Al-Kashaf

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

Md Abdur Rouf, Dr. Md Rahmat Ali — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Disasters and Crises in the Gulf: Causes and Solutions

Mahgoub Fadlallah Abdel-Radi Adam — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This study explores the reality of disasters and crises in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, focusing on their root causes and resulting challenges, while reviewing the efforts made to manage and mitigate their impacts. The paper examines various types of natural disasters (such as cyclones, floods, and sandstorms) and industrial ones (such as oil spills, explosions, and environmental accidents), along with health, social, and economic crises that have affected the region. The study highlights contributing factors that exacerbate these crises, including climate change, unplanned urban growth, excessive dependence on the oil sector, and limited institutional and societal awareness of disaster risks. It also discusses the accompanying environmental, economic, and social repercussions, and evaluates response policies and procedures at national, regional, and international levels. The study offers a set of recommendations aimed at enhancing risk-resilient infrastructure, activating early warning systems, encouraging economic diversification, improving environmental legislation, and building institutional capacities. It concludes that establishing an integrated disaster management system requires the adoption of proactive, knowledge-based policies, good governance, and regional and international cooperation to ensure security, stability, and sustainable development in the Gulf region.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its Application in Health Care: An Islamic Perspective

Dr. M. Aminuddin, Dr. Abida Iqbal — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into healthcare systems worldwide has ushered in transformative opportunities for diagnostics, treatment personalization, and patient management. However, these advancements also present complex ethical challenges that require careful consideration within diverse cultural and religious frameworks, including Islam. This article explores the application of AI in healthcare from an Islamic perspective, with a particular focus on the ethical, legal, and religious implications for medical accountability, patient autonomy, and data privacy. Islamic bioethics is rooted in the principles of divine permission, human stewardship, and the preservation of life, intellect, and dignity. The integration of AI in medicine must align with these foundational values, ensuring that technological innovations serve the common good (maslaha) and do not compromise the moral responsibilities of healthcare providers. Traditional Islamic jurisprudence emphasizes the accountability of physicians to both God and patients, requiring competence, transparency, and informed consent. As AI systems increasingly assist or even autonomously perform medical tasks, questions arise regarding the allocation of liability—whether it remains with the physician, extends to medical teams and institutions, or even includes AI developers in cases of error or harm. The concept of collective liability (dhimmah mushtarakah) is gaining traction in contemporary Islamic discourse, reflecting the collaborative nature of modern healthcare and the distributed responsibility inherent in AI-driven interventions. Furthermore, Islamic ethics mandate the protection of patient privacy and the prevention of harm, necessitating robust safeguards against data misuse and algorithmic bias. The principle of justice (adl) requires that AI tools be accessible and non-discriminatory, addressing disparities in healthcare delivery. This article synthesizes insights from classical and contemporary Islamic scholarship, case studies from Muslim-majority countries, and interdisciplinary research to propose a framework for ethically integrating AI in healthcare. It argues that while AI holds immense potential to enhance medical practice, its adoption must be guided by Islamic values of compassion, trust, and accountability, ensuring that technology remains a tool for human flourishing rather than a source of ethical conflict. The analysis underscores the need for ongoing dialogue among religious scholars, healthcare professionals, and technologists to navigate the evolving landscape of AI in medicine.

Christian-Muslim Mutual Remedial Activities for Peace Building in Pakistan: Discussions and Findings with Qualitative & Quantitative Study

Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Farooq — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Christianity and Islam reflect a deeper sense of identity by revealing a framework of beliefs and principles that shape worldview. Christian and Muslim communities in Muslim majority countries especially in Pakistan have been interacting in all aspects of life. Together with this interaction, conflict has also been part of social development for a long time. This ultimately spreads tensions in the entire community and pollutes its environment. However, both religions escort integrity in a society by establishing peace and reconciliation procedure. Christian-Muslim communities have established the peace and interfaith harmony activities during social interaction especially in modern time. Pakistan is a case study of Christian-Muslim mutual remedial activities for Peace Building. The study is planned to draw a picture of religious harmony and measures of reconciliation mentioning its background reasons and the trends. Such meaningful detailed research work essentially involves ideas which can be ultimately mapped to improve social relationships between both communities. This research is intended to investigate many key questions to address the issue of peace building in a more scientific and professional manner. Likewise: What is theological interaction between Christians and Muslims? What are sociological efforts for peace building in society? The desired study is survey based. Quantitative and qualitative research techniques are used. An analysis of efforts for inter-religious study in modern times will certainly fill the gap in our understanding of contemporary socio-religious movements and will answer several questions which still remain unanswered. Christians and Muslims, being a part of the society in Pakistan, has two backgrounds: religious and social for evaluation of its practices regarding peace building. With the first part, therefore, it is analyzed theologically in following aspects.