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Abdel Wahab El-Messiri selected a group of Western and Muslim thinkers from Europe, the Arab world, and Islamic Asia who were deeply concerned with the public good—national, ethnic, and religious—of their people, unlike those thinkers who live in ivory towers, detached from the concerns and problems of reality.
This study reveals that these thinkers are more open and receptive to ideas drawn from other civilizational experiences, and less attached to a literal interpretation of religious texts without considering their spirit and essence, while still being careful not to deviate from the fundamental tenets of the faith.
The study also answers a question that had long preoccupied Dr. El-Messiri: what is the common ground among these thinkers, despite the diversity of their cultural and civilizational backgrounds? The answer lies in their humanistic tendency, which affirms that the human self has existence, agency, and independence within a holistic vision of existence and what lies beyond.
Dr. Al-Messiri’s choices are governed by a clear and coherent logic, reflecting a mind engaged and capable of benefiting from all human creativity that upholds human dignity, while simultaneously critiquing any thought that is hostile to human existence.
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