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Ibn Khaldun: His Life and Works |
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By: Dr Muhammad Hozien, Fri 15 October, 2010 |
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Dr Muhammad Hozien Abd al-Rahman ibn Khaldun, the well known historian and thinker from Muslim 14th-century North Africa, is considered a forerunner of original theories in social sciences and philosophy of history, as well as the author of original views in economics, prefiguring modern contributions. In the following detailed and documented article, Muhammad Hozien outlines the bio-bibliography of Ibn Khaldun and presents insights into his theories, especially by comparing his analysis with that of Thucydides, and by characterizing Ibn Khaldun's view on science and philosophy.
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Islam and the Origins of Contemporary Western Civilisation |
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By: FSTC Ltd , Thu 30 November, 2006 |
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The contemporary Western civilisation is a great florescence and a wide-spectrum development of the preceding Islamic civilisation. The Islamic civilisation was a ring in the eternal chain of human progress, which opened its heart and mind to preceding civilisations, whatever might have been their sources.
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Islamic Enlightenment |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 16 September, 2005 |
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The arrival of Islam in Arabia transformed society and culture in profound ways introducing new moral and intellectual vitality. This stays in the minds of Muslims across the word as the model enlightenment.
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Jewels of the Muslim Chinese Heritage |
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By: Mohammed Khamouch, Fri 31 March, 2006 |
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The prominence of Islam in China is fascinating and a surprise to many, with its long establishment of Muslim communities, a flourishing Islamic history, a spectacular Islamic cultural heritage and its many Mosques.
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Did Muslim Rulers play a part in the decline of Muslim Civilisation? |
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By: FSTC Limited, Wed 19 May, 2004 |
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Muslims stand responsible for their own decadence. After the early conquests, Islamic rule became very corrupt, and this considerably weakened the caliphate. Islam produced great leaders but also some weak ones, which combined over time to contribute to the slow decay of Muslim power. Al-Hakem I, who ruled Spain between 796 and 822, highlights this point.
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Were the Berbers and Seljuks instrumental in decline of Muslim Civilisation? |
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By: FSTC Limited, Wed 19 May, 2004 |
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It is actually a hostility to Berbers and Turks that explains their being blamed for the decadence of Islam. The Seljuk role, it could be said, was in actual fact instrumental in saving whole Islamic domains from total extinction.
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The Question is? Myths and Fallacies Surrounding the Decline of Muslim Civilisation |
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By: FSTC LImited, Wed 19 May, 2004 |
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Why did Islamic civilisation fall into decline? This article seeks to correct some misunderstandings and open the debate about what went wrong and what can be done to put it right.
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The Awakening of the Muslim Mind |
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By: S.P. Scott, Sun 21 July, 2002 |
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The genius of the Arabian people advanced rapidly in the path of civilization, while the dense and sluggish intellect of the northern barbarians, who, in their origin, were not less ignorant, remained stationary.
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Urban life in the Muslim World and Europe: a comparison |
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By: Quoted from S.P. Scott, Sun 21 July, 2002 |
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In no examples of the political and economic life of the Middle Ages or of subsequent times are such striking, such incredible, contrasts exhibited as in the annals of Mohammedan [Muslim]Spain and Catholic Europe.
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Humanity of the Muslim Caliphs |
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By: Quoted from E. Gibbon, Sun 21 July, 2002 |
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The courage of Abu Bakr, Omar, and Othman had indeed been tried in the persecution and wars of the prophet; and the personal assurance of paradise must have taught them to despise the pleasures and dangers of the present world.
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