A Late Nineteenth Century Muslim Response to the Western Criticism of Islam-An Analysis of Amir ‘Ali’s Life and Works

There were more than one scholar in the nineteenth century Muslim world working for the development of the community through their writings and political activities. Justice Sayyid Amir ‘Ali was one of them in the Indian sphere of Islam. This article attempts to determine 'Ali's position...

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Autor principal:	Abdullah Ahsan
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Publicado:	International Institute of Islamic Thought 1985
Materias:	Islam BP1-253
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:380cf2f200af4a6aba9b2c0ba9729f372021-12-02T17:47:12ZA Late Nineteenth Century Muslim Response to the Western Criticism of Islam-An Analysis of Amir ‘Ali’s Life and Works2690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/380cf2f200af4a6aba9b2c0ba9729f371985-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/2914https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 There were more than one scholar in the nineteenth century Muslim world working for the development of the community through their writings and political activities. Justice Sayyid Amir ‘Ali was one of them in the Indian sphere of Islam. This article attempts to determine 'Ali's position within the development of Muslim community in India. Our aim is to examine ‘Ali’s views of Islam critically in order to find out the values he aimed at. We are not concerned with giving our views of Islam on the issues ‘Ali dealt with, but rather we will try to determine how his interpretation of Islam contributed to the development of Muslims in India. I The wave of modernity in the Indian sub-continent, in the sense of western technological development and philosophical ideas, was caused by British imperialism in the nineteenth century! Christian missionary activities also played a remarkable role in achieving this goal. The Muslims of India, however, considered the Christian missionary attitude of identifying western material development with Christianity as a challenge that was reflected through the intellectual activities of Muslim scholars. Their response was an attempt to absorb, transform, reject or adjust their belief system to the forces of ... Abdullah AhsanInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 2, Iss 2 (1985)
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description	There were more than one scholar in the nineteenth century Muslim world working for the development of the community through their writings and political activities. Justice Sayyid Amir ‘Ali was one of them in the Indian sphere of Islam. This article attempts to determine 'Ali's position within the development of Muslim community in India. Our aim is to examine ‘Ali’s views of Islam critically in order to find out the values he aimed at. We are not concerned with giving our views of Islam on the issues ‘Ali dealt with, but rather we will try to determine how his interpretation of Islam contributed to the development of Muslims in India. I The wave of modernity in the Indian sub-continent, in the sense of western technological development and philosophical ideas, was caused by British imperialism in the nineteenth century! Christian missionary activities also played a remarkable role in achieving this goal. The Muslims of India, however, considered the Christian missionary attitude of identifying western material development with Christianity as a challenge that was reflected through the intellectual activities of Muslim scholars. Their response was an attempt to absorb, transform, reject or adjust their belief system to the forces of ...
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title	A Late Nineteenth Century Muslim Response to the Western Criticism of Islam-An Analysis of Amir ‘Ali’s Life and Works
title_short	A Late Nineteenth Century Muslim Response to the Western Criticism of Islam-An Analysis of Amir ‘Ali’s Life and Works
title_full	A Late Nineteenth Century Muslim Response to the Western Criticism of Islam-An Analysis of Amir ‘Ali’s Life and Works
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A Late Nineteenth Century Muslim Response to the Western Criticism of Islam-An Analysis of Amir ‘Ali’s Life and Works

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