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Other Gods
The Forensic Audit of Modern Shirk
By the founder of Coordinates of Thought, Syed Raheel Shahzad
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What it is
A diagnostic follow-up to the volume on Tawheed. Rather than ancient idols, the book looks at modern competitors for a person's ultimate loyalty: attention-driven algorithms, the approval of other people, an ego that judges decisions by image, a social tribe that sets acceptable beliefs, and money treated as security rather than provision. Each is analysed for how it operates, how it holds a person and how it can be corrected. The book frames the book as a mirror rather than a warning, contrasting a professed belief in one God with everyday anxiety, concern for reputation and approval-seeking.