Islamic World View

Developing An Islamic World View: An Essential Component of an Islamic Education

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ABSTRACT

A traditional Islamic education develops an Islamic outlook to

life but does not prepare the student assimilate developments

over the past three or four centuries, in particular Western

knowledge. A modern Western education inevitably entails

absorption of a secular worldview built into the framework of

Western sciences. For Muslims, the need of the hour is to

develop an Islamic approach to understanding recent history

and developments in Western physical and social sciences.

Many have attempted the “Islamization of Knowledge,” but have

failed to address a central need for this project, namely the

development of an Islamic worldview. This paper outlines the

necessary requirements.

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