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He was looked down upon by notable Sunni Islamic scholars who held him in contempt for his unorthodox religious views. Commonly championed today as an icon of Islamic science by activist Muslims and non-Muslim alike, Khwarizmi's reception (as with the reception of most of his peers) among orthodox Sunni Muslim scholars (both contemporary and subsequent) was far from favorable, as his religious views were deemed heretical. Indeed, the Abbasid [[Caliph|caliphal]] patrons who had supported the work of Khwarizmi and his peers were themselves party to the Mu'tazilite heresy of Islam, who would be rejected the scholars of the coming ''Ash'ari'', ''Maturidi'', and ''Hanbali'' orthodoxy. | He was looked down upon by notable Sunni Islamic scholars who held him in contempt for his unorthodox religious views. Commonly championed today as an icon of Islamic science by activist Muslims and non-Muslim alike, Khwarizmi's reception (as with the reception of most of his peers) among orthodox Sunni Muslim scholars (both contemporary and subsequent) was far from favorable, as his religious views were deemed heretical. Indeed, the Abbasid [[Caliph|caliphal]] patrons who had supported the work of Khwarizmi and his peers were themselves party to the Mu'tazilite heresy of Islam, who would be rejected the scholars of the coming ''Ash'ari'', ''Maturidi'', and ''Hanbali'' orthodoxy. | ||
[[Ibn | [[Ibn Taymiyyah|Ibn Taymiyyah]] wrote about Khwarizmi: | ||
{{Quote|مجموع الفتاوى: 9/214 - 215| | {{Quote|مجموع الفتاوى: 9/214 - 215| | ||
انه وإن كان علمه صحيحا إلا إن العلوم الشرعية مستغنية عنه وعن غيره | انه وإن كان علمه صحيحا إلا إن العلوم الشرعية مستغنية عنه وعن غيره | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Ibn | *[[Ibn Taymiyyah]] | ||
*[[Ibn Rushd]] | *[[Ibn Rushd]] | ||
*[[Islam and Science]] | *[[Islam and Science]] | ||
*[[Golden Age|Islamic Golden Age]] | *[[Golden Age|Islamic Golden Age]] | ||