Concerns on Philosophy in the Arab World: State of the Art

It is most unfortunate that the place of philosophy in our educational curricula is so humbled, made incapable of forming the minds and personalities of our students; and this is due to the foul treatment directed at philosophy conceptually, as a subject, and with...

Beauty and Aesthetics in Classical Islamic Thought: An Introduction

Plato once wrote in the Symposium that “if there is anything worth living for, it is to behold beauty”. Beauty has been at the heart of the Mediterranean philosophical tradition since Plato uttered these words. But the full scope of beauty for Plato included more than...

The Miraculous Nature of the Qur’an

The Qur’an includes a very peculiar claim, which differentiates it from all the other sacred books. In several verses with some difference in detail, God (Allah), as the speaker in the Qur’an, challenges all created beings, including humans and jinns, to bring about a...

Continuous Re-Creation: From Kalam Atomism to Contemporary Cosmology

Garden-variety (or ordinary) objects or bodies are seemingly the most concrete physical entities around us. However, throughout history people have attempted to uncover the reality which lies behind these appearances. In this context the atomistic view, which claims...