Lifelong Learners

Photo by: Jean-Léon Gérôme  Understanding and interpreting Islam has been varied according to regions, societies, and historical context. The biggest common point among different Muslim communities is Islam. However, the biggest difference is that they have wide various Islamic understandings. Because different places have an impact on how to believe. On one hand, religious beliefs influence and shape every society it enters without exception but more importantly, it is shaped by society/civilization. In this context, religion is both a perpetrator and an object. On the other hand, the differences in understanding and interpretation stem from human nature. These differences stemming from the nature of man have been examined by the anthropologist Clifford Geertz on two Muslim countries, Morocco and Indonesia. The author, who examines the relations of the peoples of Morocco and Indonesia with the sacred, presents a detailed and profound comparison of the interpretati...

In the last centuries, the Muslim world has been witnessing one of the biggest destruction in its history. Islamic countries have been occupied by western ideas both spiritually and materially. By the way, these countries lost their powers politically, economically, and socially. Unfortunately, at this time there is not an Islamic country -or rather countries that have the Muslim public- who has the right to speak in the global world nearly in all areas. The current structure of Islamic countries reveals us demanding a new solution which is explained in the book; titled Islamization of Knowledge. This book emphasizes the recent main problems of Ummah from several angels and explains possible solutions as a structure that is shaped in the authors' mentality. The author says there are some stages to deal with this problem and there are three main steps to save the Ummah from the present situation. Firstly, after recognizing the problem as said above, all Muslim students must be ...