Naqd and Islah : Ibn ‛Ashur’s comprehensive critique and reform efforts regarding Islamic learning and education

Naqd and Islah : Ibn ‛Ashur’s comprehensive critique and reform efforts regarding Islamic learning and education

This article examines the theoretical and practical work of the Tunisian scholar and outstanding Imam of the ZaytËna Grand Mosque Muhmmad al-Tāhir Ibn ‛ashur con-cerning the reform of Muslim education. It analyzes his systematic and all-encompassing criticism of the body of Islamic learning and its...

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Main Author: El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir
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Language:English
Published: ISTAC 2012
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BP160 General works on Islam
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spelling iium-279872014-07-16T06:35:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/27987/ Naqd and Islah : Ibn ‛Ashur’s comprehensive critique and reform efforts regarding Islamic learning and education El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir BP160 General works on Islam This article examines the theoretical and practical work of the Tunisian scholar and outstanding Imam of the ZaytËna Grand Mosque Muhmmad al-Tāhir Ibn ‛ashur con-cerning the reform of Muslim education. It analyzes his systematic and all-encompassing criticism of the body of Islamic learning and its institutional frame-work at the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Special attention has been given to highlighting Ibn ‛ÓshËr’s identification of the internal and external factors that led to the decline of Muslim education and left it in a state of crisis, unable to cope with the modern challenges of life. The article also brings into light Ibn ‛Ashur’s theoretical and practical approach rejuvenating Islamic education in accordance with its original spirit and worldview. Meanwhile, the author indirectly brought home the pioneering character and relevance of Ibn ‛Ashur’s views to the ongoing discourse on Islamization of knowledge. Key terms: education and learning, Islamic education, reform, Islamization of knowledge, criticism. ISTAC 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/27987/1/Naqd_and_Islah_-_Ibn_Ashur%27s_Comprehensice_Critique_and_Reform_Efforts_Regarding_Islamic_Education_and_Learning.pdf El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir (2012) Naqd and Islah : Ibn ‛Ashur’s comprehensive critique and reform efforts regarding Islamic learning and education. Al-Shajarah , 17 (2). pp. 139-183. ISSN 1394-6870 http://www.iium.edu.my/shajarah/index.php/shaj/index
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Naqd and Islah : Ibn ‛Ashur’s comprehensive critique and reform efforts regarding Islamic learning and education
description This article examines the theoretical and practical work of the Tunisian scholar and outstanding Imam of the ZaytËna Grand Mosque Muhmmad al-Tāhir Ibn ‛ashur con-cerning the reform of Muslim education. It analyzes his systematic and all-encompassing criticism of the body of Islamic learning and its institutional frame-work at the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Special attention has been given to highlighting Ibn ‛ÓshËr’s identification of the internal and external factors that led to the decline of Muslim education and left it in a state of crisis, unable to cope with the modern challenges of life. The article also brings into light Ibn ‛Ashur’s theoretical and practical approach rejuvenating Islamic education in accordance with its original spirit and worldview. Meanwhile, the author indirectly brought home the pioneering character and relevance of Ibn ‛Ashur’s views to the ongoing discourse on Islamization of knowledge. Key terms: education and learning, Islamic education, reform, Islamization of knowledge, criticism.
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author El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir
author_facet El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir
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title Naqd and Islah : Ibn ‛Ashur’s comprehensive critique and reform efforts regarding Islamic learning and education
title_short Naqd and Islah : Ibn ‛Ashur’s comprehensive critique and reform efforts regarding Islamic learning and education
title_full Naqd and Islah : Ibn ‛Ashur’s comprehensive critique and reform efforts regarding Islamic learning and education
title_fullStr Naqd and Islah : Ibn ‛Ashur’s comprehensive critique and reform efforts regarding Islamic learning and education
title_full_unstemmed Naqd and Islah : Ibn ‛Ashur’s comprehensive critique and reform efforts regarding Islamic learning and education
title_sort naqd and islah : ibn ‛ashur’s comprehensive critique and reform efforts regarding islamic learning and education
publisher ISTAC
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/27987/
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