علم الأديان في الفكر الإسلامي المنطلقات والمنهج

The science of religions in Islamic thought is a science that includes examining religions and religious sects, presenting religions and judging them.It is one of the most prominent sciences produced by Muslims, and most Islamic sects participated in it.It is different from the science of religions in the West, which is concerned with the functional aspect of religion.Muslims are the first to invent the science of religions, as the expansion of the Islamic country and the contact of Muslims with other people of different religions, in addition to the religious tolerance that Islam brought, motivated the birth of the science of religions among Muslims, as the science of religions started from the principle of difference while recognizing that Islam is The true religion, in addition to neutrality, honesty, and the use of reason with people of other religions.The science of religions in Islamic thought is a science that follows a disciplined scientific methodology such as the descriptive method, the comparative method, and the critical method, and these methodologies complement each other, as these scientific methodologies played a role in the development of the science of religions in the West.