Islamic Reformism and Christianity

Islamic Reformism and Christianity

A Critical Reading of the Works of Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā and His Associates (1898-1935) The present work is a critical study of the dynamics of Muslim understanding of Christianity during the late 19th and the early 20th century in the light of the polemical writings of the well-known Syro-Egyptian Muslim reformist Sheikh Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā (1865-1935) and his associates. It is observable that neither Muslim nor Western scholars paid due attention to his views on Christianity. No full-scale study of his perspectives on that subject has been undertaken so far. Although there are scattered and brief remarks in some individual studies on some of his works on Christianity, investigation is still needed by focusing on his polemics and answers to the social,political and theological aspects of missionary movements among Muslims of his age.