I prefer to distance myself from them for a period of time, allowing me to reflect upon them through philosophical contemplation grounded in values, rather than through political speculation based on interests. However, the events of today are unlike any other. The Islamic and Arab nations are facing challenges unlike any other, as these events pertain to their very existence, direction, and destiny in a world where modesty has diminished. Such fundamental issues necessitate prioritizing philosophical consideration over political analysis. It is the philosopher’s duty to engage with them, lest humanity perish because of its own actions. Therefore, here I delve into three critical challenges facing these two nations: the Arabs’ neglect of Jerusalem, the power struggles among Muslim rulers, and the infighting among Arabs. However, my philosophical approach to these issues differs from that of others who reduce philosophy to history or politics. I am unaware of any contemporary Arab writer who has addressed these devastating challenges philosophically, whether partially or entirely. They have abandoned the distant and profound path of philosophical contemplation, turning instead to non-philosophical studies—political, historical, social, anthropological, or ethnic—and have begun to extract whatever hypotheses, methodologies, and conclusions they can from these sources, applying them haphazardly to these devastating challenges. They formulate these ideas in clumsy and obscure ways that reveal their inability to fully comprehend what they have extracted, let alone critically examine its suitability to the subjects to which it is applied.