“As the various translation projects got underway in Spain and in Southern Europe, it became obvious that Christian as well as Jewish philosophy had much to gain and to question by the enormous ...

The intellectual history of Islam is characterised by a very rich diversity of ideas. This is not only evident from traditional writings handed down in Islamic tradition but also from scholars ...

The move towards a global philosophy may signal a turn towards decolonisation in knowledge, especially in the study of humanities, setting it free from the shackles of colonialist epistemology, said ...

Professor of Philosophy and Theology also adds that “The immense impact of Islamic philosophy on western philosophy during the medieval period influenced virtually all of the philosophical disciplines ...

“Philosophy in the Islamic World” is the third in a series of books based on Peter Adamson’s popular “A history of philosophy without any gaps” podcasts. Examining the development of philosophical ...

An introduction to philosophy in classical and modern Islamic contexts. Authors may include al‑Fārābī, ibn Sīnā, ibn Tufayl, al‑Ghazālī, and ibn Rushd (classical); Muhammad Iqbal, Rokeya Sakhawat ...

Sadr al-Din Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Yahya Qawami Shirazi (ca. 1571–1636) is arguably the most significant Islamic philosopher after Avicenna. Best known as Mulla Sadra, he was later given the title of ...

I LIVE in Canada but often visit Pakistan. I notice two types of differences in how Islam is practised in the two countries. The first is a much wider range of practices in Canada than in Pakistan.

A bisexual male student at the University of Texas–San Antonio said during an informal conversation outside class that he was uncomfortable with Islam because people still receive the death penalty ...

It is commonplace to argue that the problem of Islamist terrorism and extremism would be solved if only Islam reformed itself and became more liberal. But is that right—or even possible? From ...