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Islamic Theology

The Golden Age Of Islam

Sasha Brookner | Posted 03.26.2013 | Religion
Read More: Prophet Muhammad, Islam, Egalitarian Islam, History of Islam, Islamic Theology, Golden Age of Islam, Middle Ages, Slideexpand, Religion News
Sasha Brookner

There was a Golden Age to Islam once -- a Muslim Renaissance so magnificent, famous, cosmopolitan and cerebral that it's borders didn't always bleed. This era unequivocally produced some of the most enlightened thinkers throughout the Islamic Diaspora.

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Scripture, Science and Self in Islam

Peter Ochs, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Islamic Philosophy, Islam, Religion Science, Muslim Poet, Scripture Commentary, Islam and Evolution, Islam and Nature, Prophet Muhammad, Quran, Islamic Theology, Religion and Science, Muhammad Iqbal, Religion News
Peter Ochs, Ph.D.

What is Scripture? For the Muslim thinker Allama Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938), the answer concerns science as well as the Quran, reason as well as faith, poetry as well as prophecy.

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WaPo 'On Faith': The Deviant Theology Of Violent Extremists

washingtonpost.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Islamic Society of North America, American Muslims, Western Islam, Extremist Muslims, Islamic Theology, Western Muslims, Violence in Islam, Extremist Western Muslim, American Imam, Religion News

As an American imam at one of the largest mosques in the DC Metro area, I am greatly troubled by the new cases of violent extremism among Western Musl...

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The Problem Of Suffering: Muslim Theological Reflections

Sherman A. Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Islam, God, God Suffering, Muslim Theology, God Evil, God Omnipotence, Omnipotent God, Islamic Theology, Religion News
Sherman A. Jackson

If God is All-Good and All-Powerful, how do we explain the existence of evil? The problem of evil, especially human suffering, exercised classical Muslim theologians as much it does Western philosophers, theologians and scientists today.

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