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Using the standards of sound scientific research, Dr. Khalid Ibrahim Al-Mahjoubi evaluates the value of oriental studies in the Islamic Studies and proves through many evidences that most of the orientalist studies, especially in the Islamic religious studies, are slander, fanaticism and ideological agenda, prompting the religious orientalist to bypass the sources of orientalists when they would write a biography of the great messenger (Peace be upon him) as Muhammad Asad admitted that the writings of orientalists on Islam do more harm than good; however, the fair, who were a few, have distanced themselves from the heritage of the fanatic orientalist and have done Islam, Muslims and Arabs justice, even though their product was not free from correctable errors and another group who have been obliged by the scientific subject, not the religious one, to be accurate upon examining the scientific heritage of Muslims. This evaluation is very important especially for those who are engaged in scientific research in the field of Islamic sciences. It requires the researcher to return to the original Islamic sources before resorting to what the orientalists wrote for the sake of accuracy and scientific honesty.
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