Mu'tazilites

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Educational_Institution
gptkbp:advocatesFor the use of reason in theology
gptkbp:area the concept of 'adl (justice)
gptkbp:availableIn 10th century
predestination
gptkbp:contributedTo Islamic_philosophy
gptkbp:controversy traditionalist theologians
gptkbp:discusses the afterlife
the problem of evil
the attributes of God
the nature of the Quran
human responsibility
gptkbp:emphasizes free will
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Wasil_ibn_Ata
gptkbp:hasImpactOn modern_Islamic_thought
gptkbp:hasInfluenceOn Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkbp:hasSchool gptkb:Basra
Baghdad
Kufa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mu'tazilites
gptkbp:influence Ash'arism
gptkbp:influenced Sufism
gptkbp:isChallengedBy gptkb:Hanbalis
Ash'arites
gptkbp:isConsidered rationalists_in_Islam
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor gptkb:Al-Ghazali
gptkb:Ibn_Taymiyyah
gptkbp:isKnownFor their theological debates
their emphasis on ethics
their advocacy for social justice
their rejection of blind faith
gptkbp:keyFigures gptkb:Abu_al-Hudhayl_al-Allaf
gptkb:Al-Kindi
gptkb:Al-Jahiz
gptkb:Ibn_al-Rawandi
gptkbp:locatedIn rationalism
gptkbp:opposedBy anthropomorphism in theology
gptkbp:originatedIn Islamic Golden Age
gptkbp:promoted justice of God
gptkbp:supported the idea of divine unity
gptkbp:wasFoundedIn gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
Baghdad
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy Al-Ma'mun