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Ibn Taymiyya on Islamic Governance
2011Ibn Taymiyya, the renowned medieval Hanbali jurist (d. 1328), is not an easy person to pigeonhole, although many have tried. Fazlur Rahman noted as far back as 1979 that Ibn Taymiyya had become the hero of reform movements “of various shades”—from conservative to progressive.1 Commenting on modern scholars’ interpretations of Ibn Taymiyya’s political ...
Banan Malkawi, Tamara Sonn
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Ibn Taymiyya (Makers of the Muslim World)
Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), 2021The prevailing trend of studies on Ibn Taymiyya in the Western scholarship has always been segmented in nature. It may have begun with Henri Laoust, who examined the scholar's social and political theories in his Essai (1939). Following him is a plethora of studies covering various aspects of Ibn Taymiyya, ranging from examinations of his life and ...
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Ibn Taymiyya’s Thought: Corpus, Reception, and Legacy explores the work, influence, and lasting impact of one of the most controversial and prolific figures in Islamic intellectual history: Taqī l-Dīn Aḥmad Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328). Adopting a clear and rigorous approach, this book traces the keystrands of Ibn Taymiyya’s thought and shows how his ...
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Ibn Taymiyya's Criticism of the Syllogism
islm, 2011Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine Ibn Taymiyya's criticism of Aristotelian logic, and to test the arguments he raises against it, as well as the theory he proposes as an alternative. Ibn Taymiyya tries to prove that Aristotelian logic cannot contribute to knowledge because it is based on metaphysical ...
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Ibn Taymiyya: against extremisms
Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 2012Ibn Taymiyya: against extremisms, texts translated, annotated and introduced by Yahya M. Michot, Beirut, Dar Albouraq, 2012, xxxii + 333 pp., €27.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-2-8416-1555-1 The fourteent...
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Nominal Definition in the Writings of Ibn Taymiyya
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 2009I endeavour in this article to present Ibn Taymiyya's theory of nominal definition as an alternative to logical definition. Ibn Taymiyya argues that nominal definition is based on concrete principles that are subject to experiment. Furthermore, the function of definition is akin to the ‘name’ because it aims at distinguishing any one object from others
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