The Islamization of Knowledge is a conceptual framework originating from Islamic philosophy,advocating for the integration of Islamic teachings with modern academic disciplines,such as the social sciences,management sciences,humanities,sciences,engineering,and technology. This model emphasizes that all knowledge and scientific inquiry should align with the principles of Islam,aiming to foster a holistic understanding of the world through an Islamic worldview. This includes aligning ethical principles and scientific practices with Islamic teachings to address contemporary issues.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr is an Iranian-American philosopher,theologian and Islamic scholar. He is University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University.
Syed Muhammad al Naquib bin Ali al-Attas is a Malaysian Muslim philosopher. He is one of the few contemporary scholars who is thoroughly rooted in the traditional Islamic sciences and studied theology,philosophy,metaphysics,history,and literature. He pioneered the concept of Islamisation of knowledge. Al-Attas' philosophy and methodology of education have one goal:Islamisation of the mind,body and soul and its effects on the personal and collective life of Muslims as well as others,including the spiritual and physical non-human environment. He is the second Malaysian to be awarded the title of Royal Professor after the late Ungku Abdul Aziz.
William Clark Chittick is an American philosopher,writer,translator,and interpreter of classical Islamic philosophical and mystical texts. He is best known for his work on Rumi and Ibn 'Arabi,and has written extensively on the school of Ibn 'Arabi,Islamic philosophy,and Islamic cosmology. He is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Stony Brook University.
Farish A. Noor also known as Badrol Hisham Ahmad Noor is a Malaysian academician,historian,and political scientist that is currently serving as a professor of Politics and Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences,International Islamic University of Indonesia.
Joseph E.B. Lumbard is an American Muslim scholar of Islamic studies and associate professor of Quranic studies at the College of Islamic Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar. He is the author,editor,and translator of several scholarly books and many articles on Islamic philosophy,Sufism,and Quranic studies.
James Winston Morris is an American Islamic theologian,currently a professor in the Department of Theology at Boston College. Before teaching at Boston College,he held the Sharjah Chair of Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter.
Community Coalition Congress (CCC) or Malay:Kongres Penyatuan Masyarakat was formed and registered as a political party in 1988 to replace the Chinese Concultative Council (CCC) or Majlis Perundingan Cina wing formed by the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) in facing the Malaysian general election,1986 to enable the space for the out-flow of supports of the Chinese community who are majority non-Muslim,but face the problem of internal opposition from the Islamic party and the reluctance to allow CCC supporters to be accepted and registered officially as party member,thus to represent PAS in the general election on its ticket.
İbrahim Kalın is a Turkish bureaucrat and academic who is the current director of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT). An academic specialising in Islamic philosophy,Kalın received his doctorate under the supervision of Seyyed Hossein Nasr. As a member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP),he previously served as the presidential spokesperson and senior advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from 2014 to 2023 and as the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Security and Foreign Policy in the Presidential Complex.
Mehdi Aminrazavi is an Iranian scholar of philosophy and mysticism. He is the Kurt Leidecker Chair in Asian Studies and a professor of philosophy and religion as well as director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies Program at the University of Mary Washington.
Zailan Moris is a Malaysian scholar of Islamic philosophy and former professor of the School of Humanities at the University Sains Malaysia. Her main interests are Islamic philosophy,comparative religion and Sufism.
Waleed El-Ansary is an Egyptian-American scholar of comparative religion,Islam and Islamic economics and the Helal,Hisham and Laila Edris El-Swedey University Chair in Islamic studies at Xavier University in Cincinnati,Ohio.
In traditionalist philosophy,desacralization of knowledge or secularization of knowledge is the process of separation of knowledge from its perceived divine source—God or the Ultimate Reality. The process reflects a paradigm shift in modern conception of knowledge in that it has rejected divine revelations as well as the idea of spiritual and metaphysical foundations of knowledge,confining knowledge to empirical domain and reason alone.
Adnan Aslan is a Turkish Islamic scholar.
In perennial philosophy,scientia sacra or sacred science is a form of spiritual knowledge that lies at the heart of both divine revelations and traditional sciences,embodying the very essence of every sacred tradition. It recognizes sources of knowledge beyond those accepted by modern epistemology,such as divine revelations and intellectual intuition. Intellectual intuition is believed to allow access to an innate knowledge of God,which is to be reawakened through the use of human intellect. The principles and doctrines of scientia sacra are derived from reason,revelation,and intellectual intuition,with the conviction that these sources of knowledge can be reconciled in a hierarchical order,and applied in the human quest to understand different orders of reality. Its objective is to show how the transmitted,intellectual,and physical sciences are related and unified within the framework of metaphysics,as traditionally defined.
In perennial philosophy,tradition means divinely ordained truths or principles that have been communicated to humanity as well as an entire cosmic sector through various figures such as messengers,prophets,avataras,the Logos,or other transmitting agencies. The purpose of these sacred truths or principles is to continuously remind human beings of the existence of a "Divine Center" and an "Ultimate Origin." According to this perspective,tradition does not refer to custom,habit,or inherited ways of thinking and living. Contrarily,it has a divine foundation and involves the transmission of the sacred message down through the ages. Used in this sense,tradition is synonymous with revelation,and it encompasses all forms of philosophy,art,and culture that are influenced by it.
Bruno Abd al Haqq Guiderdoni is a French astrophysicist. He is a research director at the CNRS,and a member of the Centre de recherche astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL). He was director of the Observatoire de Lyon from 2005 to 2015. His research is primarily concerned with the origin and development of galaxies. He has also written extensively on Islamic theology and mysticism.
In traditionalist philosophy,pontifical man is a divine representative who serves as a bridge between heaven and earth. Promethean man,on the other hand,sees himself as an earthly being who has rebelled against God and has no knowledge of his origins or purposes. This concept was notably developed in contemporary language by the Iranian philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
Resacralization of nature is a term used in environmental philosophy to describe the process of restoring the sacred quality of nature. The primary assumption is that nature has a sanctified aspect that has become lost in modern times as a result of the secularization of contemporary worldviews. These secular worldviews are said to be directly responsible for the spiritual crisis in "modern man",which has ultimately resulted in the current environmental degradation. This perspective emphasizes the significance of changing human perceptions of nature through the incorporation of various religious principles and values that connect nature with the divine. The Iranian philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr first conceptualized the theme of resacralization of nature in contemporary language,which was later expounded upon by a number of theologians and philosophers including Alister McGrath,Sallie McFague and Rosemary Radford Ruether.
In traditionalist philosophy,resacralization of knowledge is the reverse of the process of secularization of knowledge. The central premise is that knowledge is intimately connected to its perceived divine source—God or the Ultimate Reality—which has been severed in the modern era. The process of resacralization of knowledge seeks to reinstate the role of intellect—the divine faculty believed to exist in every human being—above and beyond that of reason,as well as to revive the role of traditional metaphysics in acquiring knowledge—especially knowledge of God—by drawing on sacred traditions and sacred science that uphold divine revelations and the spiritual or gnostic teachings of all revealed religions. It aims to restore the primordial connection between God and humanity,which is believed to have been lost. To accomplish this,it relies on the framework of tawhid,which is developed into a comprehensive metaphysical perspective emphasizing the transcendent unity of all phenomena. Iranian philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr elaborated on the process of resacralization of knowledge in his book Knowledge and the Sacred,which was presented as Gifford Lectures in 1981.
