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Book-On Secularism-By Farooque Chowdhury Contents Chapter Nine The Need of Evangelization Who should define themselves as secular, can Chapter One one be both secular and religious What and in What do secular jews On Secularism and Polities believe, secular Jews and Jewish Civilization, Jewish Secular Humanism. Definition of Secularism Historical Development of Secularism Chapter Ten th Secular Beliefs in 19 Century Impact of Secularism on Religious Belief and Practices, Islam and Secularism, Definition, Overview, History, Modern History, Influence, The Belief in the Innate goodness of men. Progress, Liberalism, Faith in Communist Influence, Secularism in Turkey, Secularism in Iran, Science, Capitalism, Democracy & Nationalism. secularism in Tunisia, Secularism in Egypt, Secularism in Syria, Secularism in Pakistan, Secularism in Lebanon. Chapter Two th Secularism in 20 Century, Application of secularism in the society. Chapter Eleven Impact of Secularism on individual, Impact of Secularism on Family, Evil Secularism and Religion a Critical Analysis of Secularism and influence of Secularism on Education, Evil influence of Secularism on the Authoritarianism. work, Evil influence of Secularism on International Relations. Chapter Twelve Chapter Three Modernism and secularism modernism: Characteristics, The Forces that The Concept of Secular Religion, Morality and Ethics, Secularism and shaped Modernism. Feminism, Historical Development of Feminism, Role of Mass Media, Modern Revolution, Feminism and Sexual Liberation, Freudian School Chapter Thirteen Nonfiction Sex Manuals, Secularism and Contraception. Secularism the Most Evil Philosophy Known to Human Government, The French Republic, Nazism, Communism and Marxism. The Spanish Chapter Four Inquisition a Comparison, Witch Hunting a Comparison, The Crusade- a Secularism and the Devils work: Feminism and the Elite Depopulation Comparison, The Second World War. Agenda. Chapter Fourteen Chapter Five Secularism and the Hinduism. The New Age Movement A Brief History of the New Age Movement the Present New Age Movement Who They are and What They Believe. Chapter Fifteen Secular Humanism and New Age Concerns. Chapter Six The Coming of Antichrist New Age of Occult. Chapter Sixteen Pope Benedict XVI Goes war Whit atheist extremism, Fight against Chapter Seven Secularism Unites Jews and Catholics. Post Secularism: The New Age Spirituality. Final Remarks: Chapter Eight The Pressure of Secularism. - 1 - Foreword journey in despair. Human knowledge can not be true if it negates the ultimate reality and Divine Will. Islam’s basic principle is that Humanity stands at the cross-roads. It desperately needs a sale of Allah (SWT) is absolute reality. He is the Creator and possesses values which may determine the direction for global peace and innumerable attributes which others do not. He gave us a guideline human progress, ascribe some sense to human endeavours and through which we can understand the essence of existence and good restore a sober, balanced view. The problems that it faces today are life, and acting upon that we can make our lives good and peaceful. the product of a particular way of life; they are the off springs of a Thus if we want to know the reality, it is necessary that we should civilization which took birth in material advancement, scientific study and comprehend it as the light and framework of Divine thinking and intellectual freedom. Hence they can be properly guidance. This guidance is nothing but Divine Revelation (Wahy) understood only by a careful analysis of the background of that bestowed upon Prophet (SAW) who interpreted and manifested it in civilization. his action (Sunnah). Allah (SWT) gives this responsibility to Prophet A research on Islam, politics, secularism, feminism and modernism (SAW) who complied it. It is stated, ‘So that you may explain to the would enable him to understand the nature of the contemporary people that which was revealed to them. (Al-Quran, 16:44). problems, their historical perspective, the methods with which The essential comprehensive characteristics of Islam and its primary political thinkers, politicians, philosophers both in the East and West basis is Tawhid, the unity of Allah, which affirms the real have attempted to seek answers to their fundamental problems monotheism of Islam. Allah is one. He has no partner, and there is regarding God, the Universe and Man, State, Politics and Divine none worthy of worship except Him. Tawhid extends to all of Right, Secularism, Feminism and Modernism and how these creations and thus signified the unity of Allah, the unity of the methods and postulates shaped the overall approach of modern man community of the faithful, the unity of life as a totality, and the unity towards life. But not with standing the great importance of such a of the temporal and the spiritual. Tawhid provides one, single research, the rescarcher has to tread his path very carefully. Despite direction and guarantees a unified spirit for its adherents. It perfects the learning and intellectual apparatus which the Western thinkers the ethical consciousness of mankind and endows humanity, with the and philosophers bring to bear on their relevant field of research, hidden power of ‘wisdom’ which nurtures and perfects it. The their measure of achievement is not very commendable. Besides the instrumental conception of politics and secularism is not universal fact that there is very little agreement among them each appears to but culturally specific. be lost in a fantastic world of his own. Their vocabulary is highly Devoid of moral contents, politics both in the East and West have technical and personal. Their view of life, to say the least, is become a ‘dirty game’ or in the words of Isaac D’Israeli, “the art of extremely partial. Their sole achievement seems to lie in bringing mankind for deceiving them”. (Cited in Bernard Crick, In Defense of down the imposing structures which their predecessore had Politics, London, Pelican Books, 1964, P.16). In Islam, the state is painstakingly built up. Even the basic issues are in a state of conceived not as a means to ends that are separable from the state, indeterminate fluidity. The researcher groping his way through the but as itself the laws of religio-cultural purposes. Such a conception intricate world of the realists and the idealists, the Rationalists and leaves no room for separation of religion from politics. Rather, it the Intuitionalists, the Evolutionists and the Pragmatists, the Logical blends the two, conducts politics in accordance with revealed Positivists and the Naturalists may be complelled to abandon his - 2 - guidance, and uses the state as a servant of the Creator “inviting all number of scholars and philosophers and there is a long debate to the good, enjoing virtue and forbidding vice” for the purpose of regarding the issue. The concept is wrongly applied by the achieving piety (Al-Quran, 3:104; 5:3). The state itself is the focus of politicians and statesmen in different countries according to their profound religio-cultural purposes which would allow them to convenience so as to serve their purpose Viewed in this perspective, fashion their life according to the revealed principles of individual a clear understanding of the concept of secularism and its impact on and social behaviour and would impart a sense of their own dignity. religion, politics, feminism, role of state, family life, culture and The secular thinkers need to be exposed to this Islamic conception of modernism is necessary. With this end in view, Mr. Farooque the state for a more informed and more articulate response to human Chowdhury, a veteran Islamic thinker, compiled and edited a book aspirations. In this connection, I would like to refer to the mistaken ‘On secularism’ which contains a rich collection of valuable articles idea that revelation (religion) is something different and should, written by eminent researchers and philosophers on secularism and therefore, be separated from reason (secularism). This idea has been the related issues of importance, eventhough I have some put forward by various writers, especially Christian writers, and reservations and I do not agree with all the statements and some Muslim writers influenced by Orientalist thinking. Greek conclusions of these articles in to-to. However, I confidently believe philosophy or modern trends in European thought. According to that this book will definitely contribute towards the removal of many them, What is religious should be separated from what is secular. misunderstandings regarding secularism and its related impacts on This idea is definitely false, especially concerning the Holy Qur’an. different socio-cultural, religious and political issue to a large extent This is because the Holy Qur’an is both revelation and reason, and so as to apply the concept in the truest perspective. I congratulate Islam is both religious and secular. Almost in every verse one would Mr. Farooque Chowdhury for accomplishing this noble task. I wish find this fact clearly. It is revelation from Allah and at the same time, wide publicity and circulation of the book. Allah Hefez. in order to convince people, it ‘reasons’ with them. This shows that the Qur’an at least, does not ignore human reason. It tries only to Dr. M. Abdul Mannan Chowdhury side it. So, the idea of separating revelation from reason is wrong, Professor and ex-chairman especially with regard to the Holy Qur’an. This idea (as already Department of Economics indicated) is connected with another idea, which is equally wrong, University of Chittagong. the separation between what is religious and what is secular in Islam. It is a long time since, in Europe, the Church was separated from the state and from life in general. This separation does not apply to the Holy Qur’an. Because Islam, as everybody knows, is not only a religion, but a total way of life which covers all aspects of human activities. It is both a religion and a state: Din-O-Duniya. Secularism understood in this sense has no contradiction with Islam or religion.
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