" It is somewhat paradoxical that AI-Ghazzali spearheaded the attack against free-thinkers and the proponents of logic, but in doing so had to use the weapon of his adversaries. Indeed, the stubborn ghost of Greek dialectics withstood exorcism by the greatest Asharite of all time. "

― Pervez Hoodbhoy , Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality