Towards a peaceful future of Asean in an era of turbulence: The need to construct a Wasatiyyah-driven Islamic civilization across the region

Towards a peaceful future of Asean in an era of turbulence: The need to construct a Wasatiyyah-driven Islamic civilization across the region

Today the phenomenon of “social and moral turbulence” has gone beyond the boundaries of banking and finance to embrace global politics, climate change and environmental disasters, international relations, inter-religious and intra-religious discord, food insecurity scenario, urban crime, lawlessness...

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Main Author: Hassan, Mohd. Kamal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: College of Islamic Studies, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus 2015
Subjects:
BP1 Islam
BP173.7 Islam and politics
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/54105/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/54105/1/20161228110504596.pdf
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spelling iium-541052017-03-10T01:09:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54105/ Towards a peaceful future of Asean in an era of turbulence: The need to construct a Wasatiyyah-driven Islamic civilization across the region Hassan, Mohd. Kamal BP1 Islam BP173.7 Islam and politics Today the phenomenon of “social and moral turbulence” has gone beyond the boundaries of banking and finance to embrace global politics, climate change and environmental disasters, international relations, inter-religious and intra-religious discord, food insecurity scenario, urban crime, lawlessness, and – not least – the daily hazards of living in an environment, system or culture with low standards of moral integrity in many cities of the Muslim world. For the Muslim majority communities of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam, and the Muslim minorities of the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos, the way the Islamic culture and civilization are going to develop in the context of ASEAN Economic Community of 2015 and beyond are going to be crucial for the survival of the Muslim ummah as a positive civilizing force. It is hoped that the formation of the ASEAN Community and its consolidation in the coming years would allow for greater public space for Muslim communities to play the role of Rahmatan Li’L-‘Alamin, (Mercy to all Mankind) and Ummatan Wasatan ( Justly Balanced Community) in a shared and enlarged economic and cultural environment, such that the presence of Islam and the Muslim community would be perceived by the non-Muslim communities in ASEAN as a force that represents the message of peace, mutual respect and cooperation with non-Muslim communities. College of Islamic Studies, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus 2015-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54105/1/20161228110504596.pdf Hassan, Mohd. Kamal (2015) Towards a peaceful future of Asean in an era of turbulence: The need to construct a Wasatiyyah-driven Islamic civilization across the region. Journal of Islamic Studies, 6 (2 (July - December)). pp. 1-16. ISSN 1686-0780 http://cis.psu.ac.th/ejournal/index.php/islamic/article/view/57/48
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BP173.7 Islam and politics
Hassan, Mohd. Kamal
Towards a peaceful future of Asean in an era of turbulence: The need to construct a Wasatiyyah-driven Islamic civilization across the region
description Today the phenomenon of “social and moral turbulence” has gone beyond the boundaries of banking and finance to embrace global politics, climate change and environmental disasters, international relations, inter-religious and intra-religious discord, food insecurity scenario, urban crime, lawlessness, and – not least – the daily hazards of living in an environment, system or culture with low standards of moral integrity in many cities of the Muslim world. For the Muslim majority communities of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam, and the Muslim minorities of the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos, the way the Islamic culture and civilization are going to develop in the context of ASEAN Economic Community of 2015 and beyond are going to be crucial for the survival of the Muslim ummah as a positive civilizing force. It is hoped that the formation of the ASEAN Community and its consolidation in the coming years would allow for greater public space for Muslim communities to play the role of Rahmatan Li’L-‘Alamin, (Mercy to all Mankind) and Ummatan Wasatan ( Justly Balanced Community) in a shared and enlarged economic and cultural environment, such that the presence of Islam and the Muslim community would be perceived by the non-Muslim communities in ASEAN as a force that represents the message of peace, mutual respect and cooperation with non-Muslim communities.
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author Hassan, Mohd. Kamal
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title Towards a peaceful future of Asean in an era of turbulence: The need to construct a Wasatiyyah-driven Islamic civilization across the region
title_short Towards a peaceful future of Asean in an era of turbulence: The need to construct a Wasatiyyah-driven Islamic civilization across the region
title_full Towards a peaceful future of Asean in an era of turbulence: The need to construct a Wasatiyyah-driven Islamic civilization across the region
title_fullStr Towards a peaceful future of Asean in an era of turbulence: The need to construct a Wasatiyyah-driven Islamic civilization across the region
title_full_unstemmed Towards a peaceful future of Asean in an era of turbulence: The need to construct a Wasatiyyah-driven Islamic civilization across the region
title_sort towards a peaceful future of asean in an era of turbulence: the need to construct a wasatiyyah-driven islamic civilization across the region
publisher College of Islamic Studies, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus
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