Islam's encounter with English and Ismail al-Faruqi's concept of Islamic English: A postcolonial reading

• Main Author: Hasan, Md. Mahmudul
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The International Institute of Islamic Thought 2014
• Subjects: BP170.8 Universality of Islam; PE English; PI Oriental languages and literatures
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/36377/1/Islam%E2%80%99s_Encounter_with_English_and_Ismail_al-Faruqi%E2%80%99s_Concept_of_Islamic_English__A_Postcolonial_Reading.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/36377/; http://iiit.org/Publications/Journals/tabid/91/Default.aspx

In the past, many Muslims maintained strong reservations about using English as a means of communication, interaction, and intellectual practices mainly due to its association with British colonialism. In the postcolonial world Muslims and other religious communities, as well as various ethnic and i...