A Critique of the Palmyran Creed - Deconstructing Ibn Taymiyya's Theology of Resemblance

A Critique of the Palmyran Creed - Deconstructing Ibn Taymiyya's Theology of ResemblancePerhaps one of the most controversial scholars of the classical era, Taqi al Din Ibn Taymiyyas works in theology have been promoted by the modern day Salafi movement as an accurate representation of the creed of the predecessors [salaf]. In The Palmyran Creed, named after the ancient city of Palmyra (Tadmur, Syria), Ibn Taymiyya presents the foundations of his theology, expounds upon its principles and offers his arguments in support of it. At the

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while encompassing the essential tenets of creed that every Muslim is obligated to affirm

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