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Who was Muhammad Abduh and how did he influence the Muslim?
Muḥammad ʿAbduh, (born 1849, Nile delta area, Egypt—died July 11, 1905, near Alexandria), religious scholar, jurist, and liberal reformer, who led the late 19th-century movement in Egypt and other Muslim countries to revitalize Islamic teachings and institutions in the modern world.
What is modern Islam?
Islamic Modernism is a movement that has been described as “the first Muslim ideological response to the Western cultural challenge” attempting to reconcile the Islamic faith with modern values such as democracy, civil rights, rationality, equality, and progress.
Where is Sayed Jamaluddin Afghan from?
Kunar, Afghanistan
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani/Place of birth
When was Jamal ud Din Afghani born?
1838
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani/Date of birth
Why was Jamal al-Afghani important to Islam?
His stay there contributed greatly to his legend and posthumous influence as an Islamic reformer and a fighter against European domination.
Where did Jamal al Din al-Afghani study?
His early studies were pursued in Persia and Afghanistan where, by the age of eighteen, he had acquired an exceptionally thorough mastery of Islamic studies, philosophy, and science. The next year and a half, spent in India, introduced him to European teachings. He then made a pilgrimage to Mecca.
When did Jamal al-Afghani move to India?
In 1871, Al-Afghani moved to Egypt and began preaching his ideas of political reform. He was originally given an stipend by the Egyptian government, but due to his public attacks on France and England, he was exiled to India in August 1879, where he stayed in Hyderabad and Calcutta.
When did Dost Mohammad Khan rule in Afghanistan?
From the death in 1863 of the famous Dōst Moḥammad Khān, who had ruled for more than 20 years, Afghanistan had been the scene of civil wars occasioned by the quarrels of his sons over the succession.