Islam and Knowledge: Al Faruqi’s Concept of Religion in Islamic Thought

340 Pages·2012·5.52 MB·English

by  Imtiyaz Yusuf

Islam and Knowledge
Al Faruqi’s Concept of Religion in Islamic Thought
Essays in Honor of Isma‘il Al Faruqi

Edited by Imtiyaz Yusuf
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Contents

List of Illustrations

Contributors

Introduction – Imtiyaz Yusuf
Part 1: Memorials
1 Memories of a Scholar and Mujahid – John L. Esposito
2 Isma‘il Al Faruqi: As I Knew Him – Khurshid Ahmad
3 The Essence of Dr. Faruqi’s Life’s Work – Seyyed Hossein Nasr
4 Isma‘il Al Faruqi: The Precursor to Civilizational Dialogue – Anwar Ibrahim
5 How I Learned About Islam – John Raines
6 Isma‘il R. Al Faruqi and the American Academy of Religion: A Personal
Remembrance – Richard C. Martin
7 A Memoir of a Good Friend Most Foully Murdered – Gerard S.Sloyan
8 Reminiscences of Al Faruqi, Factors that Shaped his Personality, and Some
Observations on Terminology – Muddathir Abd al-Rahim
9 Isma‘il Al Faruqi: An Intellectual and an Inspiration – James Zogby
Part 2: Academic Papers by Students of Isma‘il Al Faruqi
10 The Concept of Dīn (Religion) as Interpreted by Isma‘il Al Faruqi – Imtiyaz
Yusuf
11 Islamization of Knowledge: A Futurist Perspective – Anis Ahmad
12 Isma‘il Al Faruqi and Ijtihad – Yushau Sodiq
13 Ethics of Fertility Treatment: A Case Study of Nadya Suleman’s Feat –
Abul Fadl Mohsin Ebrahim
14 Muslim Interfaith Dialogue in the Twenty-first Century: Building on the
Contributions and Legacy of Isma‘il Al Faruqi – Charles Fletcher
15 From Tolerance to Celebration: Cultural Encounter and Religious
Engagement in Nurturing World Peace – Md. Salleh Yaapar
16 Islamization of the Social Sciences: A Personal Reflection – Aminah
Beverly McCloud
17 Isma‘il Al Faruqi’s Theory of Value: A Plea for Islamic Humanism –
Ibrahim M. Zein
18 Tawhid and Aesthetics: Isma‘il Al Faruqi on Islamic Art: Interpretation,
Integration, Inspiration – Gisela Webb
19 From Interfaith Dialogue to Theological Discourse: Al Faruqi’s Legacy in
Interfaith Engagements – Kamar Oniah Kamaruzaman
20 Visualizing Islam: The Art, Architecture, and Functions of Philippine
Mosques – Vivienne SM. Angeles
Appendices
Appendix A: Scheme for a Faculty of Islamic Learning at Karachi University
Appendix B: A Memorandum on Methods of Creating a Modern and Effective
Islamic Ideology

Bibliography
Illustrations

1 Picture of Masjid Makhdum in Tubig Indangan
2 Oldest surviving mosque in Malaysia, originally built in Kampung Laut 3
Mosque in Sulu drawn as seen during the expedition of Captain Charles
Wilkes in 1842
4 Tubig Indangan (Makhdum) Mosque c. 1970s 5 Pillars in Tubig Indangan
(Makhdum) Mosque 6 The Tubig Indangan Mosque after the 1980
reconstruction 7 Dabu-dabu drums in front of an antique shop in Marawi
City 8 Front of the Tubig Indangan (Makhdum) Mosque in 2004
9 King Faisal Mosque, Mindanao State University 10 Bacolod Grande Mosque
11 Gnassi Mosque
12 Masjid al Saduc (Marawi area)
13 Marawi Islamic Center, dome interior 14 Qiblah and mihrab, Marawi
Islamic Center 15 Qiblah and mihrab, Tubig Indangan Mosque 16 Mihrab
and minbar, Masjid Awwal, Bonggao, Tawi-Tawi 17 Mihrab, Santa
Barbara Mosque, Zamboanga City 18 Mihrab, Green Mosque, Cebu City
19 Bacolod Grande prayer times
20 Mosque in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao 21 Paranaque Grand Mosque by
Manila Bay 22 East Fairview Mosque, Quezon City 23 Masjid Mindanao
(Blue Mosque), Maharlika Village 24 Woodcarving above door, Masjid
Mindanao, Maharlika Village 25 Door of the Sultanamet Mosque, Istanbul
26 Globo de Oro dome and mosaic featuring ukkil designs and colors 27
Globo de Oro Mosque, mosaic wall
28 Globo de Oro Mosque, Quiapo, Manila 29 Culiat Mosque, Quezon City
30 Tubig Indangan (Makhdum) Mosque, women’s section 31 Blue Mosque,
Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao compound, Cotabato City,
women’s section 32 Aparri Mosque, Aparri, Cagayan, women’s section 33
Bacolod Grande Mosque, women’s section 34 Santa Barbara Mosque,
Zamboanga City, women’s section 35 Al-Khayria Mosque, Cebu City,
women’s section Figure
1 The Seven Values of the Islamic Scheme of Life
Contributors Khurshid Ahmad is Senator of
Pakistan, world-renowned research scholar, an
educationist, an economist, a versatile writer,
and Vice-President of Jama’at-e-Islami Pakistan
and Founder and Chairman of both the Institute
of Policy Studies, Islamabad and the Islamic
Foundation, UK. His indepth comparative study
of the oriental as well as occidental philosophies
in religion, academics, economics, constitutional
matters, and commitment to Islam has led him to
be entrusted with key positions in the national as
well as international organizations on these
socio-economic and other multi-dimensional
disciplines. He has held the portfolio of the
Federal Minister for Planning and Development
and was Deputy Chairman of the Planning
Commission from 1978 to 1979. An
academician, he taught at the Karachi University
from 1955 to 1968, was a research scholar at the
University of Leicester, UK, and headed the
Islamic Foundation, UK and Islamic Research
Academy, Karachi. He has also been advisor to
King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia. In view of his pioneering work and
contributions toward the development of Islamic
economics as an academic discipline, he was
awarded the first Islamic Development Bank
Award for Economics in 1988. His contributions
to the Islamic cause and Islamic movement were
recognized in the form of the King Faisal
International Prize in 1990. He has published
more than seventy books in English and Urdu.

Anis Ahmad is Meritorious Professor and Vice-Chancellor, Riphah
International University, Islamabad. He is chief editor of The West and Islam, a
quarterly journal published from Islamabad. Prof. Anis writes on contemporary
socio-political, cross-cultural and gender issues, with special reference to Islam
and Muslims. Some of his writings are translated into Arabic, Turkish, and