At school we were barely introduced to such a valuable novel by Ibn Tufayl.
“Ibn Tufayl’s message was clear — and for its times, quite bold: Religion was a path to truth, but it was not the only path. Man was blessed with divine revelation, and with reason and conscience from within. People could be wise and virtuous without religion or a different religion.“
“When there was a conflict between these two, Ibn Rushd argued, written laws of religion should be reinterpreted because they were inevitably bound with context.”
Speaking of context, the liberal writer forgot to mention the current context in end of his article.
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