Major trends of Muslim responses to the challenges of modernity

Modernity has been posing serious challenges to the Muslim world and its society since the eighteenth century. However, these challenges took on a more definite shape in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The challenges were complex and covered all facets of Muslim life. Thi...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rahim, Adibah, Abdul Rahman, Amilah
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Language:English
Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2011
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spelling iium-220352013-07-03T04:20:39Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22035/ Major trends of Muslim responses to the challenges of modernity Abdul Rahim, Adibah Abdul Rahman, Amilah BP173.63 Islam and civil society Modernity has been posing serious challenges to the Muslim world and its society since the eighteenth century. However, these challenges took on a more definite shape in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The challenges were complex and covered all facets of Muslim life. This paper tries to explore how Muslims can respond effectively to those challenges posed by modernity, and what are the main responses of modernity formulated over the past century. The response to the challenges of modernity, in fact, may be considered as one of the characteristics of Islam as a religion that has always shown a living awareness of contemporary intellectual issues. International Islamic University Malaysia 2011-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22035/1/2-Major_Trends_of_Muslim_-_new_footnote.pdf Abdul Rahim, Adibah and Abdul Rahman, Amilah (2011) Major trends of Muslim responses to the challenges of modernity. Journal of Islam in Asia, Spcl (1). pp. 275-293. ISSN 1823-0970 http://www.iium.edu.my/jiasia/ojs-2.2/index.php/Islam
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Major trends of Muslim responses to the challenges of modernity
description Modernity has been posing serious challenges to the Muslim world and its society since the eighteenth century. However, these challenges took on a more definite shape in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The challenges were complex and covered all facets of Muslim life. This paper tries to explore how Muslims can respond effectively to those challenges posed by modernity, and what are the main responses of modernity formulated over the past century. The response to the challenges of modernity, in fact, may be considered as one of the characteristics of Islam as a religion that has always shown a living awareness of contemporary intellectual issues.
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title Major trends of Muslim responses to the challenges of modernity
title_short Major trends of Muslim responses to the challenges of modernity
title_full Major trends of Muslim responses to the challenges of modernity
title_fullStr Major trends of Muslim responses to the challenges of modernity
title_full_unstemmed Major trends of Muslim responses to the challenges of modernity
title_sort major trends of muslim responses to the challenges of modernity
publisher International Islamic University Malaysia
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/22035/
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