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Islamic Culture as an Essential Component of a Comprehensive Approach to Development: Some Lessons from the Malaysian ‘Miracle’
Get PDFThis paper argues that many developing countries in general, and Muslim countries in particular, have failed to achieve a commendable level of development, despite their rich resource base and good economic policies. This is mainly due to the internal conflicts within their societies which have adversely affected their strength. The paper emphasizes the need for a peaceful Conflict Resolution Mechanism (CRM), and argues that the institutions and practices based on Islamic values, when used as components of CRM, can not only resolve the conflicts, but are also capable of producing an overall environment conducive to sustained growth. In support of this position, the paper presents a detailed case study of the CRM of the Malaysian society that has been built into Malay Islamic culture and has contributed enormously to the country's remarkable development
The Psycholinguistic Theories in the Muqaddimah of Ibn Khaldūn
Get PDFA review of psycholinguistic theories found in the Muqaddimah shows the breadth of Ibn Khaldūn's understanding of human behaviour, including language behaviour. His views on the influence of change on human habits, the relationship between language, knowledge and perception, and on the influence of constant repetition on language acquisition are, with minor modifications, valid even in the contemporary period. The causes he described for language corruption and the limitation of non-Arabs in learning Arabic are still worth examining
On the Nature and Scope of the Islamization Process: Towards Conceptual Clarification
Get PDFThe Islamization of Knowledge movement seems to be at a point in its history where a conscious effort is needed to clarify the concepts and the different ways in which it is being used. This paper is meant to generate some discussion that may hopefully help to bring about some measure of conceptual clarity. The first part of the paper is an attempt to identify the different approaches to understanding the basic nature of the Islamization process itself. Here, we differentiate between two approaches: the "engagement" of modern social sciences scholarship and the "disengagement" therefrom. It is pointed out that the truth seems to lie somewhere in between the two approaches. The second part of the paper asserts that the term "Islamization" is being used in many confusing ways. A case is made for limiting the use of this term to Islamization of “Knowledge," rather than expanding it to Islamization of societies, or reducing it to the level of talking about the Islamization of "curricula.
