Salam 'Alaykum,
Where in the U.S. can I find a translation of Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi's "Answer to Modernism"? It sounds absolutely brilliant, but I can't find an English transation in any of the Islamic bookstores I know.
Wa al-Salam....
Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi's "Answer to Modernism"?
Salam 'Alaykum,
Where in the U.S. can I find a translation of Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi's "Answer to Modernism"? It sounds absolutely brilliant, but I can't find an English transation in any of the Islamic bookstores I know.
Wa al-Salam....
It is indeed.Originally Posted by Sad ibn Abu Waqqas
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I want to see this, anyone knows where the article is, i am a modernist, and will like to see how strong are his arguments.
what's a "modernist"?
and what are "modernists" called in arabic?
As'salamu 'Alaykum,
Fuad S. Naeem wrote an excellent article which outlines Maulana Thanvi's (ra) response to modernism called "A Traditional Islamic Response to the Rise of Modernism" in the text "Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition" by Joseph E.B. Lumbard. The text consists of Thanvi's quotes on this important topic.
Take care,
Abu Abdallah
QUOTE
The interaction of the subdued Islamic countries with the European powers resulted in two main types of reaction , fundamentalist Islam and modernist Islam. The fundamentalists developed from a tradition of militant (or at least strongly vocal) objection to any deviation from what was seen to be mainstream traditional Islam, a tradition which included such extreme figures as Ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1787) and more moderate reactionaries such as Hasan al-Banna (1906-1949). But not all fundamentalist Muslims were nationalists and not all nationalists were fundamentalists. Moreover, although the renewed contact with the West was a spur for many, not all fundamentalists were reacting against the European powers, Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, for instance, was an earlier figure , with other Muslim groups as his primary target for criticism.
An important strand of the modernist movement also was the nationalist yearning, expressed in different ways, whether achieving such a state through rejection of Western values, technology and philosophy, or by accretion of some ideas in order to develop further.
The essence of Islamic modernism was the desire to reinterpret Islam to meet the changing circumstances of contemporary life. Although no systematic reform has resulted from any section of the modernist movement, it has gained widespread influence across the Muslim lands. Through emphasis on ijtihad, (the right of interpreting the Quran and the sunna or of forming a new opinion by applying analogy, as opposed to taqlid, which was a submission stance towards the authority of revelation and tradition) Muslim thinkers sought to reverse the decline they saw in Islamic culture. They saw a method by which to achieve this through revivification by an integration of Western science (and some philosophy) with Islam, along with the assumption that both were reasonable and true, and thus compatible. END QUOTE
In arabic they are called alhadathiyoun or , or Al Ijtihadiyoun.
Al muhajabah website has an article regarding the various contemporary islamic movements today.
http://www.muhajabah.com/fieldguide.htm
For a more in depth look at tradition and modernity from an Islamic as well as an interfaith perspective see the following journals:
sacredweb.com
sophiajournal.com
Take care,
Abu Abdallah
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The translation is pretty decent.
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