The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment Author:Attar, Samar Islam is deemed by more

Islam is deemed by more than a billion Muslims to be a source of serenity and spiritual peace

and the methods of Hadith criticism (al-jarh wa al-ta'dil) and classification

What does the fourteenth-century North African traveler Ibn Battuta have in common with the American hip hopper Mos Def

capturing the imagination of outsiders and ultimately attracting the attention of hostile sovereigns who sacked the city three times and plundered it half a dozen more

The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment Author:Attar, Samar Islam is deemed by moreThe Vital Roots of European Enlightenment is a collection of essays dealing with the influence of Ibn Tufayl, a 12th century Arab philosopher from Spain, on major European thinkers. Had Edward Said known about the impact of Hayy Ibn Yaqzan on Europe throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, he might have reached different conclusions in his book Orientalism.