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  2. Encyclopaedia of Islam - Wikipedia

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    The Encyclopaedia of Islam ( EI) is a reference work that facilitates the academic study of Islam. It is published by Brill and provides information on various aspects of Islam and the Islamic world. It is considered to be the standard reference work in the field of Islamic studies. [1] The first edition was published in 1913–1938, the second ...

  3. Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas - Wikipedia

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    Islamisation of knowledge. Syed Muhammad al Naquib bin Ali al-Attas ( Arabic: سيد محمد نقيب العطاس Sayyid Muḥammad Naqīb al-ʿAṭṭās; born 5 September 1931) is a Malaysian Muslim philosopher. He is one of the few contemporary scholars who is thoroughly rooted in the traditional Islamic sciences and studies theology ...

  4. Quraish Shihab - Wikipedia

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    www .quraishshihab .com. Muhammad Quraish Shihab ( Arabic: محمّد قريش شهاب; Muḥammad Qurayš Šihāb; born 16 February 1944) is an Indonesian Muslim scholar in the sciences of the Qur'an, an author, an Academic Scholar, and former Minister of Religious Affairs in the Fourth Development Cabinet (1998). He is the older brother of ...

  5. Ibn al-Haytham - Wikipedia

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    Ibn al-Haytham. Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham ( Latinized as Alhazen; / ælˈhæzən /; full name Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham أبو علي، الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; c. 965 – c. 1040) was a medieval mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age from present-day Iraq.

  6. Islam - Wikipedia

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    Islam ( / ˈɪzlɑːm, ˈɪzlæm / IZ-la (h)m; [7] Arabic: ٱلْإِسْلَام, romanized : al-Islām, IPA: [alʔɪsˈlaːm], lit. 'submission [to the will of God]') is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

  7. History of Islam - Wikipedia

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    The history of Islam concerns the political, social, economic, military, and cultural developments of the Islamic civilization.Most historians believe that Islam originated with Muhammad's mission in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th century CE, although Muslims regard this time as a return to the original faith passed down by the Abrahamic prophets, such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses ...

  8. Islam and secularism - Wikipedia

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    Definition. Secularism is an ambiguous concept that can be understood to refer to a number of policies and ideas— anticlericalism, atheism, state neutrality toward religion, the separation of religion from state, banishment of religious symbols from the public sphere, or disestablishment (separation of church and state, [4] although Islam has ...

  9. Outline of Islam - Wikipedia

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    Islam. Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion teaching that there is only one God ( Allah) [1] and that Muhammad is His last Messenger. [2] [3] The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Islam.