Islamic civilization: its significance in al-Faruqi’s Islamization of Knowledge

This paper discusses the significance attempt of al-Faruqi in making Islamic civilization a mandatory course in his Islamization of Knowledge project. In any attempt of Islamization of Knowledge, the students of Islamization should be comprehensively mastered Islamic Civilization. Al-Faruqi systemat...

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Main Authors: Wan Sabri, W.Y., Zuriati, M.R., Tasnim, A.R., Ahmad, N.A.
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
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spelling ukm-90912016-12-14T06:48:56Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9091/ Islamic civilization: its significance in al-Faruqi’s Islamization of Knowledge Wan Sabri, W.Y. Zuriati, M.R. Tasnim, A.R. Ahmad, N.A. This paper discusses the significance attempt of al-Faruqi in making Islamic civilization a mandatory course in his Islamization of Knowledge project. In any attempt of Islamization of Knowledge, the students of Islamization should be comprehensively mastered Islamic Civilization. Al-Faruqi systematically developed four required components in civilizational study that were critical for Islamization project, i.e., to give the Muslim student knowledge of the first principles of Islam as essence of Islamic civilization in the first year; the historical achievements of Islamic civilization in the second year; how Islamic civilization compares and contrasts with other civilizations in essence and manifestation, in the third year, and; how Islamic civilization is the only viable option in dealing with the fundamental problems of Muslims and non-Muslims in the contemporary world, in the fourth year. The significance ideal projected by this comprehensive stages as characterized by al-Faruqi were crucial for student to understand the secular worldview that bring the collapse of civilization in the past and not to repeat this catastrophic consequence in contemporary civilization of the Ummah. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9091/1/IJIT_Vol_7_June_2015_5_49-57.pdf Wan Sabri, W.Y. and Zuriati, M.R. and Tasnim, A.R. and Ahmad, N.A. (2015) Islamic civilization: its significance in al-Faruqi’s Islamization of Knowledge. International Journal of Islamic Thought ( IJIT ), 7 . pp. 49-57. ISSN 2232-1314 http://www.ukm.my/ijit/Issue%207.htm
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description This paper discusses the significance attempt of al-Faruqi in making Islamic civilization a mandatory course in his Islamization of Knowledge project. In any attempt of Islamization of Knowledge, the students of Islamization should be comprehensively mastered Islamic Civilization. Al-Faruqi systematically developed four required components in civilizational study that were critical for Islamization project, i.e., to give the Muslim student knowledge of the first principles of Islam as essence of Islamic civilization in the first year; the historical achievements of Islamic civilization in the second year; how Islamic civilization compares and contrasts with other civilizations in essence and manifestation, in the third year, and; how Islamic civilization is the only viable option in dealing with the fundamental problems of Muslims and non-Muslims in the contemporary world, in the fourth year. The significance ideal projected by this comprehensive stages as characterized by al-Faruqi were crucial for student to understand the secular worldview that bring the collapse of civilization in the past and not to repeat this catastrophic consequence in contemporary civilization of the Ummah.
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author Wan Sabri, W.Y.
Zuriati, M.R.
Tasnim, A.R.
Ahmad, N.A.
spellingShingle Wan Sabri, W.Y.
Zuriati, M.R.
Tasnim, A.R.
Ahmad, N.A.
Islamic civilization: its significance in al-Faruqi’s Islamization of Knowledge
author_facet Wan Sabri, W.Y.
Zuriati, M.R.
Tasnim, A.R.
Ahmad, N.A.
author_sort Wan Sabri, W.Y.
title Islamic civilization: its significance in al-Faruqi’s Islamization of Knowledge
title_short Islamic civilization: its significance in al-Faruqi’s Islamization of Knowledge
title_full Islamic civilization: its significance in al-Faruqi’s Islamization of Knowledge
title_fullStr Islamic civilization: its significance in al-Faruqi’s Islamization of Knowledge
title_full_unstemmed Islamic civilization: its significance in al-Faruqi’s Islamization of Knowledge
title_sort islamic civilization: its significance in al-faruqi’s islamization of knowledge
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9091/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9091/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9091/1/IJIT_Vol_7_June_2015_5_49-57.pdf
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