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Notable ideas. Islamisation of knowledge. Syed Muhammad al Naquib bin Ali al-Attas ( Arabic: سيد محمد نقيب العطاس Sayyid Muḥammad Naqīb al-ʿAṭṭās; born 5 September 1931) is a Malaysian Muslim philosopher. He is one of the few contemporary scholars who is thoroughly rooted in the traditional Islamic sciences and studies ...
Professor Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas was born in Bogor, West Java. He received his early education in Sukabumi and Johor Bahru. He later studied at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England and, subsequently, at the University of Malaya, McGill University (MA) and the University of London (PhD) focusing on Islamic philosophy, theology and metaphysics.
Jul 6, 2023 · A masterpiece contains selected texts of Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas, explains Islam as a whole from metaphysical philosophical point of view. It is a must-read for every moslem philosophers, as well as them who want to know Islam further from metaphysics and philosophy.
Married 22 times, with 54 children, his 17th child was Osama bin Laden, who was the son of Hamida al-Attas (born in Syria), Mohammed's eleventh wife. The couple divorced soon after Osama was born, and Hamida was given in marriage to one of the executives of Mohammed's company around 1958. [3]
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas. Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, born September 5, 1931 in Bogor, Java, is a prominent contemporary Muslim thinker. He is one of the few contemporary scholars who is thoroughly rooted in the traditional Islamic sciences and who is equally competent in theology, philosophy, metaphysics, history, and literature.
Quick Reference. (b. 1931) Malaysian thinker. Trained at Sandhurst Military Academy in Britain and the University of Malaya. Defended Malay identity and as such served as mentor to ABIM in the 1970s. Best known for his works on the Islamization of knowledge. Rejects secularism as a Western product that leads to the “leveling” of the Muslim ...
Oct 20, 2022 · Al-Attas is among the generation of Muslim thinkers—including the likes of Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938), Ali Shariati (1933–1977), Malek Bennabi (1905–1973), and Sayyid Qutb—who received much of their education in secular institutions but soon became increasingly disillusioned with the secular worldview and outlook to which they were ...
