Archives for International Relations

Sansinukuban Off the Press Now!

by Mansoor Limba | May 31, 2024 | No Comments

At exactly 7:09 this morning, I received this photo from the printing house… …which means… SANSINUKUBAN 1 (INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FROM MINDANAO): TRAVERSING THE SPATIAL AND IDEATIONAL FRONTIERS is now off the press! As the official book series of the Ateneo de Davao University International Studies Department, SANSINUKUBAN serves as a platform for students to publish original research articles primarily derived from their thesis and inspired by their Mindanao positionality. Aiming to foster vibrant scholarly dialogue among them and promote interdisciplinary
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Sansinukuban 1 – Our 1st Publication This Year!

by Mansoor Limba | May 24, 2024 | No Comments

As an aspiring translator and author myself, I know well that every author’s ultimate dream is just to focus on WRITING and WRITING alone – and not to worry about anything else. This is exactly what this new conspiracy is all about. Under the unbeatable guidance of Captain John Harvey Gamas, the student-authors have already done their part; that is, writing the book. It’s ElziStyle Bookshop’s turn to do the rest – and all the challenges along the way. SANSINUKUBAN
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Top Seller in April 2024

by Mansoor Limba | May 1, 2024 | No Comments

As it’s already the month of May, let me share with you ElziStyle Bookshop’s Amazon top seller in the previous month of April (Ramadan-Shawwal). It’s also the top seller last September: * Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc, RADICAL DEMOCRACY IN THE TIME OF DUTERTE, US$10.64 (Discounted from the Original Price: US$17.99), https://amzn.to/4bmdcrb Order Form (FREE Shipping throughout the Philippines by using the Coupon Code RDDNewReader): Want a sneak peek of the book before buying your copy? Grab your FREE SAMPLE copy
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Unveiling the Truth Behind Int’l Quds Day

by Mansoor Limba | April 5, 2024 | No Comments

In the annals of history, August 1979 marked a pivotal moment: the last Friday of Ramadan was sanctified as International Quds (Jerusalem) Day. This declaration wasn’t merely a date on the calendar; it became a beacon of truth, a clarion call for justice amidst the tumult of oppression. Imagine, if you will, the words echoing from the Sage of Jamaran, resonating with the fervor of a righteous cause. “The Day of Quds,” he proclaimed, “shall be the litmus test revealing
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Exactly 25 Years Ago

by Mansoor Limba | February 11, 2024 | No Comments

It’s exactly 25 years back. 1998. February 11. 3:12 am. “In a few moments, we will land in Mehrabad International Airport,” an IranAir flight attendant in navy blue hijab assured with a smile the drowsy passengers to a seven-hour flight from Kuala Lumpur to Tehran. A score of fellow students from Mindanao and I were fetched by a minibus at the airport and transported to Qazvin, a city over 100 kilometers away. After taking a sumptuous breakfast in Karaj in
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Top Seller in January 2024

by Mansoor Limba | February 1, 2024 | No Comments

As it’s already February 2024, let me share with you ElziStyle Bookshop’s Top Seller in the previous month of January (Jumadi’th-Thani – Rajab): * Shaykh Najmuddin Tabasi, AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAHDI’S GOVERNMENT, trans. Mansoor Limba, (ElziStyle.com, 2023) 308 pages, US$19.99, https://amzn.to/4bjhIaH eBook: https://www.elzistyle.com/product/an-overview-of-the-mahdis-government (US$8) Want a sneak peek of the book before buying? Grab your FREE SAMPLE copy here: ABOUT THE BOOK: Dive into the riveting exploration of the Imām of the Time (‘atfs) in Shaykh Najmuddin
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Top Seller in July 2023

by Mansoor Limba | August 1, 2023 | No Comments

As it’s already the month of August, let me share with you ElziStyle Bookshop’s top seller in the previous month of July (Dhu’l-Hijjah – Muharram): Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi, ISLAMIC POLITICAL THEORY (LEGISLATION), VOLUME 1, trans. Mansoor Limba, US$25, https://amzn.to/459WU1u Want a sneak peek of the book? Grab your FREE SAMPLE copy here: About the Book Embark on a journey into the depths of Islamic political theory with the erudite scholar Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi’s “Islamic Political Theory
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On the ‘Verticalization’ of Eschatology

by ElziStyle | March 16, 2022 | No Comments

TEHRAN, Islamic Republic of Iran (August 1, 2007) – While waiting for half a dozen professors constituting the defense panel to finish reading the last draft of my dissertation (“The Power of International Quds Day in the Cyberspace (https://amzn.to/34xW2cU), FREE eBook here: www.elzistyle.com/qudsday), I have embarked on the translation into English of a Persian book on the mystical subtleties of supplication (du’a’) (“In the Presence of the Beloved”). For the past two days, however, I had to set aside the
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Exactly 23 Years Ago

by Mansoor Limba | February 11, 2022 | No Comments

It’s exactly 23 years back. 1998. February 11. 3:12 am. “In a few moments, we will land in Mehrabad International Airport,” an IranAir flight attendant in navy blue hijab assured with a smile the drowsy passengers to a seven-hour flight from Kuala Lumpur to Tehran. A score of fellow students from Mindanao and I were fetched by a minibus at the airport and transported to Qazvin, a city over 100 kilometers away. After taking a sumptuous breakfast in Karaj in
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The Power of the Minbar

by ElziStyle | September 15, 2021 | No Comments

Muscat, Oman (May 9, 2018) – In a recent post-Marawi conflict analysis workshop I co-facilitated, the third session was devoted to the identification of enablers and inhibitors of radicalization that leads to violent extremism. It can be noticed during the presentation that the madrasah and religious leaders or scholars (‘ulama) were identified in the three groups as either among the enablers, or the inhibitors, while at the same time, none of the three groups ever identified the institution of the
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Who is Papanok?

by ElziStyle | November 15, 2019 | No Comments

Sunday, 22 July 2007 TEHRAN, Islamic Republic of Iran (22 July) –Barely an hour after signing in Friendster.com early today from a student dormitory for couples here in central Tehran, the first three persons who joined my ring of friends are of course my better half, Mamot, followed by sister Mayhanie, and then an anonymous Papanok (meaning ‘bird’ in Maguindanaon vernacular), thanks to its extraordinary vision. Since Papanok is flying with its wings of anonymity, I was curious to know its identity.
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5 Key Points of the Declaration of International Quds Day

by ElziStyle | September 15, 2019 | No Comments

To fully grasp the importance of the declaration of the last Friday of Ramadan as Quds Day, it is necessary to quote at some length the first message of Quds Day founder, which lays down the cornerstone of his conception of, and philosophy behind, the declaration, and the subsequent messages are based on these declarations. Thereafter, we will analyze the implication of the key points of the statements towards the Palestinian Question. “In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the
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