Shaykh Google as Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿAṣr

More than any other period, the last hundred years have witnessed a rise in the accessibility of information through books, media, and the internet. This introduced new ways of learning and sharing Islamic knowledge. In this article, I consider how traditional Islamic knowledge and pedagogical tech...

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Autor principal:	Emad Hamdeh
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Publicado:	International Institute of Islamic Thought 2020
Materias:	Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿAṣr Shaykh Google online learning self-learning Traditional ʿUlamā’ Islam BP1-253
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b2d4c259b3b345cabb75abe58c1258332021-12-02T17:46:21ZShaykh Google as Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿAṣr10.35632/ajis.v37i1-2.8512690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/b2d4c259b3b345cabb75abe58c1258332020-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/851https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 More than any other period, the last hundred years have witnessed a rise in the accessibility of information through books, media, and the internet. This introduced new ways of learning and sharing Islamic knowledge. In this article, I consider how traditional Islamic knowledge and pedagogical techniques are challenged by the growing number of lay Muslims participating in religious discussions through print and the internet. I explain why the ʿulamā’ perceive self-learning as a threat not only to the ostensibly proper understanding of religion but also to the redefinition and reinvention of their authority. I observe how print and digital media caused a shift away from the necessity of the teacher and facilitated autodidactic learning and claims to authority. Despite their criticism of self-learning, Traditionalists have embraced the internet in order to remain relevant and to compete with non-experts. Emad HamdehInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleḤāfiẓ al-ʿAṣrShaykh Googleonline learningself-learningTraditional ʿUlamā’IslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 37, Iss 1-2 (2020)
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description	More than any other period, the last hundred years have witnessed a rise in the accessibility of information through books, media, and the internet. This introduced new ways of learning and sharing Islamic knowledge. In this article, I consider how traditional Islamic knowledge and pedagogical techniques are challenged by the growing number of lay Muslims participating in religious discussions through print and the internet. I explain why the ʿulamā’ perceive self-learning as a threat not only to the ostensibly proper understanding of religion but also to the redefinition and reinvention of their authority. I observe how print and digital media caused a shift away from the necessity of the teacher and facilitated autodidactic learning and claims to authority. Despite their criticism of self-learning, Traditionalists have embraced the internet in order to remain relevant and to compete with non-experts.
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Shaykh Google as Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿAṣr

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