Dimensions of Freedom in the Political Thought of Islam
Subject Areas : Political and International Researches Quarterly
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Dimensions of Freedom in the Political Thought of Islam It can be said that based on the anthropology and ontology of Islam, freedom is a value concept based on the divine nature of man. However, the coordinates of freedom in Islam were influenced by various internal factors, such as the nature of the Islamic religion as well as external factors, such as time and environment conditions. Considering that man is recognized in monotheistic Islam, possessed of perfectionism, freedom is thus recognized as a fundamental component in this direction. Of course, this freedom is a method and instrument for the realization of virtue and the realization of justice. On the other hand, it has various visual, verbal, moral and political insights that are different from the nature of freedom in the Western world. Therefore, freedom in Islam in various dimensions was similar to the philosophy of freedom, goals, function, and horizons of thought different from the West. In addition, freedom in Islam has been influenced by the political-social dimensions of modernity and Western liberalism. As in the information age, the structure of epistemology and the epistemic system of these Muslim thinkers are based The requirements and foundations of globalization have been similar to democracy, women's rights and civil rights. Keywords: Freedom, Islamic Sharia, Information Age, Modernity, Political Thought
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