Muslim Philosophy
1. Genesis and Development of Theological and Philosophical Thought in Islam
2. Muslim Theology:
a) Mutazilites:Five Principles, Naturalistic Ethics
b) Asharites: Divine Attributes, Createdness/Uncreatedness of the Quran,
Human Freedom
3. Sufism:
a) Origin of Sufism and its Characteristics
b) Metaphysics:Wahdat al Wajud and Wahdat al Shuhud
4. Muslim Philosophers:
a) Ibn Sina: Concept of Being,Doctrine of Emanation,Psychology
b) Al Ghazali:Method,Refutation of Philosophers
c) Ibn Rushd: Reconciliation between Philosophy and Religion, Theory of
Knowledge
d) Ibn Khaldun: Concept of History ,Refutation of Metaphysics
5. Modern Reconstructionists of Islamic Thought:
a) Shah Waliullah:Metaphysics, Social Philosophy
b) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan: God, Man and Universe, Concept of Religion and
Ethics
c) Allama Muhammad Iqbal: Epistemology , Doctrine of Ego, Concept of
Ijtehad
6. Contemporary Debates:
a) Religious Modernism
b) Religious Fundamentalism
c) Islamization of Knowledge
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