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He believed that Islam was compatible with science and reason and that in order to counter European power the Muslim world had to embrace progress. [18] Muhammad Abduh (1849–1905) was a disciple and collaborator of al-Afghani. He was even more influential than his master and is often referred to as the founder of Islamic modernism.
Islam: Past, Present and Future (2007) is a book by prominent theologian Hans Küng, and is a lengthy analysis of Islam's 1,400-year history. The book is the final in his trilogy on the three monotheistic faiths, following Judaism: Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1991) and Christianity: Its Essence and History (1994).
Islam and the World: The Rise and Decline of the Muslims and Its Effect on Mankind or Maza Khasir al-Alam Bi Inhitatil Muslimeen (Arabic: ماذا خسر العالم بانحطاط المسلمين) is a book by Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi for which has received admiration, especially throughout the Arab world, where it was first published in 1951 from Egypt.
Some themes in modern Islamic thought include: The acknowledgement "with varying degrees of criticism or emulation", of the technological, scientific and legal achievements of the West; while at the same time objecting "to Western colonial exploitation of Muslim countries and the imposition of Western secular values" and aiming to develop a modern and dynamic understanding of science among ...
Nominations are evaluated on the basis of the influence that particular Muslims have had within the Muslim community and the manner in which their influence has benefited the Muslim community, both within the Islamic world and in terms of representing Islam to non-Muslims. [7] "Influential" for the purposes of the book is defined as "any person ...
A Christian and a Muslim playing chess, illustration from the Book of Games of Alfonso X (c. 1285). [1] During the High Middle Ages, the Islamic world was an important contributor to the global cultural scene, innovating and supplying information and ideas to Europe, via Al-Andalus, Sicily and the Crusader kingdoms in the Levant.
As of 2016, there were 1.7 billion Muslims, [10] [11] with one out of four people in the world being Muslim, [12] making Islam the second-largest religion. [13] Out of children born from 2010 to 2015, 31% were born to Muslims, [ 14 ] and currently Islam is the world's fastest-growing major religion .
Hodgson’s contributions to world history, particularly his critiques of Eurocentrism and Orientalism, were rediscovered and later published under the title Rethinking World History: Essays on Europe, Islam, and World History, edited by Edmund Burke III. In this work, he argued that the “Rise of Europe” was not unique but rather the ...