The Concept of Education in Islam : A Framework for an Islamic Philosophy of Education (Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas)

ISBN: 9839962833
Author: Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
Publisher: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization ISTAC (1999)
Pages: 46 Binding: Paperback

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This is the keynote address delivered by Professor Naquib al-Attas at the “First World Conference on Muslim Education” held in Makkatul Mucarramah in March 1977. Professor al-Attas is former Director of International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Muslim Education Foundation (MEF).

Syed Muhammad al Naquib bin Ali al-Attas (born September 5, 1931) is a prominent contemporary Muslim philosopher and thinker from Malaysia. He is one of the few contemporary scholars who is thoroughly rooted in the traditional Islamic sciences and who is equally competent in theology, philosophy, metaphysics, history, and literature. He is considered to be the pioneer in proposing the idea of Islamization of knowledge. Al-Attas' philosophy and methodology of education have one goal: Islamization of the mind, body and soul and its effects on the personal and collective life on Muslims as well as others, including the spiritual and physical non-human environment. He is the author of twenty-seven authoritative works on various aspects of Islamic thought and civilization, particularly on Sufism, cosmology, metaphysics, philosophy and Malay language and literature.