Tag: IslamizationOfKnowledge

Islamization of Modern Science and Its Philosophy

The book deconstructs the methodology of modern science. It acknowledges the empirical success but highlights its limitations. Modern science only addresses the how (mechanism) and ignores the why (purpose). By restricting reality to what can be measured in a lab, modern science ignores the metaphysical realm, leading to a fragmented understanding of existence. The book also explores the historical tension between the Church and science in Europe, which led to the total separation of religion and the state. The author argues that because Islam never had a ‘Dark Age’ conflict between faith and reason (as seen in the Islamic Golden Age), the Western secular model of science is a solution to a problem that never existed in the Muslim world.

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Islamization of Human Sciences

The primary goal of the book is to provide a conceptual framework and work-plan for the Islamization of Knowledge (IOK) specifically within the human sciences. It addresses the educational dilemma faced by Muslims due to the prevalence of secular Western models of thought, aiming to produce a re-integration of Islamic perspectives across all academic disciplines. The book is structured into several chapters that analyse both general theories of knowledge and specific applications in social sciences.

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A Critical Survey of Islamization of Knowledge

The book is a succinct summary of the major thoughts in Islamization of knowledge and the noted author provides a clear demonstration of ideas and how they contrast with each other. An equally useful contribution of the book is the illustration of the different views in flowchart diagram to ease understanding through illustrations. Finally, the book also contains abstracts of seminal works together with a useful and relevant bibliography for interested readers.

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