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Al-Jabri in Indonesia: The Critique of Arab Reason Travels to the Lands Below the Winds

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It seems rather unlikely that the writings of a Moroccan philosopher would hold much appeal to Indonesian Muslims . In spite of geographical distance and cultural differences, the ideas of al-Jabri have been taken up by both Islamic modernists and traditionalists since his work became known in Indonesia during the mid-1990s. They have been used in shaping an Islamic philosophy of education and the transformation of the notion of ahl al-sunna wa’l-jamāʿa from a doctrinal school ( madhhab ) into a method ( manhaj ) for critical discourse analysis, emancipation and empowerment. This chapter maps and traces how al-Jabri’s comprehensive critique of the Islamic heritage has influenced Indonesia’s Muslim intelligentsia such as Ahmed Baso and Amin Abdullah

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  1. King’s College and SOAS London, London, UK

    Carool Kersten

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  1. University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

    Zaid Eyadat

  2. LUISS Guido Carli, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Francesca M. Corrao

  3. LUISS Guido Carli, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Mohammed Hashas

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Kersten, C. (2018). Al-Jabri in Indonesia: The Critique of Arab Reason Travels to the Lands Below the Winds . In: Eyadat, Z., Corrao, F., Hashas, M. (eds) Islam, State, and Modernity. Middle East Today. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59760-1_8

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