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Mutazilite
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Mutazilite [muːˈtɑːzɪˌlaɪt]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Islam) a member of an 8th-century liberal Muslim sect, later merged into the Shiahs
[from Arabic mu`tazilah body of seceders + -ite1]
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232/846), who was a rationalist Mu'tazili theologian, introduced the theory of sarfa.
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83) In these two debates, we may detect a clear shift in Abduh's expose away from the Ash'ari and towards a more explicit Mu'tazili, a theological position Abduh had consciously attempted to eschew.
Discursive pluralism and Islamic modernism in Egypt by Moaddel, Mansoor / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
 
 
 
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