Mu’tazila – Defenders of Reason in Islam

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By Joel D. Hirst At the very beginning of Islamic theological history a group of mutakalliman (the word for theologian in Islamic tradition) in Baghdad and Basra, in an attempt to defend their new religion from external detractors and internal corruption, developed “the first systematic thought-out creed for Islam”; the kalam (theology) called the Mu’tazila. The…

August 24, 2015

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Call for Papers: Authority, Agency and Islam

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Call for Papers for an edited volume on: Authority, Agency and Islam Introduction The relationship between Muslims and the world is in crisis-mode, and the effects are felt in many ways and in many different instances. One of the themes that often succumbs to ideological cooptation is the issue of authority in Islam and for Muslims. What…

February 17, 2015

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