Biography

Al-Attas as a Public Intellectual and Cultural Critic

 Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas is a Malaysian philosopher who has worked as both a public intellectual and a cultural critic. Al-Attas puts forwa...

Abdul Rahman

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Interview

The Living Margins A Conversation on the History and Heritage of Taʿlīqāt in Kerala

Evident: When we come to the important questions related to Taʿlīqāt, the first thing we must ask about is its history — its origins, the related work...

Shahid Shareef Pappinisseri

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Thinkscape

The Mechanism: Fixed Core, Fluid Margins

 Historically, the Orientalist perspective on marginalia, specifically Hashiya and Ta’liqat, asserted the intellectual stagnation of Islamic scho...

Dr Jabirali Hudawi

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Cover Story

Rebutting the Modernist Critique: Dynamic, Cumulative, Conversational

 Discover how a single page of Islamic classical text evolved into a massive library of knowledge. Far from mere repetition, this rich tradition...

Ahmed Makhdoom Al Qadiri

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