Sh. Al-Amin B. Ali Mazrui and Islamic Modernizm in East Africa, 1875–1947

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8968089
AutoresRandhall L Pouwels
Año1981
Volumen13
Número3
Páginas329-345
Fecha de publicación1981-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020743800053459
OpenAlexW1972210915
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15
Referencias citadas18

Throughout its history, Islam was influenced by the nature and extent of its contacts with other religions. It began as a relatively simple set of beliefs and practices fully circumscribed by Quranic injunctions and the example ( sunna ) of the Prophet Muhammad. But because it was cast into an adversary position with Byzantine Christianity, many of its institutions were developed from early times on in response to the intellectual confrontation thus generated. Consequently, by the tenth century Islam had evolved a highly refined theological foundation

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