Idris Rahman
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Neuroscience and the Mystery of the Self
What the brain can explain, and what personhood still asks us to consider The brain is close to us in the strangest way. It…
Bioethics and the Sanctity of Life
Medicine, genetics, reproduction, end-of-life care, and the need for moral boundaries Medicine stands at the edge of human vulnerability. It meets the newborn before…
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Public Health and the Common Good
Why health is never only private, and why communities rise or fall together Health feels personal because the body is personal. The fever is…
Creation as a Trust
Seeing the natural world through accountability.
Muslim Students on American Campuses
Faith, prayer spaces, identity, loneliness, activism pressure, and the search for grounded community. A Muslim student’s day on an American campus can contain several…
The Muslim Inheritance of Inquiry
How Islamic civilization honored observation, learning, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, and the pursuit of knowledge A civilization reveals itself by what it teaches its children…
Stewardship Is Not a Metaphor
Understanding care for the earth as responsibility.
Knowledge as Responsibility
What we owe once we know more than we did before Knowledge changes the person who receives it. Not always immediately. Not always visibly.…
Wonder Without Instrumentation
Awe, beauty, and reverence beyond measurement Not every encounter with truth begins by measuring. Sometimes it begins by looking. A person stands beneath the…
Uncertainty as a Feature of Knowledge
How to live responsibly with incomplete answers Human beings often want knowledge to feel like a locked door opening. A question troubles us. We…
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