دواعي مشروع أسلمة المعرفة عند الفيلسوف الماليزي السيد نقيب العطاس: دراسة تحليلية

The Motives for the Islamization of Knowledge Project of the Malaysian Philosopher Mr. Naqib Al-Attas: An Analytical Study

Abstract

This research explores the contributions of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas to the Islamization of knowledge project, highlighting his critical perspective on the educational dualism between traditional religious systems and the secular Western model. Al-Attas argues that traditional Islamic education lacks the capacity to develop competencies suited for social development, while secular education focuses on applied disciplines at the expense of moral and ethical instruction, leading to civilizational and moral decline. He proposes a balanced educational model that integrates Islamic sciences with modern sciences, emphasizing the importance of teaching values and ethics within the educational process. The inductive and analytical methods were employed to examine and analyze al-Attas’s classifications and scholarly contributions. This study concludes with several findings, the most significant of which is that the Malaysian philosopher, Syed Naquib al-Attas, stands as one of the foremost thinkers who laid the foundations for a comprehensive intellectual project within the context of the modern Islamic world. His work represents a conscious epistemological response to the challenges posed by Western modernity to Islamic thought. This project is based on the necessity of reconstructing the system of knowledge according to a comprehensive and coherent Islamic worldview grounded in concepts and objectives derived from the Islamic intellectual tradition.