Al Ghazali

1058-1111

Background Abu Hamed Mohammad ibn Mohammad al-Ghazali also known as Algazel Born at Tus, Khorasan, Iran on 1058 Became a professor at Baghdad on 1091 Died at Tus on 1111

Noble Efforts Produce more than 400 books on theology, philosophy and science. The Incoherence of the Philosophy – rejected views from western philosophers like Plato and Aristotle Ihya Ulumuddin – Islamic fields like fiqh, theology and sufi Maqasid al falasifa – his basic theories of philosophy