Globalization and the Qur’an | Rethinking Islamic Thought – Dr. Nayef Nahar
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21 Aug 2025
This video discusses the Qur’an Centrality Project and the challenges it faces in the modern world.
It highlights how globalization has led to the dominance of Western thought, molding other civilizations to fit within preset frameworks, often at the expense of their originality and authenticity.
The lecture argues that the Islamic intellectual mind has been shaped into Western molds in areas like politics, economics, and social sciences creating forms without preserving the true essence.
Instead, the centrality of the Qur’an requires breaking these molds and building new frameworks that arise from within, while benefiting from others only after establishing an independent foundation.