... verses of 'Abd al-Rahman Khalis are also truly beautiful: O Muslims! What is this state in which I am and which bewilders me? Sometimes I am a crazy lover, sometimes a wretched, insane one. Sometim ...
... 6:108). That is, if you humiliate Lat, Uzza, Manat (famous idols in Mecca before the advent of Islam), if you say a word against Buddha, Brahman, or Confucius, they will answer back by insulting your ...
... ls and those of the traditional institutions, medreses (the Islamic schools) and tekkes (the Sufi lodges) (Mardin 1991a, 124; Rahman 1982,43-83). In modern Turkey, although this duality ended to a great exte ...
... i? Or Can he be considered among the Ulama?" "Where does his educationalist identity fit?" "Can he be defined as neo-platonic?" "Can he be compared with al-Ghazzali, or Rumi?" Fazlur Rahman, the great Pak ...
... eligious law.[29] During the later period, we have evidence of impressive scholarship evinced by women as recorded in biographical dictionaries, such as the one composed by Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Rahman a ...
... veral dozen like-minded, twentieth century Islamic intellectuals, such as the late Pakistani-American thinker Fazlur Rahman (1982). There is another dimension to Gülen's endeavors, however, that places h ...
... studies for nine years, and has recently started comparative research in Turkey. His published works include Abdurrahman Wahid, Muslim Democrat, Indonesian President: a view from the inside (2002) and Indo ...
... , it is a fact that since ancient times the enlightened people who have woven history, like delicate and elegant lace, have always been raised from among those high spirits. Brahmanism, Buddhism, Confucianis ...
... years to come. A student of the late Pakistani-American, University of Chicago scholar, Fazlur Rahman, Nurcholish Madjid was as well known in his native Indonesia as Fethullah Gülen is in Turkey. In fact ...
The first Indonesian president that came to power through democratic elections, former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, hailed the success of Turkish schools. Fethullah Gülen's views opened new ...
... thnic or religious background. "The religion of Islam gives the same value to all humans, and calls them servants of the Most Compassionate One ('Ibad al-Rahman)."[29] It also accepts universalism by ...
... as Tarik, Muhammet Bastin alias Abdulmelik, Metin Bak alias Abdulmetin, Abdurrahman Taskiran, Fehmi Kocakli alias Muhammed Emin and two individuals using the code names Ismail and Murat. The report als ...
... ursi, Abdurrahman Vahid, Nurholis Mecid from the Sunni wing and Seyyid Hussein Nasr, Abdulkerim Surus and Mohammed Khatami wrote many important articles on the issue. "Dialogue among civilizations" has ...
... revealed Scriptures out of His Compassion for humanity. While mentioning His blessings upon humanity, He begins:
All-Merciful. He taught the Qur'an, created humanity, and taught it speech. (Al-Rahma ...
... and Omar Ibn Mahmud Abu Omar (alias Abu Qatadah) have been placed along side these; likewise some Saudis, such as Abdurrahman al-Ezdi and Abdulaziz al-Cerbu have also interpreted al-Qaeda. The most influentia ...
... Scriptures out of His compassion for humanity. For this reason, while mentioning His blessings upon humanity in Sura al-Rahman (the All-Merciful), He begins: Al-Rahman. He taught the Qur'an, created humanity ...
... of Ibn 'Abbas. He spent the day preaching Islam and the night praying. He fought against Hajjaj on the side of 'Abd al-Rahman al-Kindi. When finally he was seized, the soldiers taking him to Hajjaj s ...
... Tufayl ibn 'Amr, the chief of his tribe. When he emigrated to Madina, the Messenger was busy with the Khaybar campaign. He joined him in Khaybar. The Messenger changed his name, 'Abd al-Shams, to 'Abd al-R ...
... he four Rightly Guided Caliphs (Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, and 'Ali), and the rest of the ten who were promised Paradise while still alive (Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam, Abu 'Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf ...
... enger to Abu Rafi' was handed down to Abu Bakr ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Harith, one of the Tabi'un. [6] A leading scholar of that generation, Mujahid ibn Jabr, saw 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr's compilation Al-Sah ...