Assessing the Possibility of Commitment to the Principles of Islam in Modern Society

The intellectual, cultural, political and social atmosphere of western societies was suddenly subject to extensive changes due to the domination of modern culture over these societies. The God and hereafter-oriented society became a man and world-oriented one and human intellect replaced divine revelation. On the other hand, cultural interchanges and hegemonies caused Islamic societies to face modernity as a new phenomenon, and challenged Islamic criteria. Reviewing the foundations of the culture of modernity, the present paper explains the contradiction between these foundations and those of Islamic thought and assesses the possibility of living based on Islamic and religious principles in modern age and contemporary modernized world.