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Islam is experiencing a crisis of credibility and authority that stems directly from the nature of Islam itself. This makes it difficult to come up with solutions of any sort because few Muslims will be willing to alter the structure of their religion.Today’s crisis grows in part out of the structure of Islam itself- a faith without denominations, hierarchies, and centralized institutions. The absence of such structures has been a source of strength that ...
The Intellectual Tradition in Islam highlights the pivotal role of the intellect in the formation of Islamic culture and civilization, and its continuing relevance for the Muslim world today. By demonstrating the extent to which some of the seminal achievements of Islamic civilization, especially in the areas of legal, theological, philosophical, scientific and mystical thought, were underpinned by a vigorous culture of intellectual inquiry and debate, this work ...