Islam and Modernism

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Contents

1. 1 Front matter
2. 2 ISLAM
3. 3 MODERNISM p. 7
4. 4 PREFACE p. vi
5. 5 CONTENTS p. 159
6. 6 CONTENTS
7. 7 THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOURCES OF WESTERN MATERIALISM
8. 8 THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOURCES OF WESTERN MATERIALISM pp. 2–13
9. 9 MODERN PHILOSOPHY:
10. 10 MODERN PHILOSOPHY: ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND CONSEQUENCES pp. 15–19
11. 11 CAN ISLAM BE RECONCILED WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
12. 12 CAN ISLAM BE RECONCILED WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY? pp. 21–37
13. 13 THE FALLACY OF MODERNISM pp. 38–28
    • disbelief and outright heresy. If they could have their way, they would spare nothing.
14. 14 ISLAM AND CONTEMPORARY HERESIES
15. 15 ISLAM AND CONTEMPORARY HERESIES pp. 30–31
16. 16 THE SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF
17. 17 THE SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF pp. 33–39
    • A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE “SPIRIT OF ISLAM” BY AMEER ALI
18. 18 A MODERN APPROACH TO ISLAM p. 52
19. 19 A MODERN APPROACH TO ISLAM[^1] pp. 53–54
    • If we go our own way and follow our own desires and impulses, then we are nothing more than Kafirs, pure and simple. Only those who go God’s way by obeying the Holy Quran and the Sunnah in their entirety as infallible divine guidance, can rightfully claim to be Muslims. One need not read beyond the first paragraph of this book to know which alternative the author has chosen.
    • SIR SAYYID AHMAD KHAN—THE PIONEER OF MODERNISM IN THE MUSLIM WORLD
20. 20 ZIYA GOKALP—THE FORERUNNER OF MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK pp. 57–74
21. 21 MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK-AN APPRAISAL OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS p. 75
22. 22 MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK-AN APPRAISAL OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS pp. 65–72
23. 23 SHAIKH MUHAM1\1AD ABDUR p. 73
24. 24 SHAIKH MUHAMMAD ABDUH pp. 74–86
    • DR. TAHA HUSSAIN-THE IDOL OF EGYPT’S INTELLIGENTSIA
    • If there has never been a single civilization existing from “times immemorial” in Europe, how much less is this true of the Far East.
25. 25 THE "ISLAMIC" SECULARISM OF SHAIKH KHALID MUHAMMAD KHALID\ p. 88
26. 26 THE "ISLAMIC" SECULARISM OF SHAIKH KHALID MUHAMMAD KHALID pp. 89–91
27. 27 I pp. 93–99
    • magnanimity…..”
    • spirit …. (p. 47). Spirituality does not start in vacuo.
    • the priesthood have it and keep it (p. 60) …. This wrong has driven the recent convention of ambassadors in London to write in their proceedings and release to the world press the following statement: “The peoples of the Middle East are still leading a primitive life and are violently being driven backwards by the forces of reactionism. . .. There are only two states of the Middle East which join in the race for development and progress-Turkey and Israel” (p. 158).
28. 28 ISLAM AND ARAB NATIONALISM pp. 100–107
29. 29 THE NECESSITY FOR A RE-EVALUATION OF ISLAMIC HISTORY
30. 30 THE NECESSITY FOR A RE-EVALUATION OF ISLAMIC HISTORY pp. 121–126
31. 31 THE DOGMA OF "PROGRESS" - OUR DEADLIEST ENEMY pp. 127–123
32. 32 THE FUTILITY OF APOLOGETICS- THE CAUSE OF OUR DECAY AND WHAT WE MUST DO ABOUT IT pp. 125–142
33. 33 APPENDIX
34. 34 APPENDIX pp. 144–153
35. 35 Economic Development and Moral Values pp. 157–1958
36. 36 BIBLIOGRAPHY p. 160
37. 37 Chapter III.-Can Islam be Reconciled with the Spirit of the Twentieth Century?
38. 38 Chapter IV.-The Fallacy of Modernism:
39. 39 Chapter V.-Islam and Contemporary Heresies:
40. 40 Chapter VI.-The Spirit of Unbelief - A Critical Analysis of "The Spirit of Islam":
    • Chapter VII.-A Modern Approach to Islam:
41. 41 Chapter VIII.-Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan-The Pioneer of Modernism in the Muslim World: p. 161
42. 42 Chapter IX.-Ziya Gokalp-the Forerunner of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk:
43. 43 Chapter X.-Mustafa Kemal Ataturk:-An Appraisal of his Life and Works:
44. 44 Chapter XI.-Shaikh Muhammad Abduh:
45. 45 Chapter XII.-Dr. Taha Hussain: The Idol of Egypt's Intelligentsia:
46. 46 Chapter XIII.-The "Islamic" Secularism of Shaikh Khalid Muhammad Khalid:
47. 47 Chapter XIV.-Islam and Arab Nationalism:
48. 48 Chapter XV.-"Islamic" Nationalism:
49. 49 Chapter XVI.-The Necessity for a Re-evaluation of Islamic History:
50. 50 Chapter XVII.-The Dogma of "Progress"-Our Deadliest Enemy:
51. 51 Chapter XVIII.-The Futility of Apologetics:
52. 52 Appendix p. 171

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