Issues in Islamization of Human Knowledge: civilization building discourse of contemporary Muslim thinkers

• Main Author: Muhammad Mumtaz Ali (Author)
• Format: Unknown
• Language: English
• Published: Gombak IIUM Press 2014; ©2014
• Subjects: Knowledge, Theory of (Islam); Islamic education > Philosophy
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• Physical Description: xviii, 198 pages illustrations 24 cm.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (page 175-194) and indexes
• ISBN: 9789674183141

The issue of Islamization of Human Knowledge is not only a topical one but held a marked appeal for scholars and students within both Islamic education centers and higher institutions of learning across the world. And yet, despite the extant literature on this issue, it still remains a topic that is felt to require further attention. This book aims to make a sincere contribution to this current discourse by expounding on and organising central themes, inherent within the field of Islamization of Human Knowledge, that were hitherto scattered. It is, thus, the first of its kind. One significant argument of this project is that the rise and fall of any nation is commensurate with a like rise and fall of its intellectual development. In addition, the author has presented Islamization of Human Knowledge as a universal and people-oriented perspective and asserted that it should not be perceived as a mere religious and parochial discourse. Whilst a central theme of this book is on the concept of methodology of Islamization of Human Knowledge, it does this through the intellectual discourse of four contemporary thinkers who could be considered to be ideologues in this field. They are Kamal Hassan, Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Ismail al-Faruqi, and Abduhamid Abu Sulayman.