There's a book called Islamic Philosophy by Professor M. Saeed Sheikh which includes references to the major developments in European philosophy up to Wittgenstein, most of which had already been explored by Muslims. We've always been ahead of the game, and those Muslims looking to a post-neoliberal polyvalent world are ahead yet again!

The "survey" was actually an opinion poll, which in turn was a massive fix. Why doesn't your article mention this?

Sorry, this is what the website said:

"Rankings are an inherently dangerous business. Whether offering a hierarchy of countries, cities, or colleges, any such list—at least any such list worth compiling—is likely to generate a fair amount of debate. In the last issue, when we asked readers to vote for their picks of the world’s top public intellectuals, we imagined many people would want to make their opinions known. But no one expected the avalanche of voters who came forward. During nearly four weeks of voting, more than 500,000 people came to ForeignPolicy.com to cast ballots. "

Such an outpouring reveals something unique about the power of the men and women we chose to rank. They were included on our initial list of 100 in large part because of the influence of their ideas. But part of being a “public intellectual” is also having a talent for communicating with a wide and diverse public. This skill is certainly an asset for some who find themselves in the list’s top ranks. For example, a number of intellectuals—including Aitzaz Ahsan, Noam Chomsky, Michael Ignatieff, and Amr Khaled—mounted voting drives by promoting the list on their Web sites. Others issued press releases or gave interviews to local newspapers. Press coverage profiling these intellectuals appeared around the world, with stories running in Canada, India, Indonesia, Qatar, Spain, and elsewhere.

No one spread the word as effectively as the man who tops the list. In early May, the Top 100 list was mentioned on the front page of Zaman, a Turkish daily newspaper closely aligned with Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen. Within hours, votes in his favor began to pour in. His supporters—typically educated, upwardly mobile Muslims—were eager to cast ballots not only for their champion but for other Muslims in the Top 100. Thanks to this groundswell, the top 10 public intellectuals in this year’s reader poll are all Muslim. The ideas for which they are known, particularly concerning Islam, differ significantly. It’s clear that, in this case, identity politics carried the day.

wow I really find this article informing. thanks mapac. I wish my mosque talked about this rather then its ego.

book marked and printed off!!

Well we should have seen it coming, when non muslims are given recognition they deserve them for their popularity or abilites.
but when muslims are given recognition then there is something wrong with the system.
One has to wonder at the levels some peope will stoop to deny muslims recognition,except if it is negative then they welcome it.

Regardless of the various claims this article is a wonderful herald for a better future. Too often the irrational and superstitious have dominated the discourse in Muslim communities. The elevation of intellectuals heralds a progression towards open tolerant rational analytical debate. Confidence in ones self allows honest self-examination and that can only eventually lead to better lives for everyone. It is not that Muslim intellectuals are a novelty, they are not! But what is important is that they are valued and elevated to the fore. We do need to listen to Muslim intellectuals because they have insights that outsiders do not possess and they have the credibility to challenge concepts that outsiders cannot challenge. An example of this is the well known spat between Edward Said and Bernard Lewis when Edward Said made some disparaging comments about Lewis. Muslim intellectual rose above the Israeli / Palestinian conflict to condemn Said for what they described as dishonesty, ignorance and antisemitism.

shan, which part of "fix" don't you understand?
Let me guess- you think the Eurovision Song Contest votes are cast on the merits of the songs,don't you?
Read the report from the organisers and get real.

William is a pro israel Zionist, these type come on here to put down the muslims - let the bigot have his say. At least he can go to sleep happpy and dream of burning crosses ---- aww good little zionist.

zionist Will
If you're an example of Muslim intellect, I'd say Israel doesn't need my help.

Yeah but Biblical Christianity is still superior to Islam.

Do you try to sound clever by saying the words 'neo-con', 'israeli' and 'zionist' a lot? Is this the only vocabulary you know? How many times are people accused of this on this website? Don't they teach you any other words in mosques?

No wonder your community is looked upon with such disdain.

I do not try to sound clever,I try to speak the truth as it is.
I do not speak for the community I speak fro myself,it is a basic principle that has come to light,which is whenever the arguement cannot be won by liars and deceivers they make personal remarks.
As to whom and whose community is looked upon with disdain only time will tell.

To all those zionist who have nothing better to do then spit their hate. Cocab-check get a life and stop commenting ur negagtive crap on this site.