Wittgenstein’s and islamic concept of religious belief

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This paper is divided into two sections. In the first section I discuss the concept of religious beliefs according to Wittgenstein and Islam. In the second section of the paper I discuss the points of similarity between Islamic and Wittgenstein’s concepts of religious beliefs.Dr. Aamir Riyaz, Assistant Professor, Hans Raj College, Delhi University, IndiaHans Raj College, Delhi UniversityAl-Bukhari, Muhammad Muhsin Khan (Trans.), Kitab Bhavan, New Delhi, 1987.C. Barrett, Wittgenstein on Ethics and Religious Belief, Blackwell, 1991.N. Malcolm, Wittgenstein: A Religious point of View? London: Routledge, 1993.Mohd. Iqbal, Kulyat-e-Iqbal, Educational Publishing House, Delhi, 2005.Sahih Muslim, Abdul Hamid Siddiqi (trans.), Kitab Bhavan, New Delhi, 2000, Vol. 1; Ch. 2; H. 6.R. Rush (ed.), Ludwig Wittgenstein: Personal Recollection, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1981.Vohra, Ashok, JICPR, Vol. XXIV.L. Wittgenstein, Culture and Value, Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1953.L.Wittgenstein, On Certainty, ed. by G.E.M. Anscombe and G.H. von Wright, translated by Dennis Paul and G.E.M. Amscombe, NewYork and Evanston: J. & J. Harper Edition, 1968.L. Wittgenstein, Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology and Religious Belief, ed. C. Barrett, Oxford: Blackwell, 1969.361-3722736137