FREEDOM THE UNSTATED FACTS AND POINTS

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First Pages a1
Transliteration Symbols 0
Foreword 0
Preface 0
Chapter 1: The Various Meanings of Freedom 0
The Importance of Understanding the Various Meanings of Freedom 1
1. Freedom as existential freedom 6
2. Freedom as “freewill” 7
3. Freedom as “the lack of attachment” 12
4. Freedom vis-à-vis “slavery” 15
5. Freedom in the legal and political parlance: mastery over one’s destiny 0
Chapter 2: Freedom from the Viewpoint of Islam 0
The Need for the Restraining Law 19
The Difference between Moral and Legal Laws 21
The Divine and Atheistic Cultures and the Difference of Their Perspectives on Law 23
The Three Pillars of the Western Culture 24
The Fundamental Clash between the Western Culture and Islamic Culture 30
The Difference between the Islamic and Western Perspectives on the Scope of Freedom 32
The Preeminence of the Spiritual and Religious Interests over the Material Interests 36
The Natural Law School 38
The Limit of Human Rights in the West 39
The Emergence of Contradictions on the Limit of Freedom 41
The Realm of Freedom in the Human Rights Declaration 42
The Problems of Categorizing Freedom in the West 44
Chapter 3: The Freedom of Belief and Expression 45
Freedom of Belief as an Affair beyond the Realm of Law 0
The Freedom of Expression in the West: From Slogan to Reality 48
The Islamic View on the Freedom of Expression and the Press 50
First Exposition 0
Second Exposition 54
Non-spoken and Media Expression 57
The Responsibility of Expression 59
The Freedom to Ask 61
Chapter 4: Clarification of Doubts 0
Doubt 1: Mandatory laws are against the demand of humanity. 65
Reply 0
Doubt 2: The government’s imposition of limitations is against the demand of freedom. 66
Reply 67
Doubt 3: The need for obeying God and the Prophet is against the demand of the Qur’anic verses. 69
Reply 71
The Reason behind the Difference between the Two Approaches in the Qur’an 73
Doubt 4: The imposition of limitations in actions is against the demand of the natural law. 80
Reply 0
Doubt 5: Religion cannot impose limit on freedom. 82
Reply 0
Doubt 6: Servitude is against the demand of the natural disposition [fitrah] of man. 84
Reply 0
“Real Ownership” [mālikiyyat-e i‘tibārī] and “Delegated 0
Ownership” [mālikiyyat-e i‘tibārī] 89
The Requisite of Divine Godhood as Cosmic and Religious Lordship 92
Doubt 7: The era of duty-centeredness has ended and the modern man is in pursuit of his rights. 97
Reply 98
The Background of Those Who Rebelled against God 99
Adherence to God and Freedom 103
Doubt 8: The demand of the Divine Vicegerency [khilāfatullāh] means absolute freedom of man. 107
Reply 108
Doubt 9: Creating ambiguity in defining the legitimate freedom. Reply 111
Doubt 10: Observance of the religious precepts is against the demand of the sovereignty of man over his own destiny. 113
Reply 0
Subject Index 115
Index of Qur’anic Verses 118
Index of Hadīth Quotations 120

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم

In the Name of Allah,
the All-beneficent, the All-merciful





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