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Rationalist Islam is an epistemic-led, principle-first, and rational-empirical branch of Islam that grounds views, practices, and identity in a set of independently justified and domain-specific rational principles.  
Rationalist Islam is an epistemic-led, principle-first, and rational-empirical branch of Islam that grounds views, practices, and identity in a set of independently justified and domain-specific rational principles.  
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Adherents adopt “Islam” and "Muslim" as identities only after critical assessment of historical evidence suggests that Muḥammad substantially aligned with these principles. Rationalist Islam is, therefore, a continuation of the historical Muhammadan movement with the aim of maximising the wellbeing of all sentient inhabitants of the world.  
Adherents adopt “Islam” and "Muslim" as identities only after critical assessment of historical evidence suggests that Muḥammad substantially aligned with these principles. Rationalist Islam is, therefore, a continuation of the historical Muhammadan movement with the aim of maximising the wellbeing of all sentient inhabitants of the world.  
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===5. Tendency for self-sacrifice===
===5. Tendency for self-sacrifice===


==The Rational Entailments==
== The Rational Entailments ==


From the cognitive and conative dispositions follows a series of entailments that together constitute the framework of Rationalist Islam. They are not adopted as beliefs, asserted as doctrines, or accepted by tradition, but are said to follow by necessity from the structure of reason itself.  
From the cognitive and conative dispositions follows a series of entailments that together constitute the framework of Rationalist Islam. They are not adopted as beliefs, asserted as doctrines, or accepted by tradition, but are said to follow by necessity from the structure of reason itself.  
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Gradation of existence • Gradation of reality • Tashkīk al-wujūd
Gradation of existence • Gradation of reality • Tashkīk al-wujūd


===10) Meta consciousness===
===10) Meta Consciousness===


Ahura Mazda • Allāh • Aten • Baha • Brahman • 'Ēl • Father • God • God the father • Necessary existent • Necessary existentiator • Necessary reality • Pure consciousness • Shangdi • The divine • The One • Unconditioned reality • Vishnu • Waheguru • Wājib al-wujūd • Yahweh
Ahura Mazda • Allāh • Aten • Baha • Brahman • Dao • 'Ēl • Father • God • God the Father • Necessary Existent • Necessary Existentiator • Necessary Reality • Pure Consciousness • Shangdi • Tao • The Divine • The One • Unconditioned Reality • Vishnu • Waheguru • Wājib al-Wujūd • Yahweh


===11) Necessary simplicity===
===11) Necessary simplicity===
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===33) [[Resistance]]===
===33) [[Resistance]]===


Discipline • Exertion • Fighting • Jihād • Striving • Struggle
Discipline • Exertion • Fighting • Holy war • Jihād • Sacred battle • Striving • Struggle


===34) Heightened consciousness===
===34) Heightened consciousness===
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Tabarrā
Tabarrā


==History==
==Timeline==


===Classical antiquity===
===Classical antiquity===
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Socrates holds dialogues
Socrates holds dialogues


'''399 BCE, Athens'''
'''399 BCE, Athens, Greece'''
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Socrates is executed by poison
Socrates is executed by poison


'''387 BCE (c.), Athens, Greece'''
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Plato founds the Academy
'''387 - ? BCE (c.), Athens, Greece'''
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Plato conceives Theory of Ideas
Plato conceives Theory of Ideas
 
<br />
Plato conceives Theory of Soul
Plato conceives Theory of Soul
 
<br />
Plato conceives Form of the Good
Plato conceives Form of the Good
 
<br />
Plato conceives Allegory of the Cave
Plato conceives Allegory of the Cave
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Plato conceives The Philosopher King
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Plato conceives The Noble Lie


Plato conceives The Philosopher King
'''335 BCE, Athens, Greece'''
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Aristotle founds the Lyceum


Aristotle develops logic
'''335 BCE - ?, Athens, Greece'''
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Aristotle conceives formal logic


'''27 CE (c.), Jerusalem, Roman Judea (modern Occupied Palestine)'''
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[[Jesus]] begins noocratic revolution  
[[Jesus]] begins noocratic revolution  


Jesus is arrested by Jewish ethnocratic demonisation
'''30 CE (c.), Jerusalem, Roman Judea (modern Occupied Palestine)'''
 
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Jesus is demonised by Jewish ethnocratic propaganda
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Jesus is executed by Roman timocratic crucifixion
Jesus is executed by Roman timocratic crucifixion


===Late antiquity===
===Late antiquity===


'''245–270 CE (c.), Rome, Roman Empire (modern Italy)'''
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Plotinus conceives The One
Plotinus conceives The One
 
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Plotinus conceives Emanation by the One
Plotinus conceives Emanation by the One
 
<br />
Plotinus establishes Neoplatonism
Plotinus establishes Neoplatonism
 
<br />
Proclus popularises Platonism  
Proclus popularises Platonism  


Pseudo-Dionysius symbolises Neoplatonism
Pseudo-Dionysius symbolises Neoplatonism


'''610 CE, Mecca, Hejaz (modern Saudi Arabia)'''
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[[Muḥammad]] begins noocratic revolution
[[Muḥammad]] begins noocratic revolution


'''622 CE, Medina, Hejaz (modern Saudi Arabia)'''
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Muḥammad establishes noocratic revolution
Muḥammad establishes noocratic revolution


'''632 CE, Medina, First Islamic state (modern Saudi Arabia)'''
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Muḥammad dies in suspicious circumstances
Muḥammad dies in suspicious circumstances
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Abu Bakr restores clanocracy
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[[Ali]] begins noocratic revolution
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Fāṭima al-Zahrā dies following suspected clanocratic arson attack 


[[Ali]] begins noocratic revolution 
'''656 CE, Medina, Rashidun Caliphate (modern Saudi Arabia)'''
 
<br />
'Uthmān ibn 'Affān is assassinated by sword
'Uthmān ibn 'Affān is assassinated by sword


Ali establishes noocratic revolution   
'''656 CE, Medina, Rashidun Caliphate (modern Saudi Arabia)'''
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ʿAlī establishes noocratic revolution   


Ali is assassinated by sword
'''661 CE, Kufa, Rashidun Caliphate (modern Iraq)'''
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ʿAlī is assassinated by kratocratic sword
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Hasan ibn ʿAlī protects noocratic revolution
<br />
Hasan ibn ʿAlī is assassinated by poison
<br />
Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī begins noocratic revolution


Hasan ibn Ali protects noocratic revolution
'''680 CE, Karbala, Umayyad Caliphate (modern Iraq)'''
 
<br />
Hasan ibn Ali is assassinated by poison
Husayn ibn ʿAlī is assassinated by clanocratic sword
 
Husayn ibn Ali begins noocratic revolution
 
Husayn ibn Ali is assassinated by sword in Karbala


'''732 CE, Medina, Umayyad Caliphate (modern Saudi Arabia)'''
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Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq begins noocratic revolution
Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq begins noocratic revolution


Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq is assassinated by poison
'''765 CE, Medina, Abbasid Caliphate (modern Saudi Arabia)'''
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Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq is assassinated by clanocratic poison


===Islamic Golden Age===
===Islamic Golden Age===


'''820 - 870 CE (c.), Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (modern Iraq)'''
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al-Kindī
al-Kindī


al-Fārābī Islamicises Neoplatonism
'''940 – 1060 CE (c.), Basra, Iraq'''
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Brethren of Purity hold secret meetings


Brethren of Purity establishes secret society
'''950 CE (c.), Damascus, Ikhshidid Syria (modern Syria)'''
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al-Fārābī islamicises Neoplatonism


Ibn Sina conceives Proof of the Truthful
'''980 – 1037 CE, from Bukhara, Samanid Transoxiana (modern Uzbekistan) to Hamadan, Medieval Persia (modern Islamic Republic of Iran)'''
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Ibn Sīnā conceives Proof of the Truthful


'''1186 CE (c.), Aleppo, Ayyubid Syria (modern Syria)'''
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Shihab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi conceives Illuminationism
Shihab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi conceives Illuminationism


'''1191 CE (c.), Aleppo, Ayyubid Syria (modern Syria)'''
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Shihab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi is executed by familiocratic violence
'''1200–1240 CE (c.), Mecca, Hejaz (modern Saudi Arabia) and Damascus, Ayyubid Syria (modern Syria)'''
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Ibn ʿArabī conceives Unity of Existence
Ibn ʿArabī conceives Unity of Existence


'''1220 - 1270 CE (c.), Maragha, Medieval Persia'''
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Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī synthesises mysticism and science
Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī synthesises mysticism and science


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===Oil Age===
===Oil Age===


Muhammad Husayn Ṭabāṭabāʾī establishes intra-Qur’ānic exegesis
'''1890 CE (c.), London, Britain'''
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British Foreign Office plots to exploit Persian oil
 
'''1901 CE, Tehran, Qajari Persia (modern Islamic Republic of Iran)'''
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Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar sells off oil exploitation rights of 75% of Persia to Britain in exchange for personal profit
 
'''1940 CE (c.), Qom, Pahlavi Iran (modern Islamic Republic of Iran)'''
<br />
[[Ruhollah Khomeini]] begins noocratic revolution
 
'''1948 CE, British-occupied Palestine, (modern Zionist-occupied Palestine)'''
<br />
Britain transfers occupation of Palestine to European Jewish Zionists


Morteza Motahhari co-founds the Combatant Clergy Association
===Information Age===


Morteza Motahhari is assassinated by Iranian seculocratic gunfire
'''1971 CE (c.), Tehran, Pahlavi Iran (modern Islamic Republic of Iran)'''
<br />
Ali Shariati delivered 'Red Shi'sm vs. Black Shi'ism' lectures


Ali Shariati writes Red Shi'sm vs. Black Shi'ism
'''1954 CE, Qom, Pahlavi Iran (modern Islamic Republic of Iran)'''
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Muhammad Husayn Ṭabāṭabāʾī establishes intra-Qur’ānic exegesis


'''1977 CE, Southampton, Britain'''
<br />
Ali Shariati dies in suspicious circumstances
Ali Shariati dies in suspicious circumstances


===Information Age===
'''1977 CE, Tehran, Pahlavi Iran (modern Islamic Republic of Iran)'''
<br />
Morteza Motahhari co-founds Combatant Clergy Association
 
'''1979 CE, Tehran, Post-Pahlavi Iran (modern Islamic Republic of Iran)'''
<br />
Ruhollah Khomeini establishes noocratic revolution


[[Ruhollah Khomeini]] begins noocratic revolution
'''1979 CE, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran'''
<br />
Morteza Motahhari is assassinated by Iranian seculocratic gunfire


[[Ruhollah Khomeini]] establishes noocratic revolution
'''1979 CE, Qom, Islamic Republic of Iran'''
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Ruhollah Khomeini tells representatives of the tribes of Khuzestan and a delegation from Turkmen Sahra, "We Muslims are busy bickering over whether to fold or unfold our arms during prayer, while the enemy is devising ways of cutting them off."


'''1979 CE (c.), Beqaa, Lebanon'''
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[[Hassan Nasrallah]] begins noocratic revolution
[[Hassan Nasrallah]] begins noocratic revolution


'''1982 CE, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran'''
<br />
Ali Khamenei tells 60 Minutes Australia that the worst enemy is America
'''1989 CE, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran'''
<br />
Ruhollah Khomeini dies
<br />
[[Ali Khamenei]] protects noocratic revolution
[[Ali Khamenei]] protects noocratic revolution


'''2001 CE, New York, America'''
<br />
Unidentified pilots fly planes into iconic American sites
'''2001 CE, Virginia, America'''
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Senior military officer tells Wesley Clark that America has plotted to attack Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Islamic Republic of Iran
'''2001 CE, Afghanistan'''
<br />
America and European proxies begin war on Afghanistan
'''2003 CE, Iraq'''
<br />
America and European proxies begin war on Iraq
'''2006 CE, Washington D.C., America'''
<br />
America uses Jewish Zionist proxy Israel to attack Lebanon
'''2007 CE, Somalia'''
<br />
America begins its bombing war offensive on Somalia
'''2011 CE, Libya'''
<br />
America starts war on Libya
'''2011 CE, Sudan'''
<br />
America completes split of Sudan
'''2015 CE, London, Great Britain'''
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Britain's Channel 4 broadcasts ex-CIA spy officer's American propaganda unchallenged, including, "The thing was ideal when IS was advancing on Baghdad because Sunnis were killing Shias. That's exactly what we need... our best hope right now is to get the Sunnis and Shias fighting each other and let them bleed each other white." 
'''2024 CE, Dahieh, Lebanon'''
<br />
Hassan Nasrallah is assassinated by Jewish ethnocratic airstrike
Hassan Nasrallah is assassinated by Jewish ethnocratic airstrike


'''2026 CE, Islamic Republic of Iran'''
<br />
America and Jewish Zionist proxy Israel begin armed riots in Islamic Republic of Iran
<br />
America and Jewish Zionist proxy Israel begin war on Islamic Republic of Iran
'''2026 CE, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran'''
<br />
Ali Khamenei is assassinated by American plutocratic & Jewish ethnocratic airstrikes
Ali Khamenei is assassinated by American plutocratic & Jewish ethnocratic airstrikes
'''2026 CE, Chicago, America'''
<br />
Leading American political scientist John Mearsheimer says American sanctions from 1971 to 2021 alone murdered 38 million people