Prospecting the Islamic Generations through Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s Vision
The Islamic business owners and intellects wished Islam to play a superior part in the description for shared virtuousness in the economic processes. A cross-influence established with Muslim cultural values created a liberal and market oriented Western pattern of development facilitating the Isl...
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| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/69291/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/69291/1/PROSPECTING%20THE%20ISLAMIC%20GENERATIONS%20THROUGH%20BEDIUZZAMAN%20SAID%20NURSI%E2%80%99S%20VISION.pdf |
| Summary: | The Islamic business owners and intellects wished Islam to play a superior part in the description
for shared virtuousness in the economic processes. A cross-influence established with Muslim
cultural values created a liberal and market oriented Western pattern of development facilitating
the Islamic entrepreneurs and intellectuals to pursue contentment not only in the afterlife but
also in earthly living. Bediuzzaman Said Nursi was a missionary who educated that Muslims
must not discard modernity nonetheless discover newer stimulus in the blessed manuscripts
to involve through it. Anticipating the development of political Islam required moderate and
pro-Western Islam with sufficient materialistic liberalism to support economic development,
thus necessitating the compatibility of Islamic ideas and practices with the market economy
and complex web of businesses lead to an operative and post-developmental policy that requires
self-governing, clear and responsible in interface with culture and economy. It should control
unrestricted market which is constructive, untarnished, inspiringly causative to economic
growth, socially protective and impartial to the enterprise and people Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
was instrumental in the development thrust areas where the silent Muslim majority also
required financial support for Islamic-oriented newspapers, television, and radio stations which
were felt as a parallel modernity to the distinct world views and their life-styles by the way of
clothing, taste, music, food, residential areas, vacation hotels, and the like. This paper analysis
the Islamic thinking and its orientation for such development envisioned by Bediuzzaman Said
Nursi in current commercial standings to achieve a very competitive edge with the western
world. |
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