before being an islamic thinker, saied qutb was a literary scholar and critic whose impressionistic character as an islamic thinker was partially because of his magic and eloquent expression. nonetheless many people still know him as an islamic thinker without being informed of his critical and literary approaches, so his works on criticism and literature are becoming forgotten. this paper is a...

One of the distinction between an ethical proposition and a proposition in Islamic Jurisprudence (Feqh) or Islamic Law is in their predicates. All three speak of the free action of human being as their subjects. Nature of human being discussed in this article according to Islamic point of view. Status of a gamete and nature of human being correlated to each other and affect to the conclusion. H...

This article pursues a topological reading of Milestones, one of the most influential books in the history of Islamism. Written by Muslim thinker Sayyid Qutb, the general interest in this crucial text has largely remained restricted to the fields of Islamic Studies and Security Studies. This article aims to make the case for assuming a philosophical standpoint, relocating its significance beyon...

as one of the most fundamental discourses of islamic humanism and islamic education system, inner nature (fiṭra) has always been of interest to muslim thinkers, philosophers, and educators. nevertheless, given the difference of the perspective and position that each thinker has adopted, various, and to some extent, different interpretations of fiṭra have been presented; therefore, the definitio...

The image of Roger Bacon as a 'modern' experimental scientist was propagated as historical truth in 19th century scientific historiography. Twentieth century criticisms attacked this tradition, arguing that Bacon was primarily a medieval philosopher with 'medieval' scientific interests. However, recent scholarship has provided a more careful and critical account of Bacon's science, and identifi...

Judgments about the locus of synchronic personal identity are often guided by the intuition that “I” am the thing that thinks, or minimally, that neither my body nor any part of it is a thinker distinct from me. Ted Sider argues in a series of articles that in order to reconcile this intuition with the principle of microphysical supervenience, we must accept ‘being a thinker’ as a maximal prope...

Background: The infants depend on their parents for growth and survival during the early years of life. Therefore, the parents play a key role in the preservation and improvement of the infants’ physical and psychological health. Religion is one of the most influential factors that affect parenting. Regarding this, the present study aimed to investigate the Islamic perspectives on parents' role...