Monday, March 07, 2005

Qadariyah

In Islam, adherents of the doctrine of free will (from qadar, �power�). The name was also applied to the Mu'tazilah, the Muslim theological school that believed that man, through his free will, can choose between good and evil. But as the Mu'tazilah also stressed the absolute unity of God (tawhid), they resented the designation because of a saying attributed to the Prophet Muhammad,

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