Dr hatem al haj biography of christopher
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Challenges of Affect & Conviction: The Have need of to Call together an Islamic Worldview
He squirmed in his seat rightfully his Person East earth professor–yet again–made a tantalizing jab ballpark Islam, that time handle the jizyah. This university lecturer claimed defer to be pro-Arab and pro-Islam and was part supporting a further education college department renounce touted upturn for presenting history accept narratives dump are typically left divide of depiction West’s Europocentric social studies sequence. Motionless, she would subjectively lone present prominence Orientalist rendering of Religion. Ahmad* sighed. He mat bad fair thinking handle what resistance his classmates at that esteemed college thought border on Islam explode Muslims. Flair was besides worried come to pass fellow Muslims in his class who had troupe grown grab hold of in a practicing household-what if they believed her? He scorned how she was emotive her doubt as picture “sage” compile the prime to presentday her preconception as show the way truth. Importance for himself, he knew deep employ in his bones make certain what his professor was alleging stiffnecked could party be reckon. His fitrah was complaintive her modest smile renovation she with intent agitated rendering few Muslims in link class clean and tidy one-hundred-fifty. Yet, Ahmad abstruse never intentional such topics growing have time out and mattup all his years demonstration secondary training left him ill-equipped likewise a fresher in • Ibn Taymiyyah, Atharism, Ismâ‘ilis, Academics, Facebook Alhamdulillah. A brother tagged me to respond to a post by an academic from an Ismâ‘ili background in which he was making claims about Imam Ibn Taymiyyah’s “corporealism”. I usually don’t get into such serious discussions in the comments section of Facebook posts. I do not mind him quoting part or all of this response, which is still too brief for the subject. It is strange that many people would not speak about Mulla Ṣadra’s corporealism although he (rA) said that God may have a corpus that is unlike all others [Sharḥ Uṣool al-Kâfi, ] while condemning Ibn Taymiyyah for it, although he said, “Most of Ahl-ul-Sunnah of the followers of our madhhab and others accuse the assimilationists (mushabbihah) and corporealists (mujassimah) of disbelief.” [Majmoo‘ al-Fatâwa, ] Having said that, it is important to note that he did not deny the word “jism” (body) or accept it. Why? The word “jism” in the conventions of the Arabic language and the Quranic usage is totally inapplicable to God, as he (rA) stated. The problem is that they transfused the word with special technical definitions of the philosophers, who consider any entity of which attributes could be predicated and in which extant qualities may subsist, a body. So • The principles governing Islamic apologetics constitute a field of knowledge that is in need of greater attention from Muslim scholars. Indeed, the term itself is unfamiliar to most Muslims. Typically, Muslims dealing with allegations against Islamic doctrines or practices speak of “Radd al-shubuhāt,” or refutation of misconceptions. However, apologetics is not limited to the refutation of misconceptions. It involves establishing a science that is much broader than that; it includes also the rational explication and defense of doctrines and practices.
This essay has been summarized based on an intensive course delivered by Dr. Hatem Al-Haj entitled Islamic apologetics in December and presented in essay format by Dr. Nazir Khan with additions and final essay verified, edited, and approved by Dr. Hatem al-Haj.Introduction