Modernization in the Thought of Rifāʽa al-Tahtāwī – 2
PRIOR TO HIS MISSION he lived in Egypt through a period replete with political transformations. He was born in 1801,…
Modernization in the Thought of Rifāʽa al-Tahtāwī – 1
AL-ṬAHṬĀWĪ’S THOUGHT was highly encyclopedic, but what distinguishes it most is two terms that are in their essence more elevated…
Problems in the ‘Arab Renaissance’ – 3
HISTORY, FOR MUSLIMS, proceeds from unity to diversity, “from perfection to imperfection, from pinnacle to base, and from faith to…
Is religious reform possible?
ALL SECULARISTS RAISING the issue of religious reform as a means to overturn the three decade-long domination of fundamentalism are…
Problems in the ‘Arab Renaissance’ – 2
WITH THIS UNDERSTANDING they are not content with confirming racist Orientalist clichés, but are drawing in many sympathizers among youth…
The Nahda equation – between the past and the present
BY SO DOING they are erecting a formula whereby progress cannot be achieved without being based upon a formula of…
Problems in the ‘Arab Renaissance’ – 1
THE DECISIVE ANSWER to the question of the European Renaissance was formed as a result of authentic internal pre-conditions that…
Our need for Enlightenment thinking
WHENEVER DARKNESS sets in there is a need for light. Our societies today are seeing the rise of forces that…