Quantum Islam: Towards a new worldview
Quantum Islam: Towards a new worldview
Author(s): Murray Hunter, Azly RahmanSubject(s): History of Islam, Contemporary Islamic Thought
Published by: Bošnjačka zajednica kulture "Preporod"
Summary/Abstract: In concluding our essay on Tawhidic-Singularity as a new philosophy of Islam, we proposed that Muslims need to interpret the core teaching of One-ness from a kaleidoscopic perspective. We asked readers to reflect upon the applicability of Chaos or Complexity Theory to view Islam as an organic and living religion inviting its believers to look at the concept of One-ness as the manifesting of Many-ness. In this essay, we go deeper into the discussion of the soul of the Quran itself and how Muslims could perceive and read it as a postmodern text with multiple-level meanings based on his/her unique life experiences. We wish to propose the worldview of “Quantum Islam,” as a new way looking at this cultural belief system. We invite readers to think of Islam as more than just unquestioning faith and rites and rituals but as an evolving text to be made alive. The idea of a “living Quran” is a means of perceiving and feeling one’s existence as a world of interconnectedness. This world of deep personal connectivity is a world of the physical, emotional and spiritual self as it exists in the realm of the Universal self as a world designed as a Quantum being in itself.
Journal: Godišnjak Bošnjačke zajednice kulture »Preporod«
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 86-94
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English