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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