NMC381H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Taqlid, Fairy, Islamic Golden Age
26 Jan 2017
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Challenge of europe rejecting or adapting. Tahtawi no problem in taking from europe. Looking to the past: islamic golden age 8th to 13th century science and philosophy, early islam al salaf. (cid:862)salifis a(cid:396)e fu(cid:374)da(cid:373)e(cid:374)talists/disti(cid:374)(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e lo(cid:374)g (cid:449)hite (cid:396)o(cid:271)es/lo(cid:374)g (cid:271)ea(cid:396)ds/(cid:863) Al salaf al salih the rightly guided predecessors first generations of muslim. Salafism: reform movement led by al afghani and abduh. Against taqlid (unquestioning imitation) and stagnation. Isla(cid:373)"s (cid:272)o(cid:373)pati(cid:271)ility (cid:449)ith (cid:396)easo(cid:374), s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d weste(cid:396)(cid:374) te(cid:272)h(cid:374)ology. Social and political reform as an essential requirement for revitalization of the muslim community. Muhammad abduh i went to the west and saw islam, but no. I got back to the east and saw muslims, but no islam. blame on muslims not islam. (cid:862) the shift of the go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of f(cid:396)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e did (cid:374)ot o(cid:272)(cid:272)u(cid:396) (cid:271)y the (cid:449)ill of those in authority alone. Theology of unity two types of theology reasoning vs. subtlety islam rational ghazali accountable for critique in theology.
