Guest guest Posted September 17, 2001 Report Share Posted September 17, 2001 Namaste, Al Ghazali's philosophical writings should prove as potent as Rumi's poetry. http://www.btinternet.com/~petergreenland/al-ghazali.chapterfour.htm Ghazali in Ihya strictly warned Muslims against this and not being associated with `Things Destructive (10)'. Further in Munqidh he scathingly dismissed violent acts as politics which are ` (merely) based on considerations of worldly and governmental advantage (11)'. Violent actions in Ghazali's view were not only morally wrong and against the sayings of Muhammad but also, inwardly, harmful to the violators. In The Beginning of Guidance (Bidayat al-Hiddayah) Ghazali advised Muslims, by quoting from The Prophet's sayings, that `the real Holy War or Jihad is the warfare against one's passions (12)'. Regards, sunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2001 Report Share Posted September 21, 2001 I wonder how many Arabs, Saudis, Palestinians, and Pakistanis know about Ghazali! -- Vis - <sunderh <advaitin> Monday, September 17, 2001 7:25 PM Al Ghazali > Namaste, > > Al Ghazali's philosophical writings should prove as potent as > Rumi's poetry. > > http://www.btinternet.com/~petergreenland/al-ghazali.chapterfour.htm > > Ghazali in Ihya strictly warned Muslims against this and not being > associated with `Things Destructive (10)'. Further in > Munqidh he scathingly dismissed violent acts as politics which are ` > (merely) based on considerations of worldly and > governmental advantage (11)'. Violent actions in Ghazali's view were > not only morally wrong and against the sayings of > Muhammad but also, inwardly, harmful to the violators. In The > Beginning of Guidance (Bidayat al-Hiddayah) Ghazali > advised Muslims, by quoting from The Prophet's sayings, that `the real > Holy War or Jihad is the warfare against one's > passions (12)'. > > > > Regards, > > sunder > > > > > Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. > Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ > To Post a message send an email to : advaitin > Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages > > > > Your use of is subject to > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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