Born in Bogor in 1931, he has written on Malay Islamic history, metaphysics and the ‘Islamisation of knowledge’, including a study of Hamzah Fansuri, and founded the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) in Kuala Lumpur.
Prof. Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
ISTAC; Islam and Secularism
Summary
Malaysian philosopher and founder of ISTAC.
- Born
- Bogor, West Java, 1931
- Fields of expertise
- Aqidah
- Notable works
- Islam and Secularism, The Mysticism of Hamzah Fansuri, Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Islam
Biography
Works
- Islam and Secularism
- The Mysticism of Hamzah Fansuri
- Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Islam