scholarly journals ISLAMISASI PENGETAHUAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-87
Author(s):  
Ambar Hermawan

This paper aims to see the resistance shown by Islamic thinkers represented by Syed Naquib Al-Attas, Ismail Raji al-Faruqi, and Fazlurrahman against the development of civilization and intellectualism in the Western world. This study is a literature review that tries to answer questions about the development of Western civilization on Islamic civilization, especially in the intellectual world. This research finds that the development of knowledge in the western world cannot be separated from the methodology and contextualization developed by the West so that it is superior and more developed than the Islamic world

Author(s):  
Noor Mohammad Osmani ◽  
Tawfique Al-Mubarak

Samuel Huntington (1927-2008) claimed that there would be seven eight civilizations ruling over the world in the coming centuries, thus resulting a possible clash among them. The West faces the greatest challenge from the Islamic civilization, as he claimed. Beginning from the Cold-War, the Western civilization became dominant in reality over other cultures creating an invisible division between the West and the rest. The main purpose of this research is to examine the perceived clash between the Western and Islamic Civilization and the criteria that lead a civilization to precede others. The research would conduct a comprehensive review of available literatures from both Islamic and Western perspectives, analyze historical facts and data and provide a critical evaluation. This paper argues that there is no such a strong reason that should lead to any clash between the West and Islam; rather, there are many good reasons that may lead to a peaceful coexistence and cultural tolerance among civilizations


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Asnawan Asnawan

This paper aims to understand and hope about the Islamization of science perspective al Faruqi that disciplines are not regulated and programmed from the sky. Discipline is born from the matrix of a special worldview and hierarchically always subordinated to the worldview. The disciplines of science have no autonomous  existence for themselves but evolve according to specific historical and cultural environments and have only a meaning in the world view which gives birth and evolves them. The division of knowledge into the present disciplines is a peculiar manifestation of Western civilization when formulating the problems at hand. For example, the discipline of orientalism was developed because the West regarded Islam as a problem to be studied, analyzed and dictated. Thus, accepting the division of disciplines according to Western epistemology as al Faruqi still does, is synonymous with subordinating the Islamic world-view to Western civilization.


2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-129
Author(s):  
Ahmad Murad Merican ◽  

This article is about how the West was imagined, described and reproduced by Abdullah Munshi. Thus far we have encountered descriptions of the non-Western world by the West, which includes that of the Malays by European travellers, scientists and colonial scholar-administrators. It is thus also critical to appraise knowledge of the occident from the other and an ambivalent self such as in the person Abdullah Munshi. Abdullah’s writings were journalistic and sociological in nature. The production of his writings under conditions of early colonialism has not been sufficiently studied from the perspective of self and the other, Western and non-Western. As such, this article is significantly the first of such studies on Malay intellectual history. Abdullah’s autobiography, the Hikayat Abdullah , is used to identify a form of Malay Occidentalism. In a sense, this article plays a cataloguing role indicating the scope and character of the Malay imagination of the West. It presents part of the larger study aimed at developing a framework on Malay attitudes and representations of Europe and Western civilization. Keywords : Colonialism, occidentalism, orientalism, other, printing, self


ULUMUNA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-368
Author(s):  
Suharti Suharti

In the scholarly thoughts, some recognized Muslim scholars are among them: Nashr Hamîd Abû Zayd, Zia Ghokap, Muhammad Syahrûr, Amina Wadûd, and Hassan Hanafî. They were known for their brilliant ideas and theories in perceiving problems and finding ways out of the problems related either to Islamic affairs and the Muslims or even for the welfare of the whole humankind. The ideas that they offered through writings become inspirations and triggers to Islamic development to compete with the West. It is relative to consider one’s idea as extraordinary or ordinary. In this case, Hassan Hanafi, as one of Muslim scholars, tried to offer an idea popularly known as “al-Yasâr al-Islâmî” or “Islamic Left”. The idea proposed in the “Islamic Left” is an effort to bring back Islam and the Muslims to the previous golden era by eliminating every threat to Islam. This revolution is based on three main considerations: revitalization of classical literature, reality of Islamic world and the needs to fight against western civilization. This article is intended to trace the path of the existence of “Islamic Left” developed by Hassan Hanafî from historical background, terminology, school of thoughts, and Hassan Hanafî’s way of thinking.


Author(s):  
Fuad Muhammad Zein

The issue of politics and ethics are two sides of a coin that invited attention of medieval scholars both in the West and the Islamic world. Although interrelated, but the implementation raises the difference between the two worlds. For the Western world, represented by Machiavelli, politics and ethics should be separated. A ruler should not be bound by ethics and tradition, and does not need to obey the law. In domestic relations affairs, a ruler must collect on his love and fear of people. While in foreign affairs, a ruler must reflect "a smart wolf and a strong lion. As for the world of Islam represented by al-Mawardi, politics and ethics cannot be separated. Even the basics of government, he said, are inspired by Islamic values based on the Qur'an and Hadith. Even a ruler must have and improve its ethical because it is a basic rule.


1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 582-586
Author(s):  
Basit B. Koshul

During the first three decades of this century, a lively debateemerged in western academic circles regarding the extent of theArab-Islamic influence on western civilization. Certain scholarsrejected the idea that the West had been influenced in any significantmanner by the classical Arab-Islamic civilization (ninth to twelfthcenturies CE). Barnes, in The Intellectual History of Mankind, arguesthat there is nothing in Islamic teachings or history that encouragedthe pursuit of learning and scholarship. Thus, he claimed, one cannotspeak of any "Islamic contribution" to western civilization. Sevier, inhis The Psychology of the Mussa/man, goes further and argues thatone cannot even speak of an "Arab" civilization, because all of theknowledge and scholarship produced in the classical age of Islamwere due to Syrian, Jewish, Hindu, and Persian efforts. It naturallyfollows that all talk of any Arab influence on the West is superfluous.Other scholars presented counterarguments and took the positionthat the Arab-Islamic influence on western civilization was very significant.Briffault, in The Making of Humanity, credits classical Islamicscholarship with producing the intellectual concepts and methods thatwere the indispensable preludes to the European renaissance. Sarton,in his Introduction to the History of Science, argues that the impact ofHindu and Chinese cultures on the West can be totally disregardedwithout seriously impairing one's ability to understand the postmedievalprogress of the West. But if the Arab-Islamic impact were tobe discounted, then the story of this progress would become confusedand unintelligible  ...


2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Ataullah Bogdan Kopanski ◽  
Mesut Idriz

AbstractDuring the 20th century, there have been numerous scholarly attempts in studying, analyzing and even to some extent, criticizing the issues pertaining to the contacts, impacts and relations between the Muslim world and the West. However, when dealing with these issues, the geography should not be limited to the Muslim world and the West, Europe in particular, but it should cover both Europe and Asia taken together where the earliest civilizations took place and by the 7th century, Islamic civilization flourished in the center of domain civilizations. With a wider and more positive look, the four articles by the academicians, (namely Danial M. Yosuf, Ali Çaksu, Anke Iman Bouzenita and Mesut Idriz), selected to be featured in this edition will contribute not only to this field of study but also avoid or remove the barriers and concentrate on the bridges between the Islamic world and the Eurasia. All the articles are original works and published for the first time in this volume The focus of this special edition is on the paradoxes between the Islamic and Eurasian worlds.


2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-93
Author(s):  
Khusnul Khotimah

The existence of contemporary da’wa needs to be brought closer to science, particularly in the face of contemporary problems of today. Islam as a religion rahmatal lil ‘Alamin should be able to contribute and also a solution to the development and changes of modern society. During this time the Islamic civilization, Islam stagnating even impressed away from the bustle of the world of science. If we look back, it is Islam as a pioneer of the findings of science which later developed by Western civilization. science and civilization of the world today, that are in the Mecca of Western civilization and Islamic civilization seemed to stagnate without any significant progress for the benefit of the Ummah. Setbacks science in Islam was triggered by deprivation of thinking Muslims with the closing of the doors of ijtihad plus scientific epistemology of classical Islamic discourse that is patterned Ghazalian (sect Al-Ghazali) the latter is more dominant. So do not be surprised if the findings achievement in the field of science and technology is far less than the West or even in the Muslim world scientific findings hardly be said not ada.Agar propagation of Islam back in concern with the vision of science as in the early days of the Islamic scientific civilization, there are several bids epistemology and method propaganda through contemporary Muslim scholarship, which now needs to be tested by backtracking to do the integration of science and religion by trying to use a knife four paradigm offered by Ian Barbour, namely, typology of conflict, independence, dialogue and integration. Besides the need for redefenisi or reconceptualization of the discourse of integration of science and religion in science Islam. Keberadaan dakwah kontemporer perlu didekatkan dengan sains, terutama dalam menghadapi masalah-masalah kontemporer dewasa ini. Islam sebagai agama rahmatan lil ‘alamin harus mampu memberikan kontribusi dan sekaligus solusi terhadap perkembangan dan perubahan masyarakat modern. Selama ini peradaban Islam, mengalami stagnan bahkan Islam terkesan menjauh dari hiruk-pikuk dunia sains. Kalau kita menengok ke belakang, justru Islam sebagai pelopor terhadap temuan-temuan sains yang kemudian dikembangkan oleh peradaban Barat. Ilmu pengetahuan dan peradaban dunia sekarang ini, kiblatnya berada pada peradaban Barat dan seakan-akan peradaban Islam mengalami stagnan tanpa ada kemajuan yang signifikan untuk kemaslahatan umat. Kemunduran sains dalam Islam dipicu oleh pemasungan pemikiran umat Islam dengan ditutupnya pintu ijtihad ditambah lagi wacana epistemologi keilmuan Islam klasik yang berpola Ghazalian (mazhab Al-Ghazali) yang belakangan lebih dominan. Tidak heran kalau prestasi temuan di bidang iptek kalah jauh dari orang Barat, bahkan dalam dunia muslim temuan sains hampir dikatakan tidak ada. Agar dakwah Islam kembali concern dengan visi sains seperti pada awal-awal peradaban keilmuan Islam, ada beberapa tawaran epistemologi dan metode dakwah melalui keilmuan muslim kontemporer, yang saat ini perlu dicoba dengan melakukan pelacakan kembali untuk melakukan integrasi sains dan agama dengan menggunakan pisau empat paradigma yang ditawarkan oleh Ian Barbour yaitu: tipologi konflik, independensi, dialog, dan integrasi. Selain itu perlu adanya redefenisi atau rekonseptualisasi terhadap wacana integrasi sains dan agama dalam keilmuan dakwah Islam.


Author(s):  
Özcan Hıdır

AbstractMartin Luther is one of the most important figures of the 16th century, a period of religious reformation in European history. He is the initiator of what later called “Protestantism”. Luther’s theological theories and tradition of thought belong to the foundations of contemporary Western civilization and also been effective in the formation of the world of thought in the West. In this regard, Luther is the first to take religious, political and socio-cultural dynamics into account for understanding Western civilization. It can be stated that the Ottomans -thus Islam and Muslims- had some political effect with respect to the emergence of Protestantism. However we lack information and documents to prove the existence of a religious effect. Along with this, it is obvious that the possibility of such an effect cannot be totally disregarded; it needs to profound en depth studies from comparative perspectives, especially by Muslim researchers.Although, from time to time, Luther expressed a positive view of Islam, the Qur’an, the Prophet Muhammad and Turks, his opinions in general are negative. It must not be overlooked that these theories and views are expressed within the negative political context of that time (the 16th century). Along with this, it is known that this negative attitude influences the negative depictions and descriptions regarding Islam, Qur’an, Prophet Muhammad and Muslims in the contemporary Western world. So it can be said that the negative image of Islam in the West has in fact a background that shows continuity from the Middle Ages until now. To understand our time, it is necessary to study this image in the Middle Ages thoroughly. It is obvious that both Westerners and Muslims have much to do to rectify this image.In this study, we attempt to analyze the historical background of Lutherian Protestantism and reconsider the view and attitudes of Martin Luther against the Qur’an, the Prophet Muhammad, and the Ottoman Turks, from the perspectives of the Islamic scholars.


2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-79
Author(s):  
Nurshuhadah Zuhaidi ◽  
Hakim Zainal

Abstract The clash of Islamic civilization and the Western world has led to the transfer of Islamic sciences by Western orientalists. The sciences have been translated by orientalists into various languages ​​such as Spanish, Latin, Italian and German. Among the sciences that have been translated is the knowledge of Arabic grammar. This knowledge of Arabic grammar is not only translated but also processed and adapted to the society in the Western world by seven orientalists of Arabic grammar. Accordingly, this writing aims to describe the history of the development of Arabic grammar in the Western world by seven orientalists in the period 16M-19M. The methodology of this study is qualitative which focuses on the framework of historical research methodology that is through the process of heuristics, criticism, interpretation and synthesis of sources. The results of the study found that the emergence of the discipline of Arabic grammar in the West began in the 16th century and was developed by seven orientalists in stages through their work. Keywords: History of Arabic grammar, orientalists, Arabic grammarians, nahw al-cArabiy.   Abstrak Pertembungan tamadun Islam dan dunia Barat telah membawa kepada perpindahan ilmu-ilmu Islam oleh orientalis. Ilmu-ilmu telah diterjemahkan oleh orientalis ke dalam pelbagai bahasa seperti Sepanyol, Latin, Itali dan Jerman. Antara ilmu-ilmu yang telah diterjemahkan ialah ilmu tatabahasa Arab. Ilmu tatabahasa Arab ini bukan hanya diterjemahkan malah turut diolah dan disesuaikan dengan masyarakat di dunia Barat oleh tujuh orang orientalis tatabahasa Arab. Sehubungan itu, penulisan ini bertujuan untuk menghuraikan sejarah perkembangan tatabahasa Arab di dunia Barat oleh tujuh orang orientalis pada kurun 16M-19M. Metodologi kajian ini bercirikan kualitatif yang berfokus kepada kerangka metodologi penyelidikan sejarah iaitu melalui proses heuristik, kritik, tafsiran dan sintesis sumber. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa kemunculan disiplin ilmu tatabahasa Arab di Barat telah bermula pada kurun ke-16M dan dikembangkan oleh tujuh orang orientalis secara berperingkat menerusi karya mereka. Kata kunci: sejarah tatabahasa Arab, orientalis, sarjana tatabahasa Arab, nahw al-cArabiy


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