AQLANITES (MODERN MUʿTAZILĪTES) AND THE ROLE OF MĀTURĪDĪ'S SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THEM

Abstract

Aqlanites are some thinkers and writers who tried to revive the old idea of Muʿtazilīsm. Therefore, they can be called today's Muʿtazilītes. Aqlanites associate Muʿtazilīsm with intellectual power and ideological freedom and consider themselves supporters of development, modernity and religious-enlightenment.

Modern Muʿtazilītes, like their ancestors, believe that reason is the only way to reach the truth. Even in the parts of faith related to the unseen, they strive to follow this principle. That is, they want to subjugate any belief and idea to the human mind.