Using classical Greek logic to explain the concept of a metaphor to his readers, the famous Islamic scholar Ibn Sina wrote in his book, “Qiyâs”: “So and so is beautiful. Everything beautiful is a moon. Therefore so and so is a moon.” On the other hand, the equally famous Islamic scholar Imam al-Shafi’i is quoted...Read More

For some seven hundred years seminaries across the Islamic world have required that students to take a rigorous course of traditional logic. Instruction was based on a series of short textbooks, explicated through commentaries and glosses. This tradition of “school logicn arose &spite strong religious opposition to logic in the Islamic world. Its texts reflected...Read More

Four options for assigning a meaning to Islamic Logic are surveyed including a new proposal for an option named Real Islamic Logic (RIL). That approach to Islamic Logic should serve modern Islamic objectives in a way comparable to the functionality of Islamic Finance. The prospective role of RIL is analyzed from several perspectives: (i) parallel...Read More

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