NMC381H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Syed Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Abduh, Sayyid Qutb
2 Apr 2017
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Gold, or an overview of paris and the honest guide . Readings (parts i & ii of the test: muslim reformism. Social context: writing before british occupation; the tanzimat in the ottoman empire; al- nahda; a pre-colonial climate of optimism and reform; Goes on a student mission to france (1826-31); witnesses the july revolution; translates many. French texts; writes his didactic memoirs about his experiences there, topics include french constitutionalism, enlightenment thought (rousseau, montesquieu, voltaire), nationalism, etc. Extraction of gold : an attempt to translate these concepts for egyptians and muslims; has an image of europe associated with the political language of freedom, rights, rule of law, meritocracy, patriotism, etc. Islam already concords and preaches these concepts (e. g. french jurisprudence is like fiqh); Compatibility based on principles of: 1) freedom and equality (i. e. what sharia gives people): rationalism and science.
