Tag: modernity
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A Study of Worldviews: Islām and the Modern West, Part I: Inversion
How do we make sense of reality? This is inarguably the most difficult question one can pose because it amounts to giving an explanation of everything. Even if we concede to the Heideggerian claim that metaphysics is inevitably nihilism, nihilism’s fundamental claim that there is no such thing as reality does constitute itself as an…
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近代性という「猛獣」を手懐ける―イスラーム的アプローチ―
ティモシー・ウィンター教授としても知られるアブドゥルハキーム・ムラド師は「虎を乗りこなす」という表現を用いて、近代性から退却するのではなく、敵対的あるいは友好的なアプローチをもって立ち向かうことを論じた。
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Dekonstrukcija zapadnih predstava o političkom islamu
Za zapadne posmatrače je nepoželjno postojanje političkog djelovanja sa metafizičkim referencama, jer je upečatljiva karakteristika savremenog doba to što je ono desakralizirano. Budući da je tako, islamsko političko djelovanje se, skoro po klišeu, posmatra u vezi sa bremenitim i analitički beskorisnim terminima kao što su „radikalizam“ i „fundamentalizam“. U najgorem slučaju, u vladajućim predstavama je…
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Diasporic Wanderlust: Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad’s “Travelling Home”
A Book Review of Travelling Home: Essays on Islam in Europe by Abdal Hakim Murad. There is something strange happening in the Western world.
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Art as a Reflection of Civilization
“Islamic art” is broadly understood as all the arts that have been produced in the Muslim world. However, it does not simply denote the crafts of Muslim patrons.
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God’s Lonely Man: Taxi Driver and the Onslaught of Modernity
Has there ever been a film as influential and provocative as Taxi Driver? It may seem a strange choice at first.
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Rekindling Muslim Scholastic and Spiritual Consciousness
A Book Review of Sea Without Shore by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller.
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Deconstructing the Reconstruction: Analyzing Iqbalian Discourse
A Book Review of The Reconstruction of Religious Thought by Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Known as the spiritual father of the “idea of Pakistan” and “Hakeem-ul-Ummat (sage of Ummah),” Allama Sir Muhammed Iqbal commands a profound impact on the Muslim intellectual tradition.
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Ramadán como antídoto al consumismo materialista
Los musulmanes se han acostumbrado a vivir en perpetuo estado de defensa como precio por su existencia, desplegando fácilmente explicaciones para sus prácticas religiosas y culturales.
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Ramadán: el mes del Corán
Ramadán ofrece un respiro en un mundo impregnado de los ciclos compulsivos y mundanos de la vida moderna.