Major trends of Muslim responses to the challenges of modernity

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

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	2231/22035
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP173.63 Islam and civil society
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
Depositing User:	Mrs Maznah Zakaria
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2012 10:40
Last Modified:	03 Jul 2013 12:20
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/22035

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