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Ash'arism
Ash'arism is a school of Sunni Islamic theology founded by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (874–936) in Iraq. It used rational argument to defend traditional doctrines such as God's omnipotence and the uncreated Quran, taking a middle path between the rationalist Mu'tazilites and literalist traditionists. Promoted in the Seljuk madrasas of Nizam al-Mulk and by thinkers such as al-Ghazali, it became the dominant theology of Sunni Islam.
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