World Conference on Islamic Thought and Civilization

Kolej Universiti Islam Sultan Azlan Shah (KUISAS) organized and hosted the Second World Conference on Islamic Thought and Civilization (WCIT) during August 18-19, 2014, at Casuarina Hotel, Ipoh, Malaysia. Under the leadership of chairperson Wan Sabri bin Wan Yusof (associate professor), the organiz...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c1599f677b134c9a8d4e873ab7f352132021-12-02T18:18:41ZWorld Conference on Islamic Thought and Civilization10.35632/ajis.v31i4.10852690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/c1599f677b134c9a8d4e873ab7f352132014-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1085https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 Kolej Universiti Islam Sultan Azlan Shah (KUISAS) organized and hosted the Second World Conference on Islamic Thought and Civilization (WCIT) during August 18-19, 2014, at Casuarina Hotel, Ipoh, Malaysia. Under the leadership of chairperson Wan Sabri bin Wan Yusof (associate professor), the organizers chose Ibn Khaldun’s notion of the rise and fall of civilization as the general theme and asked potential presenters to explore the contemporary state of Muslim affairs. The over 200 selected presenters, ranging from the social sciences to the applied sciences, were slotted into various parallel panels. After welcoming and introducing the sponsors and various presenters, Nordin Kardi (vice-chancellor and rector, KUISAS) spoke on the Arab Spring and other problems that continue to afflict the Muslim world: a low to medium level of socioeconomic human development, an absence of good governance, intra-Muslim conflict, and an attitude of the “Muslim world and the rest.” He suggested that Muslims begin building strategic bridges to deal with them. The first keynote speaker, Sultan Nazrin M. Shah (pro-chancellor, University of Malaya), echoed some of Kardi’s points and reflected critically upon the Organization of Islamic Cooperation member states’ general poor performance in producing scientific publications as a typical example of the deplorable state of knowledge production among Muslims as a whole. He advocated participation, transparency, equitable treatment, good governance, and sound education to remedy this generally negative condition. The second keynote speaker, Serif Ali Tekalan (vice-chancellor, Fatih University, Turkey) spoke on “The Role of Waqf in Islamic Civilization: Turkey’s Experience in Waqf for Education.” A great deal of evidence shows that Turkey has used “endowment policies” to transform its socio-educational and religious landscape. Both Muslim-majority and minority communities should be able to benefit from its experience. The final keynote speaker, Zamry Abdul Kadir (chief minister), who closed the conference, remarked that Muslims should return to the Qur’an and Sunnah to rebuild Islamic civilization. He optimistically stated: “[I]ronic as it may seem, despite the multitude of conflicts … are we actually looking at the … resurgence of Islam?” He observed that the conference’s main result was “a call to re-examine the essence of Islamic ... Muhammed HaronInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 31, Iss 4 (2014)
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World Conference on Islamic Thought and Civilization
description Kolej Universiti Islam Sultan Azlan Shah (KUISAS) organized and hosted the Second World Conference on Islamic Thought and Civilization (WCIT) during August 18-19, 2014, at Casuarina Hotel, Ipoh, Malaysia. Under the leadership of chairperson Wan Sabri bin Wan Yusof (associate professor), the organizers chose Ibn Khaldun’s notion of the rise and fall of civilization as the general theme and asked potential presenters to explore the contemporary state of Muslim affairs. The over 200 selected presenters, ranging from the social sciences to the applied sciences, were slotted into various parallel panels. After welcoming and introducing the sponsors and various presenters, Nordin Kardi (vice-chancellor and rector, KUISAS) spoke on the Arab Spring and other problems that continue to afflict the Muslim world: a low to medium level of socioeconomic human development, an absence of good governance, intra-Muslim conflict, and an attitude of the “Muslim world and the rest.” He suggested that Muslims begin building strategic bridges to deal with them. The first keynote speaker, Sultan Nazrin M. Shah (pro-chancellor, University of Malaya), echoed some of Kardi’s points and reflected critically upon the Organization of Islamic Cooperation member states’ general poor performance in producing scientific publications as a typical example of the deplorable state of knowledge production among Muslims as a whole. He advocated participation, transparency, equitable treatment, good governance, and sound education to remedy this generally negative condition. The second keynote speaker, Serif Ali Tekalan (vice-chancellor, Fatih University, Turkey) spoke on “The Role of Waqf in Islamic Civilization: Turkey’s Experience in Waqf for Education.” A great deal of evidence shows that Turkey has used “endowment policies” to transform its socio-educational and religious landscape. Both Muslim-majority and minority communities should be able to benefit from its experience. The final keynote speaker, Zamry Abdul Kadir (chief minister), who closed the conference, remarked that Muslims should return to the Qur’an and Sunnah to rebuild Islamic civilization. He optimistically stated: “[I]ronic as it may seem, despite the multitude of conflicts … are we actually looking at the … resurgence of Islam?” He observed that the conference’s main result was “a call to re-examine the essence of Islamic ...
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