ʿAbd al-Rāziq, ʿAlī

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ʿAbd al-Rāziq, ʿAlī

Egyptian scholar

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Islamic world
Reform and revival in the colonial period
…these thinkers, the Egyptian reformer ʿAlī ʿAbd al-Rāziq (1888–1966) claimed that Islam could not be the basis of a society’s political system. After direct revelation from God ended with Muhammad, al-Rāziq maintained, Islam could have only a spiritual function; the use of the religion for political aims could not be…
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…these thinkers, the Egyptian reformer ʿAlī ʿAbd al-Rāziq (1888–1966) claimed that Islam could not be the basis of a society’s political system. After direct revelation from God ended with Muhammad, al-Rāziq maintained, Islam could have only a spiritual function; the use of the religion for political aims could not be…
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