scholarly journals Issues in Methodology of Islamic Thought

1989 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 366-372
Author(s):  
IIIT - Cairo Office
Keyword(s):  
September 11 ◽  
Scientific Methodology ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Islamic Theology ◽  
Ibn Khaldun ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Municipal Council ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
The University

During the period from Safar 9-12, 1410 H. / September 11-14,1989 A.D.,a seminar on the "Issues in Methodology of Islamic Thought" was held atAmir AM al Qadir University of Islamic Studies (Qusantinah, Algeria). Theseminar was organized by the university in conjunction with the InternationalInstitute of Islamic Thought (Washington, D.C.). A group of professors andstudents of both sexes from Amir Abd al Qadir University, as well as fromthe Central University, participated in the seminar activities. The openingsession was attended by representatives from Qusantinah Province, the NationalLiberation Front, the Municipal Council, and the Religious Committee.Speeches were delivered by Dr. 'Ammar al Talibi, the University Presidentand Chairman of the seminar; Dr. Gamal El-Din Attia, Academic Advisorof the International Institute of Islamic Thought and convenor of theseminar; and by Dr. Muhammad 'AM al Hadi Abu Ridah representing theguests of the seminar.The seminar included seven panels where twenty-one research papers,prepared for the seminar, were presented and discussed. These research paperscovered the following topics:1- Inference Methodology in the Qur'an: A Response to the Opponentsof Faith, by Dr. Ahmad 'Atwah.2- The Elements of Scientific Methodology in the Qur'an andal Sunnah, by Dr. Ghawi 'Inayah.3 - Muslim Methodology in Islamic Theology, by Dr. FawqiyahHusayn.4 - The Methodology of Ideology in the Light of ContemporaryScientific Advances, by Dr. Muhammad Abd al Sattar Nassar.5- An Overview of the Methodology of Recording History, byDr. 'Abd al Halim 'Uways.6- The Methodology of the Principles of Jurisprudence, by Dr.Abd al Hamid Madkur.7- The Crises of Methodology in Modem Ideological Studies,by Dr. Muhammad Kamal al Din Imam.8- The Scientific Methodology and Spirit of Ibn Khaldun andIts Relation to Islam, by Dr. 'Imad al Din Khalil ...

scholarly journals Editorial Note

1986 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Sulayman S. Nyang
Keyword(s):  
Editorial Note ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
The World ◽  
Part Presentation ◽  
The University

In this issue we have a collection of very interesting articles. There is thelead article written by the late Professor Ismail al Faruqi, founding Presidentof the International Institute of Islamic Thought in Reston, Virginia, and thefirst President of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists in 1972. Thesetwo organizations, which are separate but work together as partners in Muslimscholarship in North America, are the sponsors of this journal.Dr. al Faruqi's contribution on the important question of world theologyintroduces a four-part presentation on aspects of the Islamization of Knowledge.Well-grounded in this field of knowledge and coming from a background whichclearly made him one of the few Muslim scholars capable of engaging in ameaningful dialogue with Western thinkers on their own ground, Professoral-Faruqi identifies the main areas of discourse and then offers a critical Islamicperspective on the problem.Following his article are two position papers on pressing current issues.The first is the piece written by S. Abdullah Schleifer, an American Muslimcurrently working and living in Cairo, Egypt. A prominent journalist withmany years of experience in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world,Schleifer looks at the needs, feasibility and limitations of an independent IslamicNews Agency. This piece is provocative and provides food for thought to thoseMuslims who are interested in the current debate on the New InternationalInformation Order (NIIO). The second paper deals with the operations ofmodern financial markets for stocks and bonds and its relevance to an Islamiceconomy. Written by Professor Raquib uz-Wan, it focuses on a very importantissue in the current discussion on Islamic economics.We regret to announce that Dr. Musa O.A. Abdul, a member of our AdvisoryEditorial Board has passed away due to natural causes. Students andfaculty of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and all others who came to knowhis work in Islamic studies will always benefit, inshallah, from his inspiringdevotion to the cause of Islam.We hope that this issue will continue the steady improvement in the qualityof this journal. We are determined, insha' Allah, to raise the quality of productionand the quality of scholarship in this journal. For this and other relatedreasons we call on all scholars who are interested in the Muslim World tosend in their comments and suggestions. Contributions are welcome fromall over the world ...

scholarly journals The 4th International Conference On Islamization Of Knowledge

1987 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-154
Author(s):  
Sayyid M. Syeed
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
Education Psychology ◽  
The University

The Fourth International Conference on Islamization of Knowledge,sponsored by the International Institute of Islamic Thought, was held in collaborationwith the University of Khartoum January 15-20, 1987. The themeof the conference was “Methodology of Research, Behavioral Sciences andEducation.” The call for papers was published in the American Jouml ofIslamic Social Sciences in July, 1984 and the invitations were circulated widelyamong Muslim scholars. It was in response to these calls that abstracts werereceived and finally selected on the basis of their relevance and quality.The conference was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of the Sudan, Mr.al Sayyid al Sadiq al Mahdi. Thirty-seven research papers were presented byforeign, as well as local Sudanese scholars. The subjects includedmethodology, epistomology , education, psychology, sociology, and anthropology.The conference proved to be an historic event, especially in termsof the participation of large numbers of local scholars, teachers, students andother interested Muslims.Each presentation was followed by lively discussions and critiques. Theextraordinary interest shown by the Sudanese Muslims regarding the issues ofthe Islamization of Knowledge, was evidence of this nation’s commitment tothe process of Islamization. The director of the Friendship Hall announced atthe final session that the conference had attracted the largest crowd ever at theauditorium. In addition, the lobbies, the offices and the grounds around theauditorium were all crowded and the loud speakers had to be openedeverywhere.The following are the titles of some of the research papers presented:1. The Problems of Methodology in Islamic Thought ‘Abdul Hamid ’AbuSulayman2. Reason and Its Role in the Islamic Methodology Taha Jabir Al-‘Alwani3. Methodology of the Classification of Sciences in the Islamic Thought‘Abdul Majid Al Najjar ...

scholarly journals Observing the Observer

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-99
Author(s):  
David H. Warren
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Interested Reader ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
American Muslim ◽  
Muslim Minority

This publication, a collection of ten essays incorporating both quantitative andqualitative studies, has emerged as part of a lengthy research project conductedby the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) and the Center for Islamand Public Policy (CIPP) beginning in 2004 and concluding in 2007. Naturally,given the state of relations between the United States and those countries perceivedas comprising the “Muslim World,” as well as regular controversies andscandals relating to the American Muslim minority and those who purport toobserve, study, and teach others about them and their religion, such a study isparticularly welcome. The studies included are aimed at both students and specialists,not only in the field of “Islamic studies” itself, but also more broadlywith regard to such related academic fields as theology and anthropology. Anotheraudience is the more general interested reader who might wish to learnwhat may (or may not) have changed in that field attacked so successfully inEdward Said’s great polemic, that its title Orientalism ultimately entered Islamicstudies as a truly condemnatory and pejorative slogan ...

scholarly journals Opportunities and Challenges of Teaching Islamic Studies in Theological Seminaries

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-162
Author(s):  
Fatima Siwaju
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Care ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Care Coordinator ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Theological Schools ◽  
Islamic Tradition ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
President Elect ◽  
Muslim Student ◽  
Professional Degrees

On Saturday, November 21, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., a panel coorganized by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) entitled “Opportunitiesand Challenges of Teaching Islamic Studies in TheologicalSeminaries,” was held during the Annual Meeting of the American Academyof Religion (AAR) at the Marriott Hotel in Atlanta, GA. The panel was presidedover by Reverend Dr. Serene Jones (president of Union Theological Seminaryand AAR president-elect), and included contributions from Nazila Isgandarova(Emmanuel College), Munir Jiwa (Graduate Theological Union), JerushaLamptey (Union Theological Seminary), Nevin Reda (Emmanuel College),Feryal Salem (Hartford Seminary), and Ermin Sinanović (IIIT). Amir Hussain(Loyola Marymount University) served as respondent.The purpose of the roundtable was to address the growing trend amongChristian seminaries in North America of offering courses and, in some cases,professional degrees in the study of Islam, which has often involved hiringMuslim academics. The panelists endeavored to explore the opportunitiesand challenges posed by this new context, as well as the possible future directionof theological schools in addition to the future trajectory of Islamicstudies at them.Nazila Isgandarova, a spiritual care coordinator for the Center for Addictionand Mental Health in Canada and a graduate student at Emmanuel College,spoke of her personal experience as a Muslim student in a theological school.She noted that one of the unique advantages of studying Islam in a Christianenvironment is that it provides a space for the exchange of ideas. Isgandarovaidentified clinical pastoral education (CPE) as one of the major advantages ofstudying at a seminary. She emphasized that Islamic spiritual care educationshould be grounded not only in the Islamic tradition, but also in the conceptualand methodological frameworks provided by CPE. While she acknowledged ...

scholarly journals Islamic Studies and Teaching Islam Studying and teaching Islam in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Methods and approaches (In Persian)

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 426-441
Author(s):  
Ali Asgari Yazdi
Keyword(s):  
Practical Experience ◽  
University Education ◽  
State University ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Islamic Theology ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
The University ◽  
Moscow State University

The article reflects the results of the international meeting “Theology and Islamic Studies in Russia and Iran: history, methods, educational  approach.” The meeting took place in the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian academy on the 8th of May 2018. The Meeting Committee received a substantial grant from the Culture Section of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Russia. At the meeting took part over 20 scholars from various research and educational bodies of the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Among them were scholars from the University of Teheran, the al-Mustafa International University, Moscow State University, St Petersburg State University, Bashkortostan State University in Ufa, the Daghestan Institute of Hunmanities, The Moscow State University of Foreign Languages, the Pyatigorsk State University, and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. In the article Prof. Yazdi outlines the recent trends in teaching Islamic theology and Islamic studies in the University of Teheran. The outstanding results gained by the scholars of this University in the field of Islamic education has attracted a vivid interest of their Russian colleagues. The teaching of Islam in the Islamic Republic of Iran runs in the four main directions:1. Teaching of Islam in the traditional framework combined with rational sciences and philosophy.2. Islamic studies and Islamic theology as a separate teaching module in the leading Universities of Iran.3. Islamic studies are combined with teaching of exact sciences as in the Imam Sadiq University (Tehran), the Motahhari University (Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province) and the Imam Reza University (Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province).4. Islamic studies constitute an integral part of University education in Iran.The teaching of Islam in the Islamic Republic of Iran is based on the Islamic tradition, philosophy and rational sciences. Therefore, the theology is considered as one of the aspects of the rational teaching. This is the basis of the Iranian moderate Islam. The author shares his practical experience of teaching Islam and Islamic sciences of many years.

scholarly journals Confronting Challenges in Islamic Studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 172-174
Author(s):  
Brian Wright
Keyword(s):  
San Antonio ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Memorial Lecture ◽  
Significant Shift ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Santa Barbara ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
History Of

At the 2016 meeting of the American Academy of Religion in San Antonio,the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) hosted the third annualIsmail al Faruqi Memorial Lecture. Delivered by Ahmad Atef Ahmad (Universityof California Santa Barbara), the lecture focused on the changing academicfield of Islamic studies: where the field has been, where it is now, andwhere it should go in the future.Ahmad began by outlining the history of approaching both Islamic studiesand comparative religion in general. After decades of claiming neutrality, hebelieves that the field has now reached a new phase. “In the past there was anassumption that there is a neutral, global set of rules and tools that can help usunderstand religion, like those of philosophy or anthropology. However, overtime we have come to realize that these tools are in no way neutral and comewith their own kinds of baggage.” This failure of neutrality has particularlyaffected scholars of Islam, because “You find that Muslim scholars who taketheir primary sources seriously find the deck stacked against them, especiallyfor those who are working in the West and trying to engage in conversationswith other religious traditions.”As a result of the realization that the tools of religious studies cannot beneutral, academia has undergone a significant shift ...

scholarly journals The Legacy of Isma`il Raji al-Faruqi

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-143
Author(s):  
Zakyi Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
International Institute ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
Christian Understanding ◽  
The University

A two-day seminar on Isma`il Raji al-Faruqi (1921-86), jointly organized bythe Centre for the Study of Democracy (University of Westminster), Princeal-Waleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (GeorgetownUniversity), and the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIITUK and USA), took place in London at the University of Westminster on6-7 June 2010. Considering his intellectual output, academic agendas, andscholastic achievements, as well as to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversaryof his death, the organizers thought a seminar of this caliber wouldbe most appropriate. John Esposito and John Voll write of a certain Christianacquaintance of al-Faruqi lamenting the latter’s aspiration to become the“Luther” of Islam, believing that it is in dire need of reformation. This considerationguaranteed al-Faruqi a prominent slot in their “Makers of ContemporaryIslam” (2001) ...

scholarly journals ONE-DAY SEMINAR ON ISLAMIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE

1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-271
Author(s):  
Salisu Shehu
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
The University

IIIT (International Institute of Islamic Thought) in Nigeria, in conjunctionwith the Muslim Forum of Bayero University, Kano, jointlyorganized and conducted a one-day seminar on the Islamization ofknowledge. The seminar took place on 5 Rabi' al-Awwal, 1417 (20 July1996). It was one of a series of programs designed for faculty outreach.Therefore, academic staff in the various faculties of the university wereinvited and constituted the primary audience.The primary aim of the seminar was to educate and mobilize Muslimacademicians in the university toward the Islamization of Knowledgeprogram. It has been observed that, although a number of departments inthe university offer Islamically oriented courses and several papers hadbeen presented in some departmental and even some international seminars,many academic staff still do not have a proper understanding of theidea behind the Islamization of knowledge. For this reason, all the paperspresented focused on the concept of Islamization of knowledge itself.Of the papers presented, two are included here. The first paper was thekeynote address delivered by Dr. Bashir Shehu Galadanci, the coordinatorof IIIT in Nigeria. Dr. Galadanci gave a precise and concise summaryof the journey thus far and the issues involved in the Islamization ofKnowledge program. First and foremost, he gave a brief analysis of thetheoretical and conceptual framework upon which the idea of the programwas built. He further analyzed the divergent views and the controversiesinvolved in the program. He then gave a concise historical reviewof its undertaking, the efforts and achievements so far made on the program,and some of the problems usually encountered both locally inNigeria and internationally ...

scholarly journals IIIT Intellectual Panels

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-143
Author(s):  
Hadeel Elaradi
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Real World ◽  
Annual Convention ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
The World ◽  
Modern Knowledge

The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) held a series of panels atthe 42st annual convention of the Islamic Circle of North America-MuslimAmerican Society (ICNA-MAS) in Baltimore, MD, on Saturday, April 15,2017. This year, the convention’s theme was “The Quest for True Success:The Divine Message of Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad.”IIIT’s intellectual panels dealt with a variety of topics. The first session,“The Concept of Madrasa: Context and Reform,” revolved around EbrahimMoosa’s What Is a Madrasa? (Chapel Hill: University of North CarolinaPress, 2015). Moosa (professor, Islamic studies, University of Notre Dame)reminisced about his time as a madrasa student in India, stating: “The way Icame into India was in a very pietistic orientation, that Islam was all about piety. India and the madrasas taught me that Islam is about thinking ... piety... goodness ... making a contribution to the world.” However, he continued,the “madrasas have done a good job in preserving the identity of traditionalIslam, but it’s unable to make that identity actually work in the real world. ...and that modern knowledge has been closed off from the lived experience ofMuslims.” ...

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