The Doctrinal and Ethical Effects of Modernity in Islamic Thought
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Abstract
The current research aims to study the doctrinal and ethical effects of modernity in Islamic thought by analyzing the extent to which modernist thought has influenced Islamic doctrine and moral values. The research discusses how modernity has sought to reinterpret religious texts, weaken their doctrinal impact, glorify esoteric sects, and replace religious values with secular ones, leading to the disintegration of Islamic ethics and the spread of individualism and materialism. The researcher adopted the analytical and critical approach to study modernist concepts and their impact on Islamic doctrine, comparing them with authentic Islamic perspectives. Additionally, the historical approach was employed to trace the origins of modernity in the West, its transmission to the Islamic world, and its influence on Islamic thought. The study concluded that modernity is not limited to cultural and philosophical dimensions but also penetrates the doctrinal sphere, seeking to reshape religious concepts based on a materialist rationalist vision that contradicts established Islamic principles. Through this process, modernity works to dismantle traditional religious frameworks and introduce new interpretations that override fundamental religious constants. This, in turn, leads to the weakening of doctrinal structures and the reformation of faith-based perceptions according to intellectual methodologies that are incompatible with the essence of Islamic doctrine.
