World history from and Islamic perspective: the experience of the International Islamic University Malaysia

The contemporary call for Islamization of knowledge is a revivalist response to modernity and its secular impact on Muslim society and educational institutions. It stems from the premise that contemporary knowledge is neither value-free nor universal. It has been designed by Western scholars who fr...

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Main Author:	Abu Shouk, Ahmed Ibrahim
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	IIUM Press 2009
Subjects:	D History (General) LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/6701/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6701/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6701/1/World_History_from_an_Islamic_Perspective_-_The_Experience_of_the_International_Islamic_University_Malaysia.pdf

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spelling	iium-67012011-11-30T09:33:32Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6701/ World history from and Islamic perspective: the experience of the International Islamic University Malaysia Abu Shouk, Ahmed Ibrahim D History (General) LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa) The contemporary call for Islamization of knowledge is a revivalist response to modernity and its secular impact on Muslim society and educational institutions. It stems from the premise that contemporary knowledge is neither value-free nor universal. It has been designed by Western scholars who frame the world from their own distinct cultural, historical and secular perspective. This call was popularized and developed by Ismail Raji al-Faruqi into a set of principles and work-plan that triggered a series of scholarly debates and discussions on the Islamic approach to knowledge and education. This article attempts to examine the rationale of the Islamization of knowledge and its application at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) with a particular emphasis on the history and civilization programmes that aim at encouraging students to cultivate and Islamic perspective through which they will be able to enhance their intellectual understanding of continuity and change in world history and civilization dialogues across religions and nations. IIUM Press 2009 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6701/1/World_History_from_an_Islamic_Perspective_-_The_Experience_of_the_International_Islamic_University_Malaysia.pdf Abu Shouk, Ahmed Ibrahim (2009) World history from and Islamic perspective: the experience of the International Islamic University Malaysia. In: Proceedings of the Seminar on Research Findings 2008. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 95-102. ISBN 9789833855780 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/Products/115-wwwgooglecom.aspx
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description	The contemporary call for Islamization of knowledge is a revivalist response to modernity and its secular impact on Muslim society and educational institutions. It stems from the premise that contemporary knowledge is neither value-free nor universal. It has been designed by Western scholars who frame the world from their own distinct cultural, historical and secular perspective. This call was popularized and developed by Ismail Raji al-Faruqi into a set of principles and work-plan that triggered a series of scholarly debates and discussions on the Islamic approach to knowledge and education. This article attempts to examine the rationale of the Islamization of knowledge and its application at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) with a particular emphasis on the history and civilization programmes that aim at encouraging students to cultivate and Islamic perspective through which they will be able to enhance their intellectual understanding of continuity and change in world history and civilization dialogues across religions and nations.
format	Book Chapter
author	Abu Shouk, Ahmed Ibrahim
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title	World history from and Islamic perspective: the experience of the International Islamic University Malaysia
title_short	World history from and Islamic perspective: the experience of the International Islamic University Malaysia
title_full	World history from and Islamic perspective: the experience of the International Islamic University Malaysia
title_fullStr	World history from and Islamic perspective: the experience of the International Islamic University Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	World history from and Islamic perspective: the experience of the International Islamic University Malaysia
title_sort	world history from and islamic perspective: the experience of the international islamic university malaysia
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publishDate	2009
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World history from and Islamic perspective: the experience of the International Islamic University Malaysia

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