 ... thenceforth free and independent, it seems to advance rapidly on the road of progress and science, whereas Muslim society has not yet freed itself from the tutelage of religion. Realizing, however, that the Christian religion preceded the Muslim religion...  An Islamic Reformation? - Page 4edited by - 2004 - 209 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Mangol Bayat - History - 1991 - 327 pages
...more than the Moslem East, he expressed his hope that the "Mohammadan society will succeed some day in breaking its bonds and marching resolutely in the path of civilization after the manner of Western society."26 Aqaev devoutly followed that argument, publishing his own series of articles in the Parisian... | |
 | Larry Poston - Religion - 1992 - 231 pages
...overtake the West by imitating it. Jamal al-DTn al-Afgham, for instance, proclaimed his hope "that Islam will succeed someday in breaking its bonds and marching...the path of civilization after the manner of Western society. ... In truth, the Muslim religion has tried to stifle science and stop its progress."11 Such... | |
 | Charles Kurzman - History - 2002 - 408 pages
...many centuries. I cannot keep from hoping that Muhammadan society will succeed someday in hreaking its bonds and marching resolutely in the path of civilization after the manner of Western society. for which the Christian faith. despite its rigors and intolerance. was not at all an invincible... | |
 | Zachary Lockman - History - 2004 - 340 pages
...between dogma and free investigation, between religion and philosophy." But, al-Afghani went on, "I cannot keep from hoping that Muhammadan society will...the path of civilization after the manner of Western society, for which the Christian faith, despite its rigors and intolerance, was not at all an invincible... | |
 | Hunt Janin - Religion - 2005 - 240 pages
...progress and science, whereas Muslim society has not yet freed itself from the tutelage of religion.... I cannot keep from hoping that Muhammadan society will...the path of civilization after the manner of Western society.... No, I cannot admit that this hope be denied to Islam.36 Al-Afghani strongly believed that... | |
 | Joseph A. Massad - Social Science - 2008 - 470 pages
...however, that the Christian religion preceded the Muslim religion in the world by many centuries, I cannot keep from hoping that Muhammadan society will...the path of civilization after the manner of Western society, for which the Christian faith, despite its rigors and intolerance, was not at all an invincible... | |
 | Anthony Pagden - History - 2008 - 576 pages
...nationalism in the hope as al-Afghani had put it, 'that Islam, while still being Islam, will succeed some day in breaking its bonds and marching resolutely in the...path of civilization, after the manner of Western society'.792 But their bright young nationalist vision had been betrayed and its visionaries had been... | |
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