Alam Ilmi: October 2013

KEUNIKAN PENGAJIAN, KESEPADUAN ILMU DAN BUDAYA ILMU DI PUSAT KAJIAN TINGGI ISLAM, SAINS DAN PERADABAN (CASIS)

CASIS merupakan sebuah institusi yang berkesinambungan sistemnya dengan ISTAC yang diterajui al-Attas.Pengasas-pengarah CASIS juga adalah bekas tim. Pengarah ISTAC dan ATMA. Tradisi keilmuan dan pengajian CASIS suatu penerusan sistem yang dibina al-Attas dari sudut subjek, korikulum, sumber karya rujukan, suasan kelas dengan bicara dan dialog ilmiah, wacana pembentangan mingguan, budaya membaca dan ilmu, suhbah sesama pelajar dan dengan guru serta beradab.

The worldview of Islam suatu istilah yang dipopularkan al-Attas amat ditekankan, faham ilmu dan koloniasasi ilmu. Para pelajar dideahkan pelbagai ilmu secara faham. Ilmu teras agama akidah, fiqh, syariah, tasawuf diajarkan dan subjek teras. Bahasa arab dan inggeris ditekankan penguasaanya. Subjek nya menarikh yangmerangkumi alam Melayu, ilmu agama, pemikiran dll..bersama para guru dan pelajarnya membawa bicara ilmiah, minat pembacaan ilmu pengetahuan yang luas, tinggi dalam peklbagai bidang dan mengikuti perkembangan semasa glokal. Jatidiri melayu islami amat ditekankan dan teras penting seta peri ilmu dan budaya mengkaji.

Kesempatan penulis mengikuti 2 subjek d CASIS, suatu kesempatan bergaul dan bersama-sama dengan murid al-Attas. Seorang tokoh pemikir melayu islami. Amat menarik kuliah Prof wan ‘Dekolonisasi dan islamisasi ilmu pengetahuan kontemporari. Keunikan murudnya dari pelbagai latarbelakang pengajian samada sains, sains social, ekonomi, pengajianislam dll.Kesemuanya menunjukkan minat kepada ilmu. Subjek Dekolonisasi dan islamisasi membuka minda dan percambahan akliah terhadap cabaran, isu dan konteks semasa. Ramai umat islam harus menerokai subjek ini yg amat besar manfaatnya termasuk golongan ustaz.

Penulis berkesempatan berguru dengan Prof wan mohd nor, prod muhammmad zainiy uthman, prof madya dr shamsuddin arif. Guru-guru yang mempunyai penguasaan pelbagai disiplin ilmu dan bahasa. Amat terasa keilmuan guru2 CASIS dari pengalaman penulis dengan pensyarah2 IPT2 lain. CASIS ada kualitinya sebagaimana lepasa ISTAC ada kualitinya (ISTAC d zaman al-Attas atau mereka yg berkesempatan zaman pimpinan al-Attas). CASIS menjunjung ilmuwan dan ulama silam serta karyanya, pelajarnya membentuk semanagta Melayu Islami dan jatiri berdasarkan ilmu.

Penulis berpeluang memahami kerangka pemikiran ‘worlview’, islamisasi, dekolonisasi…subejk2 d CASIS membentuk ilmu dan pemikiran secara berpadu. Walaupun masih baru bersama CASIS tetapi penulis dapat merasai ‘zawq’ dan budaya ilmu para guru dan pelajarnya serta keintelektualan mereka.Ilmu fardu ain dan fardu kifayah teras penting. CASIS bukan sahaja sebagai pusat pengajian, penyelidikan tetapi mula membina gerakan aktivis dalam kerangka traditional islam. Para pelajrnya dibina pemantapan kefahaman, keberanian berhujah dan berasas kepada ilmu dan adab.kerangka yang dibina CASIS adalah pemikiran bersepadu dengan paradigm Islami, faham agama, dan ancaman terhadapa agama, bangsa, Negara serta keupayaan berfikir, mengkaji dan menilai serta analisa.

CASIS juga menganjurkan kuliah mlm Ahad ‘Saturday night lecture’ oleh prof. S.M.N. al-Attas. Seorang pemikir ulung melayu. CASIS pusat pengajian unik bagi kecemerlangan ilmu dan penghayatan budaya ilmu. Berikut antara subjek2 yang diajar di CASIS disamping bahasa arab, inggeris, akidah,syariah,fiqh….:

Worldview and Epistemic Frameworks

A comparative analysis of all the major worldviews and their relationship with the conception, methodology and purpose of knowledge and knowing, and the culture of knowledge they generate. The worldviews and the knowledge culture of the Greeks, Judeo-Christians, secular-humanists, the Indians, Chinese, Japanese and especially the Muslims will be studied. An analysis of similarities and differences will be carried out to encourage deeper understanding, mutual cooperation, respect and tolerance.

Islamisation and Decolonisation of Contemporary Knowledge

Analysis on the phenomena that knowledge framework, methodologies and contents are organically linked to worldviews, values and socio-political and economic interests of dominant groups, states, cultures and civilisations. The Western colonisation of Asia, Latin and North America and Africa and its effects on the indigenous knowledge frameworks is explored. Issues of neo-colonialism, captive mind, colonisability mentality, decoloniality and especially Islamisation and integration of knowledge will be vigorously analysed.

Islamic Philosophy of Science and Technology

The relation between Islam and Science; the origins and development of Modern philosophy of science, from Mechanical Philosophy to Quantum physics; the separation of science from metaphysics; Methods of scientific enterprise from experimental method to modern empiricism, positivism and scientism. The idea of Islamisation of contemporary knowledge and Islamic science will also be discussed.

Qur’an and Hadith: Principles, Methodology and Contemporary Challenges

The science of the Holy Qur’an (Ulum al-Qur’an) including the concept of wahy, its transmission, collection and preservation; asbab al-nuzul, nasikh wa al-mansukhal-muhkam wa al-mutashabih; the schools of Tafsir; contemporary debates on the Qur’an and its exegesis. History of origins, development, transmission, dissemination and collection of Hadith literature; Hadith-Criticism; the reporters of Hadith (rijal al-hadith); contemporary debates on the science of Hadith.

History and Methodology of Islamic Science

An introduction to the great works of early Muslim scientists, and technologists and their main pioneering contributions. An indepth survey of the various sciences and methods developed and used by Muslim scientists, astronomers, geometricians, medical doctors towards the advancement of their respective fields, and their influences on the West.

Islamic Art and Architecture

A study of the growth, influences and development of a unique art that is informed, and guided by the precepts of the religion of Islam. Calligraphy, arabesque as they are applied in written artform, pottery, carpets. Architectural monuments and their history. Early phases of the growth from the Umayyad, Abbasid, Egyptian, Spanish, Persian, Mughal, Ottoman, through the growth and expansion of the Muslim powers saw a complementary development of architectural achievements. Muslim architecture in China and eastern lands.

Shari‘ah in Contemporary Muslim Societies

Islamic legal system and its development in early Islam; the sources of the Shari’ah, the fiqh of al-Maqasid (the objectives of the Shari’ah), the concept of thawabit (permanence) and mutaghayyirat (change). A vigorous analysis of the contemporary discourse of reconstruction and reform of Shari’ah and Islamic jurisprudence; the relation between Shari’ah and Tasawwuf; the emergence of contemporary movement, extremism and its responses.

Islamic Economic Thought and Institutions

An introduction to economic thought and institutions in Islamic civilisation, including the concepts ofal-iqtisad,tadbir, al-amwal,al-kasb, al-tijarah, riba, zakah, kharaj, hisbah, waqf and bayt al-mal, as well as a critical overview of Islamic banking system and finance.

Islamic Political Thought and Institutions

The political thought and institutions in Islam, particularly the Islamic state of Madinah; the concepts of khilafah, siyadah, hakimiyyah. The concept of al-ikhtiyar, ‘aqd al-wakalah, bay’ah, ahl al-hall wa al-‘aqd; Islamic political principles including justice, mutual consultation (shura), equality before the law (musawah), accountability (muhasabat al-hakim); constitutional government in Islam and contemporary debate on Islam and democracy.

Islam and Religious Pluralism

An analysis on the concepts of religious pluralism, religious diversity and tolerance. An overview of the concept of Tawhid; Abrahamic faith, al-din al-hanif; Transcendent Unity of Religions and its relation with Perennial philosophy.

Major Muslim Scientists

A study of enduring legacy of selected Muslim Scientists, such as al-Khawarizmi (d. 850), al-Zahrawi (1013), Ibn Sina (1037), Ibn al-Haytham (1040), al-Biruni (1048), al-Tusi (1274) and others who were the precursors to modern methods in scientific and technological advancement in Modern West. A selection of texts will be studied in translation.

Major Muslim Thinkers

A study of major thinkers of Islam such as al-Ash’ari (d. 936), Ibn Sina (1037), al-Ghazali (1111), Ibn Rushd (1198), Ibn Taymiyyah (1328), Ibn Khaldun (1395), Mulla Sadra (1640) al-Fansuri (1600) al-Raniri (1658) and others. This course will concentrate on the basic essentials in the thought of these various thinkers.

Islamic Law, Science and Technology

The application of Islamic Law and ethical precepts (legal maxims of Islam) to the development and growth of scientific and technological application to everyday life. An examination of the concept of life, maintenance of health, and death in Islam. The use of and abuse of science and technology in the maintenance of health and personal well-being. The ban on astrology, the abuse of musakkirat, mukhaddirat.

Islam in Malay Culture and History

The coming of Islam to the Malay Archipelago; Bilad al-Jawi in Islamic sources; archeological, cultural and scientific artifacts; the new Jawi language and script. The rise of learning and scholarship; early works on tafsir, hadith, language, history, theology, tasawwuf and philosophy will be examined; the growth of centres of learning: pondok, zawiyah, pesantren; The Malay sultanates and Islam in contemporary Malaysia.

Reading in Classical Text

Reading and surveying selections of the great works in Islamic civilisation: on theology, legal thought, philosophy and Sufi literature, such as al-Muwatta’, al-Risalah, al-Fiqh al-Akbar, al-Kharaj, Tahafut al-Falasifah etc. The work of prominent Muslim theologians such as Aqa’id al-Nasafi by Umar al-Nasafi (d.537 H) and Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by Abu Ja’far al-Tahawi (321H).

Readings in Contemporary Texts

Selected works by contemporary Muslim thinkers such as, Muhammad Iqbal, Fazlur Rahman, Ismail al-Faruqi, S.M.N. al-Attas, al-Jabiri, al-Qaradawi, al-Buti, Seyyed Hossein Nasr etc. on issues pertaining to Islamic thought and contemporary challenges will be studied critically.

Islam and Urban Development

Surveying the city in Islam; the establishment of Madinah as City of the Prophet. Makkah as city of spirituality; the growth of Muslim cities: Damascus, Jerusalem, Baghdad, Kaherah, Istanbul, Isfahan, Toledo, Granada, Melaka, Acheh and other major cities in the Muslim World will be studied; Urbanism in early Greek and Roman cities compared to early Muslim cities; contemporary urban development and medieval cities will be examined.

Religion, Human Development and Culture

The genesis of mythological belief-based religions. Revealed versus non-revealed religions or religious traditions. Ethical values and its relation to happiness. The development of human communities into societies from ethnic based to religion based identities. The advancement of human culture, values with the unfolding of revelation-based religion. The rise of the secular worldviews.

Tasawuf in Islamic Tradition

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KEUNIKAN PENGAJIAN, KESEPADUAN ILMU DAN BUDAYA ILMU DI PUSAT KAJIAN TINGGI ISLAM, SAINS DAN PERADABAN (CASIS)