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Christian Criticisms, Islamic Proofs: Rashid Rida's Modernist Defence of Islam

By Simon Wood

Book information

Publisher
Oneworld
Year
2007
ISBN
1851684611, 9781851684618, 9781435648357
Open Library ID
OL18937596M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2622027 bytes)
Pages
243\243
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Responding to arguments made in the Victorian period that Islam is 'irrational' or 'inferior to Christianity' and that the unification of religious and political power is a 'barrier to progress,' Rida sought to defend Islam and often charged Christianity of its own brand of irrationality. Wood analyzes these arguments and contends that Rida's work cannot be separated from the period of colonial humiliation from which it originated. He also takes on the traditional accusation that Rida was a fundamentalist and argues that he was in fact distinctly modernist.

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