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Faith and Reason in Islam Averroes’ Exposition of Religious Arguments

Ibrahim Y. Najjar and Majid Fakhry Introduction I Abu’l-Walid Ibn Rushd, known in European sources as Averroes, was born in Cordova, Spain, in 1126 C.E. He studied Arabic letters (Adab), jurisprudence (Fiqh), Kalam, medicine and philosophy with a number of teachers, some of whose names are given in the sources. In 1169, he was introduced […]

Being and Language in Averroes’ “Tahafut At-Tahafut”

MASSIMO CAMPANINI Rationalism is one of the main issues which tends to be raised in interpreting Averroes’ thought. Whoever tries to define Averroes as a rationalist, makes him basically a follower of the Greek heritage (and so, in the end, a “Western” scholar). Indeed, Averroes himself offered the opportunity for this assumption because of his […]

Trafficking Cermin Bangsa Indonesia

“Koran Sindo (15/03/08) merilis berita ‘pengamanan’ satu dari enam korban korban perdagangan manusia (trafficking in persons) untuk mendapatkan perawatan medis di RS Paru-Paru batu. Empat lainnya sudah dipulangkan ke rumah masing-masing (tanpa penyebutan daerah asalnya) dan satu orang lagi ditampung di rumah salah satu pejabat Kota Batu. Dari berita itu, akhirnya Ketua Tim Penggerak PKK […]

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