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There is little doubt that the Andalusian Sufi Ibn ʿArabī (1165-1240), born in Murcia, who settled and died in Damascus where his tomb lies on the foothills of Qasiyūn is one of the most exciting and controversial figures in #IslamicIntellectualHistory - a 🧵
Much ink has been spilled on him and his work - a useful introduction to his thought from an insider perspective is Chittick and another insider Sufi approach to his life is Addas 2/ 
His relationship to the philosophical tradition is much debated - was he a philosopher? A #Sufi metaphysician? Was he an exclusivist or a universal pluralist committed to #apocotastasis ? Rosenthal, Chittick and most recently Lipton have engaged these questions 3/
Sometimes when I focus on #IslamicIntellectualHistory I miss what is obviously there so my recent forays into #ContemporaryArabThought illuminate much and in that vein only just encountered this recent classic cup.columbia.edu/book/contempor… 1/
Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab teaches @doha_institute dohainstitute.edu.qa/EN/Academics/S… and elucidates pre-67 and post-67 better than most 2/
