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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd - Critical Muslim 12: Dangerous Freethinkers - Paperback

C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd - Critical Muslim 12: Dangerous Freethinkers - Paperback

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Description: Ziauddin Sardar argues that free thinkers are essential for any culture to survive and thrive; Aziz al - Azmeh outlines how Abbasid Culture established freethinking humanism; Oliver Leaman highlights the significance of the twelfth century Andalusian philosopher ibn Rushd; Ebrahim Moosa seeks meaning in the ethics of the tenth century blind poet and atheist Al - Maarri; Robert Irwin examines the thought of the controversial Sufi Al - Hallaj; Abdelwahab El - Effendi explores the Second Islam of the executed Sudanese thinker Mohamed Taha; Aamer Hussein suggests that we need to embrace the ideas of the poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal; Eva Hoffman looks at the notion of free thought in the work of the Noble Laureate Czeslaw Milosz; Nazry Bahrawi is impressed by the 'heretical interpretations of the Egyptian scholar Nasir Hamid Abu Zaid; Alev Adil vexes lyrical about Aisha the youngest wife of the Prophet; and Johan Siebers is convinced that we need to free ourselves from all ideologies.
Title: Critical Muslim 12: Dangerous Freethinkers
Brand: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781849044523
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 11/1/2014
Series: Critical Muslim
Category: Islamic Studies
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