kode on Nostr: Al-Ghazali, despite best intentions, killed Islamic pursuit of philosophy, ...

Al-Ghazali, despite best intentions, killed Islamic pursuit of philosophy, mathematics and science, and created the fear-mongering class of self-defeating Muslims afraid of innovation and service to all mankind, attracting the wrath of Genghis Khan for their hubris - as they doubled down in attributing the decline of the Muslim world to emulation of the West, rather than performative self-righteous practice of rituals with little to no connection to the spirit, and the awe of being engulfed in the beauty of God’s creation, vilifying the works of the great sufis like Ibn Arabi in their wake and leaving us easily colonized, lacking all tools of sovereignty.