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MY REVIEW WILL BE LATER INSHA ALLAH.

It is learnt from this chapter that the defect and failure of al-Afghani in his positive response to modern science is his false premise that this science is an exact continuation of Islamic science and is value-free intellectual and cultural enterprise.

On al-Afghanis's argument that modern science is value-neutral or universal character is only valid when it is distinct from philosophical assumptions and interpretations concerning physical reality, which constitute the foundation of the knowledge.

CHAPTER 10: Muslim Intellectual Responses to Modern Science and Technology.

Chapter 8: Umar Khayyam's Criticism of Euclid's Theory of Parallels

Ibn Rushd works on Philosophical interpretation of nature has transmitted into Latin which later on become the school of Averroism. This school has misunderstood and misinterpreted Ibn Rushd. The result is that this Averroism brought about the sowing of seeds of secularization and the cosmos and the seeds of confrontation between faith and reason.

Chapter 7: The Influence of Islamic Science on Medieval Christian Conceptions of Nature....I'll try to finish this book despite of intricacies.

Chapter 6: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Islamic Medicine.

From the Chapter 5, the author neutralizes the classic encounter of two great minds about 'the laws of nature' and the causality of things or objectivity of nature; Al-Ghazzali and Ibn Rushd. The former is on theological perspective while the latter is on scientific perspective. Both have a significant contribution to the intellectual universe of Islam. Both have enriched Islam's intellectual culture.

I have come to know from this chapter that Atomism of kalam has become the dominant 'philosophy of nature' in Sunni theology. Another important revelation to me is that the earliest theological and political debates, there emerged sectarian groups like that of MURJI'ITES, QADARITE'S and KHAWARIJ.So, the sectarian divides are derived from these hot debates. Alhmdulillah for this new knowledge."

I have come to know from this chapter that Atomism of kalam has become the dominant 'philosophy of nature' in Sunni theology. Another important revelation to me is that the earliest theological and spiritual debates, there emerged sectarian groups like that of MURJI'ITES, QADARITE'S and KHAWARIJ.So, the sectarian devide is derived from these hot debates. Alhmdulillah for this new knowledge.

CHAPTER 5: THE ATOMISTIC CONCEPTION OF NATURE IN ASH'ARITE THEOLOGY...The struggle continues, this is really a different world.

Im not wholly convinced on the Sufist's principle that acquiring the highest level of faith is the way to certainty or certitude of Reality. Their notion of INFALLIBLE IMAM always provokes my thought. From the previous chapter, it tells us that al-Ghazzali have reached the level HAQQ-AL-YAQIN that is free from error. I wanna see if the author give a space for explanation o

Im not wholly convinced on the Sufist's principle that acquiring the highest level of faith is the way to certainty or certitude of Reality. Their notion of INFALLIBLE IMAM always provokes my thought. From the previous chapter, it tells us that al-Ghazzali have reached the level HAQQ-AL-YAQIN that implies that this the level of certitude. I wanna see if the author give a space for explanation of this.

CHAPTER 4: The Unity of Science and Spiritual Knowledge: The Islamic Experience

Chapter 3: The Place of doubt in Islamic Epistemology: Al-Ghazzali's Philosophical Experience........IMstruggling with Philosophical and Mystical terms!!

my pace is so slow. I need to absorb terms that are not so used to me. Im dealing with philosophy, metaphysics, cosmos. things that I dont frequently encounter.

Chapter 3: The Question of Methodology in Islamic Science

RAMADHAN KAREEM TO ALL MY GOODREADS FRIENDS. MUBARAK ALAIKOM ASSHAHR WAKULLU AMIN WA ANTUM BIKHAYR.

What to read next?

headache the whole day. no progress

CHAPTER 2: The big, untold story- Part 1. The greatest spiritual awakening in the Middle east is underway.

CHAPTER 21: Talabani's Test (The insurgency, the syrge, and the future)....It's boring halfway but Ill try to finish.insha Allah.

I don't have urge to read now. Goodreads is a good sanctuary when this emotion attacks.

CHAPTER 17: Meet Hamid Karzai (The inside story of the first democratically elected president of Afghanistan)

I vehemently disagree with his definition of REFORMERS. He defined it a those Muslims who are secular in their approach to political and social change. This is totally unacceptable in Islamic perspective. To me, they are not REFORMERS but they are those who are westernized in thinking. Because there's no place of SECULAR APPROACH in ISLAM.

PART 2: The Reformers, Chapter 14: ISLAM IS THE ANSWER, BUT JIHAD IS NOT THE WAY.

Two facts that this book revealed to me. 1. One of Bin Lade's wives is a Palestinian origin. 2. Ahmadenijad's wife is a descendant of Prophet S.A.W. More bits of info to find out that make this book so interesting. but there is one thing for SURE, NOT EVERYTHING WE READ IS TRUE.

CHAPTER 13: THE ROAD AHEAD ( Conversation with the former director of Central Intelligence)