🧵1/20 Michael Cook, Nicolai Sinai and @ccsahner hosted an excellent array of scholars at the University of Oxford with a conference on paganism within pre-Islamic Arabia. I will post summaries here on a few presentations even though all of the lectures were brilliant!
5/20 Ahmad al-Jallad challenged the conference’s central question itself. He argued that labels such as “monotheism,” “polytheism,” and “henotheism” are more modern categories requiring careful interpretation rather than being self-evident descriptions of historical communities.
a caliphate seal from southern Jaffa, 7th century; belongs to caliph Abdul Malik ibn Marwan, written “Palestine فلسطين” on one side, and the other “to the servant of God, commander of the faithfuls, there is no God but Allah and Mohammad is his prophet”
@SiriusXSimurgh@PetalsnSteel With all due respect most arguments against Amal Ahl Al Madinah whether by Ibn Hazm or Al Shaybani have either been adresses or accepted within the Maliki school. I would advice that you read the works of the Malikiyyah than shit post online on the Usul of a great Imam.
@GuureSiciid Well then we need to change that perspective or the methodology when looking at this issue, the solution is not denying that any connections between the Quran and extra Judeo-Christian literature exists.
Why are people especially Muslims so sensitive to the idea that the Quran could have actually interacted with a text that was in its late antiquity sphere. Most of the texts mentioned in this book, at least with the new data we have from manuscripts date them to before the Quran.
These "AI beginner" courses are such scams, like fym that theres a whole "science" to writing prompts?? Older folks are just eating everything up like its some established science that will make a revolution when its just a model trained on already established data.
🧵 In “Can AI Be Conscious? An Islamic Philosophical Perspective,” Dr. @RamonIHarvey explores consciousness, personhood, the soul, and whether Islamic intellectual traditions offer resources for thinking about artificial intelligence in a serious and nuanced way. (1/14)
Worth pointing out that I met Dawkins at a recent lecture by philosopher of mind Ned Block on AI, consciousness and biology at Oxford. Dawkins admitted the talk went over his head 🤔
I am happy to finally share that The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Reform has finally been published.
This project took five long years and brings together over 55 scholars to show the full range of responses, attempts, and understandings of Islamic reform.