Let me now propose a view on how the articulation between modern science and religion can be addressed in the Islamic tradition. I would like…
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Seek knowledge even if it is in China
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Arab-Muslim Civilization in the Mirror of the Universal: Philosophical Perspectives
The 34 pedagogical sheets assembled in this publication elucidate in a detailed way the large intellectual, spiritual, artistic and political foundations on which the Arab-Muslim…
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