CHARTER — The Governing Conditions of Transcription

This document establishes the governing conditions under which transcription may proceed. It defines hierarchy, priority, and limitation. What follows does not describe the work—it regulates it.

CLARIFICATION — On Desire, Submission, and Aesthetic Reinterpretation

This entry clarifies a recurring methodological pattern observed in contemporary discourse on Islamic visual practice. It addresses how arguments are formed, not the private intentions of those who advance them.

Controversy surrounding image-making in Islam does not arise from ambiguity in the revealed texts. It arises from resistance to their implications.

Where submission governs, desire is disciplined.

Where desire governs, submission is reinterpreted.