“A man of two worlds: West and East, intelligently at ease in both but at peace with neither.”

Back online (0)

6/2/2007
- Ismail Faruqi Online is back online again after being down for two days due to a technical issue with the server. We have contacted our hosting provider and they have resolved the issue. If you have difficulties accessing the site for the past few days, we apologize for the inconvenience caused. There will be new updates and we will post more... Read More

New features added (0)

27/1/2007
- We have made some changes and added new features to Ismail Faruqi Online in order to enhance reader experience when visiting this website. This includes a Related Articles list in every article page and the Bookmark function for readers to add their favourite articles to social bookmarking websites. We hope that you will enjoy these new additional... Read More

Dr. Isma’il al-Faruqi’s approach to “Islamization of Knowledge” (3)

25/1/2007
- Dr. Isma'il al-Faruqi attempted to articulate an Islamic worldview by fortifying it with rational and scientific arguments. In the latter part of his career, he became more and more concerned with the spiritual aspects of Islam. He advocated a radical Islamization of new knowledge. He recognized that the crisis of the modern world was the crisis of... Read More

Islam and Christianity: Diatribe or Dialogue? (0)

25/1/2007
- This is not the place to review the history of Christian-Muslim relations. This history may now be read in the erudite works of Norman Daniel. The reading is sad and agonizing. The conclusion which may be safely drawn from this history is that Christianity's involvement with the Muslim World was so full of misunderstanding, prejudice, and hostility... Read More

Defining Islamic Traditionalism: First Principles in the Islamization of Thought (0)

23/1/2007
- The great task facing Muslim intellectuals and leaders is to recast the whole legacy of human knowledge from the standpoint of Islam. The vision of Islam would not be a vision unless it is a vision of something, namely, life, reality, and the world. That vision is the object of study of various disciplines. To recast knowledge as Islam relates to... Read More

News item on Faruqi’s murder (0)

23/1/2007
- Scouring the World Wide Web, we came across this news article from 1986 archives reporting the murder of Dr. Faruqi and his wife on the day it happened. Truly, it was a sad day when this unfortunate incident happened. May Dr. Faruqi and his wife be received into His Jannah for their service to Islam, insha'allah.... Read More

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