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Islam and Modernism (Urdu: اسلام اور جدت پسندی) is a book originally written in Urdu by Pakistani scholar Taqi Usmani on Islam and modernity. The original title is "Islam aur Jiddat Pasandi". Two years later it was translated into English with the title Islam and Modernism. It was first published in 1990. [1]
The Aligarh Movement was the push to establish a modern system of Western-style scientific education for the Muslim population of British Raj, during the later decades of the 19th century. [1] The movement's name derives from the fact that its core and origins lay in the city of Aligarh in Central India and, in particular, with the foundation ...
In the late 19th century, reform movements of Urdu's literary landscape were influenced by the impacts of British colonialism. [23] One notable leader in the modernist Islamic reform movement was Altaf Hussain Hali , who believed the ghazal to be outdated and limited in its particular rules of craft. [ 24 ]
Noon Meem Rashid, for example, while not politically engaged, was influenced by Western modernist poets T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound in exploring new verse forms. [1] Urdu poet Meeraji, who introduced free verse and is considered to be the founder of symbolism in Urdu poetry, was also a prominent member of Halqa-e Arbab-e Zauq in its early days ...
Islamic modernism, also sometimes referred to as modernist Salafism, [136] [137] [138] is a movement that has been described as "the first Muslim ideological response" [a] attempting to reconcile Islamic faith with modern Western values such as nationalism, democracy, civil rights, rationality, equality, and progress. [140]
The BBC will explore modernism in a series on Radio 3 and Radio 4 to mark 100 years of the movement. The centenary of modernism will be celebrated with programmes exploring the ideas, achievements ...
Islamic modernism is a movement that has been described as "the first Muslim ideological response to the Western cultural challenge", [Note 1] attempting to reconcile the Islamic faith with values perceived as modern such as democracy, civil rights, rationality, equality, and progress. [2]
Islam and modernity is a topic of discussion in contemporary sociology of religion.The history of Islam chronicles different interpretations and approaches. Modernity is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon rather than a unified and coherent one.