This document discusses the importance of an Islamic worldview in education. It notes that Western education provides essential information but does not directly answer fundamental questions about existence and morality that are answered in Islam. It advocates for an "Islamization of knowledge" approach to resolve the conflict between Western and Islamic education. This involves educating Muslim students about both religious and worldly matters using an Islamic methodology that incorporates different perspectives simultaneously rather than through a binary approach.

1. An Islamic WorldView
Essential Part of an Islamic
Education
Islamic Economics L04
Dr. Asad Zaman, VC PIDE
Feb-Jun 2019 at IIIE,IIUI

2. 1
WorldView: Fundematal Questions
 Who created the Universe?
 Who created us (human beings)?
 What is the purpose of my/our existence?
 How should we behave towards each other?
 How should we organize our societies?
A Western education does not DIRECTLY answer these questions –
HOWEVER, indirect answers are provided, which conflict with Islam
Islam provides radically different answers.
Muslims with Western Education grow up with conflicted minds.

3. 2
Islamization of Knowledge
 How can we prevent this conflict?
 A Madrassah provides education on the source materials of Islam
 But this education seems mostly irrelevant to our daily lives
 Western education provides essential information required today
 But it is poisonous to our religious values
 How to resolve this conflict, and educate Muslim students so that they
know both Deen and Dunya? This is the IOK project.

4. 3
More Web
Resources
On This Topic
32m YouTube Video Lecture:
https://youtu.be/KzM1DNsDydQ
Islamic WorldView Blog:
https://bit.do/aziwv
Post with 2300 Summary, and
links to full paper:
Islamic WorldView: Central to An
Islamic Education
Shortlink: bit.do/iwcie

5. 4
Values: Western Education
 Who created the Universe? No answer (by accident)
 What is the purpose of creation of man? (no purpose)
 What is the goal of our lives? (pleasure, luxury, power, fame)
 What are rules of morality? (NONE – Machiavelli – rules used to keep
public deceived, which allows rulers to rule).
 How should our societies be constructed? (greed and competition)
 International Arena: Survival of the Fittest.

6. 5
Eurocentric History
 Enlightenment of Europe starting from 16th Century
 Rise of Reason, Science, Technology, Democracy, Secular Faith
 Spectacular Progress on all fronts, leaving behind all rest of humanity
 Colonization of Globe to bring benefits of European civilization to all
of humanity (The White Man’s Burden).
 Developed Countries – waiting for the Under-developed countries to
grow up and become like them.
 There is only one path to progress. All Social Science is Western
Social Science. There is no alternative TINA.

7. 6
Counter-Narrative
 Pattern of History, described by Ibn-e-Khaldun: Civlization age and
mature, become wrapped in luxury, defeated by young barbarians.
 700 year old Islamic Civilization of Al-Andalus, defeated by barbarian
European tribes.
 Acquisition of books leads to European Enlightenment.
 Breakup of Catholic Church, rise of Protestants.
 Perpetual political/religious wars leads to public disenchantment
 Barbaric, Savage and Violent colonization of the world – due to
comparative advantage in violence, and Military Revolution

8. 7
Counter-Narratives
 Moral Decline of West
 Oppression of the Muslims
 Tales of Muslim Heroism and Counter-Struggles
 Oppression/Destruction of Other Cultures, and Tales of their
resistance and heroism
 The Narrative of Progress, replaced by death, destruction and doom
of planet caused by excess greed.
 Power of Propaganda. Iraq, Libya, Syria versus Islamic Terrorism.

9. 8
Causes of Muslim Decline?
 Standard: Fell behind in S&T, superiority of Western culture (IH)
Islamic:
 Loss of Khilafa
 Maudoodi – State Capture (Hegelian)
 Da’wah – Mission of the Ummah
 Purification – Bid’ah and Shirk
 Stagnation of Knowledge – Closing of Ijtihad and Minds
 Jihad, and abandonment of Siyasa
 Hybrids.

10. 9
What the World Lost Due to
Decline of Islamic Civilizaation
 Picture of darkness of world before Islam
 The revolutionary ideas of Islam
 Equality of Men and Women
 Responsibility before God.
 Living in the World without being of the World.
 The Living Quran – learn to apply the Quran to every moment of our
lives.
 Currently the essential missing skill

11. 10
Resolution of Conflicts
 Islamic Methodology is Tatbiq – try to make all things true – accept
both sides of opposite views. Radically different from binary logic.
 Accept ALL as valid diagnosis.
 Critical Issue is SEQUENCING –
 Even this is not something to fight over. All dimensions are required,
and must be done simultaneously
 Jihad and Building Hospitals – Learning Warfare and Medical Science
 Different groups need to work on different dimensions
 All dimensions must be done in an Islamic Way.