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Why Ramadan is one of the holiest months for Muslims
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Find out why Eid al-Fitr is also called the Festival of Breaking Fast
Averroës Spain: Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba
Explore the history behind the Islamic shrine Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
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Islamic theology (kalām) and philosophy (falsafah) are two traditions of learning developed by Muslim thinkers who were engaged, on the one hand, in the rational clarification and defense of the principles of the Islamic religion (mutakallimūn) and, on the other, in the pursuit of the ancient (Greek and Hellenistic, or Greco-Roman) sciences (falāsifah). These thinkers took a position that was intermediate between the traditionalists, who remained attached to the literal expressions of the primary sources of Islamic doctrines (the Qurʾān, Islamic scripture; and the Hadith, sayings and traditions of the Prophet Muhammad) and who abhorred reasoning, and those whose reasoning ...(100 of 27715 words)

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