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Analysis of Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
Title: Analysis of Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
Category: Society & Culture / People
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Analysis of Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
ABU HAMID AL-GHAZALI
Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE) is regarded by scholars as an Islamic intellectual giant. He is one of the greatest teachers and interpreters of Islam, other than Muhammad. Born in 1058 CE in Tus, (in what is now known as Khorasan, Iran), he was a well educated man, having been taught in school in his early adulthood, studying under a distinguished theologian, al-Juwayni in Nishapur. Because of his privileged upbringing and intellectual capabilities at …showed first 75 words of 682 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 682 total…of Islam” and “Renewer of Islam” (mujaddid) He believed that a true Muslim should never lose sight of the reasons for practicing Islam. By interpreting and utilising the power of philosophy, Al-Ghazali was able to present his personal views against his critics, and by combining faith and logic together, it is probably the most paramount reason on why his work has survived today and is incorporated in the works of other Islamic teachers and interpreters.
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