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Islamic philosophers have received much criticism in the history of Islamic thought. Ghazali was also one of those who criticized the philosophers. Even criticizing them in some respects he accused them of “takfeer (abjuration)”. The belief that the result of this heavy criticism of Ghazali’s has turned into the anti- philosophy in the Islamic World has become widespread. However, it is important to find out what Ghazali’s intention with this abjuration is. Therefore, it is necessary to analyse Ghazali’s period and what kind of a motivation he was in. The possible meaning to be loaded to the word “takfeer (abjuration)” can be a psycho-social (cognitive) pattern judgment used for the elimination of a social concern rather than religious concerns or concerns of faith. Revealing the analysis of this process, the attribution theories of social psychology can be utilized. Because, we think that social psychology needs to have the viewpoint with an interdisciplinary perspective to the conflict between Kalam and philosophy over centuries. Besides, we believe that some issues for which Ghazali criticizes the Islamic philosophers look upon today’s community and youth. Our opinion is also supported by some data of the contemporary social psychology.

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