Directions for Muslim Scholars in Social Sciences, to appear in Proceedings of Third ArabTurkish Congress of Social Sciences, May 2013, Istanbul.
ABSTRACT
Abstract: The European Enlightenment led to the development of several views
which are incompatible with Islam. This article discusses and rebuts three of
these views. The first is the Enlightenment Myth, according to which light of
reason first dawned in Europe in the sixteenth century. The second is the
Deification of Science, according to which scientific knowledge is the most
certain and superior type of knowledge. The third is the myth that European
have progressed to the apex of civilization. It is an urgent need for Muslim
scholars to develop alternative methods and subject materials for the education
of Muslim children.
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