Islamic rationalism are followers of the current of thought in the Islamic world that trusts reason, argues that God can be reached through reason and positive sciences. They argued that facts can be reached by using Aristotelian's rationalism and that this will not contradict the Qur'an, therefore, Islam.^[1]

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The leading representatives of the current Islamic rationalism includes philosophers and scientists such as al-Kindi (801-873), Farabi (870~872-950~951), Ibn-i Sina (980-1037), Ibn al-Haytham, Ibn Rushd (1126-1198).^[2]

Ibn Rushd, in his capacity as governor of Seville and later of Cordoba, became the victim of political intrigues and the height target of fundamentalism. When the caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf died and was replaced by his son Abu Yusuf in 1184, Ibn Rushd fell out of favor. By the order of the new caliph, the study of logic and science was forbidden. Ibn Rushd was eventually removed from Cordoba. Together with his philosophy students, he was transferred to a small provincial town. All his books, except some obvious scientific ones, were burned en masse in accordance with the issued orders.^[3]

14. in the century Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406), 19. in the century, names such as Sayyid Ahmed Khan (1817-1879), Syed Ameer Ali (1849-1924), Sayyid Jamal al-Din al-Afghani (1838-1897) followed in the footsteps of rationalists.

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