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mohaammed amin-almagrebi's avatar

very very eye opening. But would you agree that atharis (apart from ibn taymiyya) generally were much stricter against kalam and mantiq and as a result had less contribution in field comparetive religion or what i call apolegetic intelectual contributions to islam? in other creedal school we find al Ghazali, baqillani, a razi, ibn hazm, juwayni

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Islamic Discourse's avatar

Despite not being completely detached, Kalam and Mantiq should be viewed separately. They should also be defined clearly before determining whether a certain scholar was against or for it. Ibn Taymiyyah was certainly unique in the Athari school in terms of how he defended and fleshed out already established positions. A lot can be said. I have a friend who's currently writing up on this topic and should be publishing it in the near future inshallah.

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