The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2059 page)

 
Back
  -  
 
New Search

(1873–1960)
. An influential religious scholar who led the defence of orthodox Islam against the forces of secularism in Turkey. His ambitious project for establishing an Islamic University to reconcile the religious sciences with modern science was thwarted by the government and never realized. Despite official opposition (continual harassment and imprisonment), he produced his greatest work
Ris
la-i-N
r
(The Treatise of Light), said to have been written after his Divine Illumination, an attempt to demonstrate the spiritual dimension of the
Qur’
n
to an age under the sway of scepticism and materialism. Since the recent resurgence of Islam in Turkey, Said Nursi's
Ris
la-i-N
r
has played a prominent role in the Islamic revival.

 
Back
  -  
 
New Search

see
MEIJI
.

 
Back
  -  
 
New Search