The Islamization of science and its intellectual problem – 1
ISLAMIC THINKERS such as Abū Hamid al-Ghazali, Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya and others took a negative position on…
Arab Islamic society and the metaphysical phase
COMTE’S CLASSIFICATION is not definitive in nature and it varies according to the variety of societies that exist, although for…
Enmity to philosophy and cultural backwardness
THIS IS FURTHER proof of the alliance between institutions of power and religion. The first institution covered itself with the…
Is Islam the reason for Muslim backwardness? (Part 2)
SO LET US duly make the comparison. At a time when the world speaks of the separation of powers, our…
Is Islam the reason for Muslim backwardness? (Part 1)
THE PURPOSE of any answer to the question is neither to rally to the aid of Islam, nor to disparage…
Arab Muslim societies and the lack of social stability
TWO DISTINCT PERIODS govern the present in Arab and Islamic societies and these, taken generally, are: the period of cultural…
The danger of the dissolving individual
THIS RECONCILIATION can be carried out by situating the revelation process within the history that the revelation process practiced on…
Reform and Philosophical Thought
THUS THE EARLIEST manifestations of Arab Islamic thought were as a result of the influence of cultural intermingling. From this…
The Absence of the City, Individuality and Citizenship in Arab-Islamic Culture
MOREOVER, DESPITE the number of passers-by and passing cars, the street like anywhere else is always a peaceful place where…
Letters from London: Al-Turabi and western civilisation – 2
AL-TURABI CONTINUES to describe his travails with English society, especially the women, whom he described as “the key to corruption.”…