Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
Reply to @AimeTim

@AimeTim 1/ You're very kind. In Islamic cultures, a ubiquitous turn of phrase, ‘Allahu 'Alam’ or 'God knows best', seems particularly relevant to any discussion of 'the katechon.' In consideration of the Hour arriving "like a thief in the night", a lowly political theology, then.

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Quoted by9/ The Rishi path still speaks across faith lines—not by syncretism but solidarity. How? Its resonance isn't doctrinal—it is existential. For Kashmiris, the Rishis embodied the spiritualization of political refusal. Not religion in politics, but politics sanctified by the poor.