The effectiveness of the philosophy of an islamic University: A special reference from the Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin in Malaysia and Al-Qalam University Katsina in Nigeria
The University is the most crucial environment designed for the imparting of various experiences, preserving the religion and the culture of the community. But since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the Islamic history and the Muslim dilemma of colonial rule, the universities in the Muslim so...
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5025/1/FH02-FKI-15-04551.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5025/ |
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| Summary: | The University is the most crucial environment designed for the imparting of various experiences,
preserving the religion and the culture of the community. But since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the
Islamic history and the Muslim dilemma of colonial rule, the universities in the Muslim societies are being faced
with the ill of unclear educational policies that are collapsing the system of Muslim education and Islamic
values in the Muslim‟s society. Malaysia and Nigeria are among Muslims majority countries that have ruled by
the British during the colonial era. Therefore, the present study is aimed to determine the present state of Islamic
educational philosophy, its implementation and the Islamic relevance of curriculum of Islamic universities from
the case of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin and Al-Qalam University Katsina. This qualitative research used
documentary analysis and interview for the data collection and analysis. Four different documents and ten
respondents have accessed for the investigation of the present study. The findings of this study recognized
Islamic university philosophy from the vision, mission, and aspirations of the Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
and Al-Qalam University Katsina as they have planned and are working for the provision of professional
Muslims with balanced education who are excellent in their respective fields and as the same time prepared with
the Islamic values. The finding has also described similarities between the two universities in regard to
educational objectives, management system and university curricular programmes. This study suggests that all
relevant policy makers, curriculum planners, the stakeholders, parents and the potentials students may benefit
from the Islamic university philosophy from the both universities in order to strengthen their understanding and
practice of Islamic education principles as this is the only possible way of producing men that are able to
represent Islam in this modern challenging world as well as rebuilt the lost educational glory in the Muslim
societies. |
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