Author
ÇETİN, Rabiye, CEYLAN, Semra
Subject
Islam, Religion
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng,tur
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 1301-0522, DOI: 10.33227/auifd.1353439
Record ID
cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_c34e2bdf011b4044b0833441684b033d
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals, Alma/SFX Local Collection
Notes
Babanzāde Aḥmed Na'īm, (1872-1934) was a teacher, translator and thinker who lived in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century and distinguished himself with his works in the fields of language, philosophy, psychology, aḫlāk and ḥadīs. Babanzāde, who graduated from a school and studied madrasah sciences at a time when the conflict between schools and madrasahs was intense among Ottoman intellectuals, was well-versed in the modern culture of the period as well as the Islamic culture. In addition to witnessing the transition from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic, Aḥmed Naīm contributed with his views to the intense intellectual debates regarding the nature, limits and possible effects of modernization in the last periods of the Ottoman Empire and the early years of the Republic. In these views, which are based on the defense of Islam; It is based on benefiting from the scientific and scientific opportunities offered by the West without moving away from religious, moral and cultural values. However, Babanzāde criticized the point reached today by Muslims, who broke new ground and built a civilization with their works in fields such as science, science, philosophy and art in the historical process, and drew attention to the great gap between the past and the present era; In this context, he wrote defensive texts in response to criticisms against Islam. This article aims to systematically identify Babanzāde's views on the defense of Islam, taking into account his intellectual background. In this context, at the center of Aḥmed Naīm's defense of Islam is the comparison of the universal values offered by Islam, which he sees as a religion of nature, and the values imposed by the cultural hegemony of the West, and his criticisms of imitating Western values. He does not see the Western/Frankish imitation, which some Muslim intellectuals and bureaucrats suggested for the salvation of the Islamic society from the current situation, as a way out for the salvation of Muslims, and accepts it as the main motive of social corruption. In the article, it was determined that Babanzāde accepted the idea that Islam is a rational, moral, consistent and perfect religion containing universal principles, and that he saw the salvation of the Islamic society as dependent on a definitive return to the principles of this perfect religion, as the starting point in his defense of Islam. Babanzāde Aḥmed Naīm (1872/1934) was a scholar, translator and thinker who lived in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first half of the century twentieth and distinguished himself with his works in the fields of language, philosophy, psychology, ethics, and hadith. Babanzāde, who graduated from a school and studied madrasa sciences at a time when the conflict between the school and madrasa was intense among Ottoman intellectuals, was well given in the modern culture of the period as well as Islamic culture. In addition to witnessing the transition from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic, Aḥmed Naīm contributed to the intense intellectual debates on the nature, limits, and possible effects of modernization in the late Ottoman period and the early years of the Republic. In these views, which he presented on the basis of the defense of Islam, he was based on utilizing the scientific and scientific opportunities offered by the West without moving away from religious, moral and cultural values. In addition, Babanzāde criticized the point reached at the time by Muslims who made a breakthrough and built a civilization with their works in fields such as science, science, philosophy, and art in the historical process and drew attention to the great gap between the past and the current age, and in this context, he wrote defensive texts in response to the criticisms directed against Islam. This article aims to systematically identify Babanzāde's views on the defense of Islam by considering his intellectual background. In this framework, at the center of Aḥmed Naīm's defense of Islam is the comparison of the universal values offered by Islam, which he sees as the religion of nature, with the values imposed by the cultural hegemony of the West and his criticism of the imitation of Western values. He does not consider the imitation of the West/French, which was proposed by some Muslim intellectuals and bureaucrats as a way out of the current situation of Islamic society, as a way out for the salvation of Muslims, and he considers it as the main cause of social mischief. In the article, it is determined that Babanzāde embraced the idea that Islam is a rational, moral, and consistent religion that contains universal principles as the starting point in his defense of Islam, and that the salvation of Islamic society depends on a definite return to the principles of this perfect religion.
Görüntüle
Ankara Üniversitesi İlâhiyat Fakültesi dergisi, 2023-11, Vol.64 (2), p.441-471
