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This timely work addresses sensitive issues and relations between
Muslims and Christians around the world. The book uniquely captures
the opportunity for Christians and Muslims to come together and
discuss pertinent issues such as pluralism, governance, preaching,
Christian missionary efforts, and general misperceptions of Muslim
and Christian communities. Joint authorship and discussion within
the book is used to offer dialogue and responses between different
contributors. This dialogue reveals that Christians and Muslims
hold many things in common while having meaningful differences. It
also shows the value of honestly sharing convictions while
respecting and hearing the beliefs of another.
This timely work addresses sensitive issues and relations between
Muslims and Christians around the world. The book uniquely captures
the opportunity for Christians and Muslims to come together and
discuss pertinent issues such as pluralism, governance, preaching,
Christian missionary efforts, and general misperceptions of Muslim
and Christian communities. Joint authorship and discussion within
the book is used to offer dialogue and responses between different
contributors. This dialogue reveals that Christians and Muslims
hold many things in common while having meaningful differences. It
also shows the value of honestly sharing convictions while
respecting and hearing the beliefs of another.
There is a growing consensus among experts and the educated public
alike that democratization will reduce the many problems of the
Muslim world. The question that remains is how Islam should be
incorporated into the public sphere. Islamic Democratic Discourse
is in itself a dialogue that explores the multi-faceted
relationship between Islam and democracy. Each chapter, by a
preeminent scholar of the Muslim tradition and its contemporary
challenges, provides insight into Islamic political thought and its
connection to Western democracy. Tamara Sonn and Tarek Ramdan
consider the elements of government in classical Islam. Osman Bakar
and Ali Paya provide regional studies of the search for
compatibility between Islam and democracy. And finally, editor
Muqtedar Khan and Marc Lynch are among those who offer a global
perspective on the discourse on Islam and democracy. Unlike many
recent efforts which seek to either underscore or dispute the
compatibility of Islam and democracy, this eclectic collection
begins a comprehensive conversation on Islam's role in the public
sphere and charts a course toward an authentic Islamic theory of
democracy. Islamic Democratic Discourse is a crucial addition to
the libraries of scholars interested in the future of Islam in the
modern world.
There is a growing consensus among experts and the educated public
alike that democratization will reduce the many problems of the
Muslim world. The question that remains is how Islam should be
incorporated into the public sphere. Islamic Democratic Discourse
is in itself a dialogue that explores the multi-faceted
relationship between Islam and democracy. Each chapter, by a
preeminent scholar of the Muslim tradition and its contemporary
challenges, provides insight into Islamic political thought and its
connection to Western democracy. Tamara Sonn and Tarek Ramdan
consider the elements of government in classical Islam. Osman Bakar
and Ali Paya provide regional studies of the search for
compatibility between Islam and democracy. And finally, editor
Muqtedar Khan and Marc Lynch are among those who offer a global
perspective on the discourse on Islam and democracy. Unlike many
recent efforts which seek to either underscore or dispute the
compatibility of Islam and democracy, this eclectic collection
begins a comprehensive conversation on Islam's role in the public
sphere and charts a course toward an authentic Islamic theory of
democracy. Islamic Democratic Discourse is a crucial addition to
the libraries of scholars interested in the future of Islam in the
modern world.
This book presents 25 selected papers from the International
Conference on "Developing Synergies between Islam & Science and
Technology for Mankind's Benefit" held at the International
Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, in
October 2014. The papers cover a broad range of issues reflecting
the main conference themes: Cosmology and the Universe, Philosophy
of Science and the Emergence of Biological Systems, Principles and
Applications of Tawhidic Science, Medical Applications of Tawhidic
Science and Bioethics, and the History and Teaching of Science from
an Islamic Perspective. Highlighting the relationships between the
Islamic religious worldview and the physical sciences, the book
challenges secularist paradigms on the study of Science and
Technology. Integrating metaphysical perspectives of Science,
topics include Islamic approaches to S&T such as an Islamic
epistemology of the philosophy of science, a new quantum theory,
environmental care, avoiding wasteful consumption using Islamic
teachings, and emotional-blasting psychological therapy. Eminent
contributing scholars include Osman Bakar, Mohammad Hashim Kamali,
Mehdi Golshani, Mohd. Kamal Hassan, Adi Setia and Malik Badri. The
book is essential reading for a broad group of academics and
practitioners, from Islamic scholars and social scientists to
(physical) scientists and engineers.
This book presents 25 selected papers from the International
Conference on "Developing Synergies between Islam & Science and
Technology for Mankind's Benefit" held at the International
Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, in
October 2014. The papers cover a broad range of issues reflecting
the main conference themes: Cosmology and the Universe, Philosophy
of Science and the Emergence of Biological Systems, Principles and
Applications of Tawhidic Science, Medical Applications of Tawhidic
Science and Bioethics, and the History and Teaching of Science from
an Islamic Perspective. Highlighting the relationships between the
Islamic religious worldview and the physical sciences, the book
challenges secularist paradigms on the study of Science and
Technology. Integrating metaphysical perspectives of Science,
topics include Islamic approaches to S&T such as an Islamic
epistemology of the philosophy of science, a new quantum theory,
environmental care, avoiding wasteful consumption using Islamic
teachings, and emotional-blasting psychological therapy. Eminent
contributing scholars include Osman Bakar, Mohammad Hashim Kamali,
Mehdi Golshani, Mohd. Kamal Hassan, Adi Setia and Malik Badri. The
book is essential reading for a broad group of academics and
practitioners, from Islamic scholars and social scientists to
(physical) scientists and engineers.
Although more than half of the world's Muslims live in Asia, most
books on contemporary Islam focus on the Middle East, giving short
shift to the dynamic and diverse presence of Asian Islam in
regional and global politics. The Muslims of Asia constitute the
largest Muslim communities in the world - Indonesia, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, India and Central Asia. In recent years, terrorist
bombings in Bali, separatist conflicts in Thailand and the
Philippines, and opposition politics in Central Asia, all point to
the strategic importance of Asian Islam. In Asian Islam in the 21st
Century, terrorism and its effects are placed within the broader
context of Muslim politics and how Islamic ideals and movements,
mainstream and extremist, have shaped Asian Muslim societies.
Democratization experiments -- successful and unsuccessful -- are
examined. The rise of radical militant movements is analyzed and
placed in historical perspective. The result is an insightful
portrait of the rich diversity of Muslim politics and discourse
that continue to affect Asian Muslim majority and minority
countries.Specialists and students of Islamic studies, religion and
international affairs, and comparative politics as well as general
readers will benefit from this sorely needed comprehensive analysis
of a part of the world that has become increasingly important in
the 21st century.
Although more than half of the world's Muslims live in Asia, most
of the widely read books on contemporary Islam focus on
developments in the Middle East, giving short shrift to experiences
in some of the largest Muslim countries in the world. In recent
years events like the terrorist bombings in Bali, intensifying
separatist activities in Thailand, and developments in the Central
Asian states of the former Soviet Union all point to the fact that
Asian Islam is a subject of growing importance. Specialists as well
as general readers interested in international relations need
broadly conceived analyses of developments in the major Muslim
societies of Asia. The beginning of the twenty-first century is
witnessing profound transformations in the way that Islamic ideals
and Islamic movements shape state and society. The studies
collected in this book look at the changes happening both in Muslim
majority countries and in societies where Muslims are a minority.
Experiences of democratization - successful and unsuccessful - are
examined. The rise of radical militant movements is analyzed, and
placed in historical perspective and in the broader context of
mainstream Islamic ideals. Among the contributors are such
prominent scholars as Fred von der Mehden, Vali Nasr, Hakan Yavuz,
and John Voll. This book will serve as the successor to Esposito's
influential 1987 collection, Islam in Asia.
The classification of knowledge is a recurring theme in Islamic
scholarship. Successive generations of Muslim scholars, from
al-Kindi in the ninth century to Shah Waliallah of Delhi in the
eighteenth century, have devoted considerable efforts to the
exposition of this theme. The lives and the ideas of the three
thinkers discussed in 'Classification of Knowledge in Islam' -
al-Farabi (870-950AD), al-Ghazzali (1058-1111AD) and Qutb al-Din
al-Shirazi (1236-1311AD) - cover the pivotal period of Islamic
history from the first flourishing of the philosophical sciences to
the sacking of Baghdad by the Mongols. In addition, each of these
three thinkers was either a founder or an eminent representative of
a major intellectual school in Islam. Al-Farabi was the founder and
one of the most prominent representatives of the mashsha'i
(Peripatetic) school of philosopher-scientists. Al-Ghazzali is
still recognised as the most famous theologian/sufi of Islam. Qutb
al-Din al-Shirazi represents the ishraqi (Illuminationists) school
of philosophy. Prof. Osman Bakar's 'Classification of Knowledge in
Islam' is the first work of its kind in the English language and is
based on extensive scholarships and reference to the original
texts.
The essays presented in "The History and Philosophy of Islamic
Science" discuss the principles behind the different sciences
cultivated in the Islamic world from the third century of the
Islamic era onwards and the place of science in relation to other
branches of Islamic learning. In defining what Islamic science
means, Professor Osman Bakar shows how these sciences are
organically related to the fundamental teachings of Islam. Covering
all the natural and mathematical sciences, "The History and
Philosophy of Islamic Science" illustrates what Islamic science
shares with modern science. Professor Osman Bakar also highlights
where the Islamic approach to science differs from the secular,
modern approach.
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