PHILOSOPHY OF ISMA‘IL RAJI AL-FARUQI: LOOKING FOR THE NEOMODERNISM
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2018-14-2-165-182
Abstract
The article deals with the religio-philosophical conception of Ismail Raji al-Faruqi (1921–1986) — Palestinian-American researcher, one of the founders of Islamic Studies in the USA. Emphasis in this article was made on his views on the essence of Islam as “meta-religion”. Author analyses the evolution of his ideas and his views on the specificity of Islam, the Tawhid, the problem of free will and predestination, the mission of Muslim, the Islamic Word-Order etc. Author concludes that it is difficult to associate al-Faruqi with particular direction of Islamic thought and that his views in general can be characterized as a synthesis of Salafism and Neomodernism.
About the Author
D. V. Mukhetdinov
Moscow Islamic Institute;
Saint Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Cand. Sci. (Polit.), rector of Moscow Islamic Institute;
Professor of the Faculty of Asian and African Studies of Saint Petersburg State University
References
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For citations:
Mukhetdinov D.V. PHILOSOPHY OF ISMA‘IL RAJI AL-FARUQI: LOOKING FOR THE NEOMODERNISM. Islam in the modern world. 2018;14(2):165-182. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2018-14-2-165-182
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