An Analytical Look into Modern and Islamic Education

An Analytical Look into Modern and Islamic Education
Author: Mohammad Alamgheer
Publisher: Ahsan Publication
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2006-01-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

The education system of the Islamic World needs almost a thorough change. It is because the education-contents and machineries are still infested with foreign thoughts and elements. Plagyarism and piracy to confuse the Muslim Ummah have also been getting upper hand in it slowly and cunningly. Also a studied glance over present education centent and system of world as a whole now horribly exhibits that ‘Education’ instead of becoming back-bone of a nation has been assuming the appearance of ‘Death-Penalty’ on Man on the Universe. To get rid of this, the entire Muslim-world has recently awaken from slumber and till now it has held “Three World Confernces on Muslim Education” in Makka, Islamabad and Dhaka in the years 1977, 1978 and 1981 respectively. The present work has been designed to publish some critical articles with a view to help the educationists and the scholars discriminate the thoughts and findings of these conferences along with some rarequality of essays and writings of the reputed thinkers published in different monthlies, weeklies and periodicals time to time.The aim is, in other words, to help promote and achieve the unity of thoughts and actions among the Islamic Scholars, Researchers and Educationists of the globe in attaining reality and spirit in reformation-work in the field of Islamic education and research. However, it is sure that the Third World Conference of Muslim Education would have a profound bearing upon the on-going system of education in Muslim countries provided its recommendations especially on Curriculum get fair play and sincere opportunity for implementation by the unhypocritic Muslim Governments having profound faith in Almighty Allah’s grace, help and bliss. Also it is fairly believed that the book will surely add some new dimensions to the scholars and educationists’ thought for exploring more substantial Islamic visions and values to be instituted to the practical field of Islamic education and research with more accuracy, skill and objectivity. Specially three articles (excluding the rest eight articles written by me, the author) on “Muslim Women’s Education,” “Co-education movement, An interview report by the author and The growth and flourishment of the present reformation in Muslim world’s Education” have been included to make the judicious readers and reformers think and do what changes are to be brought to the existing world-education for better future of the progeny. Lastly, I am much grateful to the scholars whose findings and recommendations have immensely enriched the contents of the work and also to the publisher for extending help to the book carefully and nicely see the light of the universe, and for all these helps and cordiality, I ask to Allah for granting all of their toil and efforts graciously rewarding here and the world next. Ameen.

Analytic Islamic Philosophy

Analytic Islamic Philosophy
Author: Anthony Robert Booth
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2018-01-31
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1137541571

This book is an introduction to Islamic Philosophy, beginning with its Medieval inception, right through to its more contemporary incarnations. Using the language and conceptual apparatus of contemporary Anglo-American ‘Analytic’ philosophy, this book represents a novel and creative attempt to rejuvenate Islamic Philosophy for a modern audience. It adopts a ‘rational reconstructive’ approach to the history of philosophy by affording maximum hermeneutical priority to the strongest possible interpretation of a philosopher’s arguments while also paying attention to the historical context in which they worked. The central canonical figures of Medieval Islamic Philosophy – al-Kindi, al-Farabi, Avicenna, al-Ghazali, Averroes – are presented chronologically along with an introduction to the central themes of Islamic theology and the Greek philosophical tradition they inherited. The book then briefly introduces what the author collectively refers to as the ‘Pre-Modern’ figures including Suhrawardi, Mulla Sadra, and Ibn Taymiyyah, and presents all of these thinkers, along with their Medieval predecessors, as forerunners to the more modern incarnation of Islamic Philosophy: Political Islam.

The Rise of Islamic Capitalism

The Rise of Islamic Capitalism
Author: Vali Nasr
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2009-09-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 141659194X

Leading authority on the Islamic world and influential advisor to the Obama administration Vali Nasr shows that the West’s best hope of winning the battle against Islamic extremists is to foster the growth of a vibrant new Muslim middle class. This flourishing of Muslim bourgeoisie is reshaping the mind-set, politics, and even the religious values of Muslims in much the same way the Western bourgeoisie lead the capitalist and democratic revolution in Europe. Whereas extremism has grown out of the dismal economic failures of the authoritarian Islamic regimes, Nasr explains, the wealth and aspirations of this Islamic “critical middle” put them squarely at odds with extremism. They have ushered in remarkable transformations already in Dubai, Turkey, and Indonesia, and they are the key to tipping the balance in both Iran and Pakistan. As he writes “the great battle for the soul of the Muslim world will be fought not over religion but over market capitalism.”

Achieving Education for All through Public–Private Partnerships?

Achieving Education for All through Public–Private Partnerships?
Author: Pauline Rose
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317999541

Concern for achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 has led to a focus on the role that non-state providers (NSPs) can offer in extending access and improving quality of basic services. While NSPs can help to fill a gap in provision to those excluded from state provision, recent growth in both for-profit and not-for-profit providers in developing countries has sometimes resulted in fragmentation of service delivery. To address this, attention is increasingly given in the education sector to developing ‘partnerships’ between governments and NSPs. Partnerships are further driven by the expectation that the state has the moral, social, and legal responsibility for overall education service delivery and so should play a role in facilitating and regulating NSPs. Even where the ultimate aim of both non-state providers and the state is to provide education of acceptable quality to all children, this book provides evidence from diverse contexts across Africa, South Asia, and Latin America to highlight the challenges in them partnering to achieve this. This book was published as a special issue of Development in Practice.

International Perspectives on Gender and Higher Education

International Perspectives on Gender and Higher Education
Author: Christine Fontanini
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2020-11-26
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1839098880

Despite improved access to higher education for women, the distribution of women and men varies considerably between fields of study. The chapters in this edited collection explore the participation status of women in higher education across the varying socio-economic and sociological backgrounds observed in different countries and regions.

The Formation of Hanbalism

The Formation of Hanbalism
Author: Nimrod Hurvitz
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2002
Genre: Hanbalites
ISBN: 070071507X

Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (d. 855) was the eponymous founder of a school of law. This study moves beyond conventional biography to integrate the story of Ibn Hanbal's life with the main events during a crucial formative period in Islamic history.

Philosophies of Islamic Education

Philosophies of Islamic Education
Author: Mujadad Zaman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2016-03-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317657632

The study of Islamic education has hitherto remained a tangential inquiry in the broader focus of Islamic Studies. In the wake of this neglect, a renaissance of sorts has occurred in recent years, reconfiguring the importance of Islam’s attitudes to knowledge, learning and education as paramount in the study and appreciation of Islamic civilization. Philosophies of Islamic Education, stands in tandem to this call and takes a pioneering step in establishing the importance of its study for the educationalist, academic and student alike. Broken into four sections, it deals with theological, pedagogic, institutional and contemporary issues reflecting the diverse and often competing notions and practices of Islamic education. As a unique international collaboration bringing into conversation theologians, historians, philosophers, teachers and sociologists of education Philosophies of Islamic Education intends to provide fresh means for conversing with contemporary debates in ethics, secularization theory, child psychology, multiculturalism, interfaith dialogue and moral education. In doing so, it hopes to offer an important and timely contribution to educational studies as well as give new insight for academia in terms of conceiving learning and education.

Identity, Nationhood and Bangladesh Independent Cinema

Identity, Nationhood and Bangladesh Independent Cinema
Author: Fahmidul Haq
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2022-07-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000605647

This book analyses how independent filmmakers from Bangladesh have represented national identity in their films. The focus of this book is on independent and art house filmmakers and how cinema plays a vital role in constructing national and cultural identity. The authors examine post-2000 films which predominantly deal with issues of national identity and demonstrate how they tackle questions of national identity. Bangladesh is seemingly a homogenous country consisting 98% of Bengali and 90% of Muslim. This majority group has two dominant identities – Bengaliness (the ethno-linguistic identity) and Muslimness (the religious identity). Bengaliness is perceived as secular-modern whereas Muslimness is perceived as traditional and conservative. However, Bangladeshi independent and art house filmmakers portray the nationhood of the country with an enthusiasm and liveliness that exceeds these two categories. In addition to these categories, the authors add two more dimensions to the approach to discuss identity: Popular Religion and Transformation. The study argues that these identity categories are represented in the films, and that they both reproduce and challenge dominant discourses of nationalism. Providing a new addition to the discourse of contemporary national identity, the book will be of interest to researchers studying international film and media studies, independent cinema studies, Asian cinema, and South Asian culture, politics, and identity politics.

Renewing Islam by Service

Renewing Islam by Service
Author: Pim Valkenberg
Publisher: CUA Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2015-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0813227550

Renewing Islam by Service offers a theological account of the contemporary Turkish faith-based service movement started by Fethullah Gülen, and placed against the backdrop of changes in modern Turkish society. The life and works of Gülen are analyzed against the background of developments in Turkish society, and of spiritual Islamic tendencies in the transition from the Ottoman empire to the secular republic. Pim Valkenberg includes stories of his personal experiences with supporters of this movement, in a number of dierent countries, and analyzes the spiritual practices and the faith-based service of this movement that is also compared to some important Christian religious movements.

Pluralism, Transnationalism and Culture in Asian Law

Pluralism, Transnationalism and Culture in Asian Law
Author: Gary F Bell
Publisher: Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2018-02-14
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9814786675

This book stems from a symposium held at the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore in honour of the pioneer in the field of legal pluralism, Professor M.B. Hooker. It gathers essays from admirers and friends who add their own contributions on legal pluralism, transnationalism and culture in Asia. The book opens with an account of M.B. Hooker colourful and prolific career. The authors then approach legal pluralism through legal theory, legal anthropology, comparative law, law and religion, constitutional law, even Islamic art, thus reflecting the broad approaches of Professor Hooker's scholarship. While most of the book focuses mainly on Southeast Asia, it also reaches out to all of Asia up to Israel, and even includes a chapter comparing Indonesia and Egypt.