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Ideals and Realities of Islam by Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Ideals and Realities of Islam Seyyed Hossein Nasr ebook
Page: 249
Format: pdf
ISBN: 193063711X, 9781930637115
Publisher: ABC International Group, Inc.

In addition, higher education, particularly within the sphere of business and entrepreneurship are very much biased towards 'western theories' and 'ideals', which excludes the possibility that Islamic concepts can form an alternative and unique framework for the practice of business and .. It is written for the Western reader interested in Islam, and also for the Western-educated Muslim. Done after the real position in Islamic countries is analysed, i.e., how individuals, families, firms and governments actually behave, so the gap between ideals and reality can be measured and Islamic remedies developed. It is unfair to compare Islamic IDEALS to Western realities…and as far as Muslim realities go, if the West is a corpse, then we are so decayed only bones are left. Be careful of mixing up the ideal with the reality. Nasr, Ideals and Realities of Islam, London, 1966, chapter 1, 3 and 4 (trans. While some may disagree with Shad Saleem's “hybrid” terminology, he does identify a significant part of the problem: The confusion between ideals and realities. One non-Muslim writer once remarked how when talking to Muslims about Islam compared to the West, Muslims take the ideal of Islam and compare it to the reality of the West. €�We represent a moderate, centrist Muslim viewpoint. Venturi as Ideali e realita dell' Islam, Milan, 1974. Product DescriptionThis is the first of very few English books to treat Islam from its own point of view, from within the tradition. A revised and updated edition of the best-selling introduction to Islam written by one of the foremost scholars in the field. Ideals.and.Realities.of.Islam.pdf. It rejects the notion of a public/private dichotomy (by the way, absent in early Islamic jurisprudence, orfiqh) conceptualizing a holistic umma in which Quranic ideals are operative in all space. Or they assume an ISLAMIC IDEAL…which doesn't exist. I think there is definitely a wide gap between the Islamic ideal and the Muslim reality, but I don't think this is the only reason for this problem. The amoral society: General society has become amoral and lapsed in faith, believing that truth and reality is based on what can be touched, smelled, seen, heard and tasted. This is an important distinction.