Abbas Ghanbari Baghestan; Sayed Mohsen Miri; Abdolhosein Kalantari
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The purpose of this study is to provide comprehensive understanding of logic and reason of Islamization of Knowledge (IOK), as an intellectual response from Muslim Scholars to what so called “Modernity Project” in recent decades. Using Meta-Analysis as a method of study, this research systematically ...
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The purpose of this study is to provide comprehensive understanding of logic and reason of Islamization of Knowledge (IOK), as an intellectual response from Muslim Scholars to what so called “Modernity Project” in recent decades. Using Meta-Analysis as a method of study, this research systematically has reviewed over 80 scientific documents including articles, books, reviews and etc. in order to come out with a clear picture and understanding of reason and logic of Islmization of Knowledge across the world.Having such understanding and clear picture of reason and logic of IOK, with its main categories, trends and pertinent comparative studies as well as their strength and weaknesses will help and guide Muslim scholars and thinkers in their future studies along the path toward restore their supremacy in knowledge. The result of the study shows that Islamization of knowledge emerged within the context of the perceived crisis of Islamic civilization and concomitant crisis the intellectuals.
Rereading and interpreting the ideas of leading Muslim thinkers
Abbas Ghanbari Baghestan; Sayed Mohsen Miri
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to provide comprehensive understanding of Islamization of Knowledge (IOK), as an intellectual response from Muslim Scholars to what so called “Modernity Project” in recent decades. Using Meta-Analysis as a method of study, this research systematically has reviewed ...
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The purpose of this study is to provide comprehensive understanding of Islamization of Knowledge (IOK), as an intellectual response from Muslim Scholars to what so called “Modernity Project” in recent decades. Using Meta-Analysis as a method of study, this research systematically has reviewed over 80 scientific documents including articles, books, reviews and etc. in order to come out with a clear picture and understanding of IOK across the world. The result of this study shows the IOK as an intellectual project was a great revivalist response to modernity; hence, is right path to follow. Even though, many scholars, researchers and fellows were involved and producing lots of scientific documents pertinent to IOK resulted a very rich Islamic Heritage, however, less attention have been paid to IOK as a comprehensive approach to the challenges of contemporary societies. Having such understanding and clear picture of IOK, with its main categories, trends and pertinent comparative studies as well as their strength and weaknesses will help and guide Muslim scholars and thinkers in their future studies along the path toward restore their supremacy in knowledge. Furthermore, this study shows that IOK can be considered as Co-Equal with establishing and localizing of Knowledge in the golden age of Islamic Civilization, as such, once is established in each modern thought, a creative Islamic synthesis can be launched.
Abstract
"Islamization of Knowledge" is a term most often used to describe Muslim scholars' effort in De-westernization of knowledge in order to develop new paradigms of thought and knowledge according to the Islamic doctrine in different disciplines. In the last five decades, Islamization of knowledge can be ...
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"Islamization of Knowledge" is a term most often used to describe Muslim scholars' effort in De-westernization of knowledge in order to develop new paradigms of thought and knowledge according to the Islamic doctrine in different disciplines. In the last five decades, Islamization of knowledge can be traced back to the works of Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1968), Al-Attas (1982), Al-Faruqi (1982), and Allame Sardar (1985). However, even though there are such great efforts in the pathway of Islamization of knowledge, little attention has been paid to developing a comprehensive meta-theoretical framework that can be considered as an alternative to its Western counterpart. New paradigms of knowledge should be conceptualized in the framework of Meta-theory. Accordingly, to advance Islamization, Muslims scholars need a meta-theoretical framework to address the ontological, epistemological and methodological questions related to their supported Islamic Paradigm. Having a review of the Western framework of meta-theory and its ontological, epistemological and methodical aspects, the purpose of this article is to propose a tentative meta-theoretical framework, hopping to be less speculative and more analytically useful than what we have had so far.
