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From Dictatorship to Democracy; Thoughts On the matter of Gene Sharp’s Thesis
By Omar Zaid, M.D. May 2013, Thailand Brother Justin Johari of Urban Village (KL) asked me to examine Dr. Sharp’s work and comment. Although I had no prior knowledge of this thesis, I learned that much interest has been generated and given momentum by his approach to non-violent protests-of, resistance-to, and even the overthrow-of oppressive…
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A Question of Method concerning adab, governance, health and well-being, morality, science and tawhid by Dr. Omar
Author’s Note: This paper is not for the unread. Abstract: This essay addresses the need for knowledge synthesis from the perspectives of Sir Isaac Newton, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe and Prof. Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas. It is a robust criticism of materialist reductionism and represents an Islamized revision of an unpublished paper submitted to the…

