Islamic Education

Mazhab In Islamic Economics (Indonesian Language)

by Ali Muhayatsyah

Ada tiga sudut pandang/mazhab atau corak pemikiran dalam mengkaji ilmu Ekonomi Islam. Mazhab tersebut adalah Mazhab... more Ada tiga sudut pandang/mazhab atau corak pemikiran dalam mengkaji ilmu Ekonomi Islam. Mazhab tersebut adalah Mazhab Baqir as-Sadr, Mazhab Mainstream, Mazhab Alternatif Kritis.

Paradigm Of Intergration-Interconection In Islamic Economics (Indonesian Language)

by Ali Muhayatsyah

This paper is presented in the course of Islamic Studies Approach with lecturers Prof. Drs. H. Akh. Minhaji, M.A., Ph.D. At concentrations of Shariah Finance and Banking, Graduate School UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta.

Ide sentral yang membatasi ilmu ekonomi Islam, dan yang menempatkan berbeda dengan ekonomi (neo-klasik) positif,... more Ide sentral yang membatasi ilmu ekonomi Islam, dan yang menempatkan berbeda dengan ekonomi (neo-klasik) positif, adalah desakan untuk memasukkan secara eksplisit nilai-nilai etik yang didasarkan pada agama dalam suatu framework analisis yang terpadu.

Terkait hal tersebut bahwa ekonomi Islam tidak bisa begitu saja terlepas dari ekonomi konvensional. Paradigma ekonomi konvensional akan tetap berfungsi dalam membentuk paradigma ekonomi Islam dan pelaksanaannya. Teori-teori ekonomi konvensional, baik yang mikro maupun makro, akan tetap terpakai dalam diskursus ekonomi Islam. Dalam melakukan proses islamisasi ekonomi perlu mengambil tiga bentuk pendekatan yang adil terhadap ekonomi konvensional. Adapun pendekatan tersebut adalah: Pendekatan menolak (negation). Pendekatan memadukan (integration). Pendekatan menambah nilai (value addition).

Paradigma integratif-interkonektif secara konseptual memang sangat relevan bagi perkembangan keilmuan islam, di mana dialog antar disiplin ilmu akan semakin memperkuat keilmuan Islam dalam menghadapi tantangan zaman dengan segala kompleksitas yang ada. Dengan kata lain, Islam menjadi budaya masyarakat. Lebih jelasnya, seluruh pihak yang terkait dengan perkembangan ilmu Ekonomi Islam harus mampu menampilkan Ekonomi Islam dengan terbuka sehingga mampu merealisasikan Islam sebagai rahmatan lil ‘alamin.

Review Article: Paradigm of Islamic Studies (Indonesian Language)

by Ali Muhayatsyah

This paper is presented in the course of Islamic Studies Approach with lecturers Prof. Drs. H. Akh. Minhaji, M.A., Ph.D. At concentrations of Shariah Finance and Banking, Graduate School UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta.


Tulisan ini merupakan Review Article dari karya Muhammad Amin Abdullah, Islamic Studies di Perguruan Tinggi Pendekatan Integrasi Interkoneksi, diterbitkan oleh Pustaka Pelajar tahun 2010.

Amin Abdullah melalui buku “Islamic Studies: Pendekatan Integratif-Interkonektif” ini melakukan upaya dekonstruksi... more Amin Abdullah melalui buku “Islamic Studies: Pendekatan Integratif-Interkonektif” ini melakukan upaya dekonstruksi atau merombak ulang untuk kemudian ditata kembali konstruk berpikir masyarakat dalam melihat agama relasinya dengan ilmu pengetahuan. Melalui buku ini, Amin hendak menawarkan paradigma keilmuan “interkoneksitas” yang lebih modest (mampu mengukur kemampuan diri sendiri), humility (rendah hati) dan human (manusiawi). Asumsi dasar yang diusung konsep ini adalah, bahwa untuk memahami kompleksitas fenomena kehidupan yang dihadapi dan dijalani manusia, setiap bangunan keilmuan apapun, baik keilmuan agama (termasuk agama Islam dan agama-agama lainnya), keilmuan sosial, humaniora, kealaman dan sebagainya, tidaklah dibenarkan bersikap single entity (berdiri sendiri). Masing-masing harus saling bertegur sapa antara satu sama lain. Sebab, ketika bangunan-bangunan keilmuan itu saling membelakangi, maka cepat atau lambat akan berubah menjadi narrowmindedness (pola pikir yang amat sempit dan menyempitkan bagi yang lain).

La société abbasside au miroir du tribunal. Égalité juridique et hiérarchie sociale

by Mathieu Tillier

Published in: Annales Islamologiques, 42 (2008), p. 157-186.

Les sources juridiques comme la littérature d’adab des IXe et Xe siècles insistaient sur la stricte égalité des... more Les sources juridiques comme la littérature d’adab des IXe et Xe siècles insistaient sur la stricte égalité des plaideurs devant le cadi, quelles que soient leurs places respectives au sein de la société. Cet article entend montrer comment, au-delà de cette règle théorique, le tribunal demeurait un puissant révélateur de l’appartenance sociale des individus. La doctrine limitait les droits de certaines catégories de la population et, de leur côté, diverses stratégies de distinction permettaient aux puissants d’asseoir leur supériorité ; par ailleurs, une mauvaise connaissance de la langue arabe ou une culture juridique insuffisante affaiblissaient la position des plaideurs issus des milieux populaires. Enfin, par son rôle dans la reconnaissance des filiations et des généalogies, le tribunal du cadi contribuait même à la fixation de groupes sociaux hiérarchisés.

In the 9th and 10th centuries, legal sources as well as adab literature stress the strict equality of the litigants before the qâdî, whatever their respective places in society. This article intends to show that despite this theoretical rule, the practice of the court still reflected individuals’ social backgrounds. The doctrine restricted the rights of some categories of the population and several strategies of discrimination enabled the powerful to establish their superiority; a weak knowledge of Arabic language or a poor legal culture could also weaken the position of litigants belonging to the popular classes. Finally, by recognizing filiations and genealogies, the qâdî’s court even contributed to the establishment of hierarchical social groups.

Halal Literacy and Intention of Muslim Consumers to Switch from Products Without Halal Label: An Instrument Development and Validation in Indonesia

by Imam Salehudin

ASEAN Marketing Journal, Vol 2 No 1 (June, 2010), ISSN 2085-5044.

Muslim consumers have strict commandments which guides their consumption behavior. However, Muslim individuals may... more Muslim consumers have strict commandments which guides their consumption behavior. However, Muslim individuals may have different compliance regarding the commandments. This difference in compliance may be explained by difference in halal literacy. Halal literacy is the ability to differentiate permissible (halal) and forbidden (haram) goods and services which came from better understanding of Islamic laws (shariah). Thus, the purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of Halal Literacy as well as to develop and validate an instrument to measure Halal Literacy for Muslim consumers.

Halal literacy was measured using two methods. One method using six items of five point Likert self evaluation scale and the other using fifteen true-false test questions with an option to choose doesn’t know. Proportion of correct and incorrect was used as weights in scoring to represent the difficulty of items. Scoring results were then analyzed with Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) using Weighted Least Square method to test construct validity. Scores were then used to classify cases into high, moderate and low Literacy groups. Self evaluation halal literacy and switching Intentions are compared between groups using ANOVA to determine concurrent validity.

Only ten out of fifteen items are considered valid using Confirmatory Factor Analysis. ANOVA showed that grouping of high, moderate and low literacy score can distinguish differences in perceived halal literacy and switching intentions between the groups. Post hoc tests and descriptive statistics revealed interesting non linear relationship between the halal literacy scores; self evaluated halal literacy and intentions to switch from products without halal labels.

Keywords: Halal literacy, halal label, Muslim consumer, measurement and validation, product switching intention

Madrassah Education in th UK Between Conservation and Change

by Tahir Alam

Tahir Alam

This works aims to offer an insight into Daru’l Uloom Madrassah
education in the UK. It hopes to underline some... more This works aims to offer an insight into Daru’l Uloom Madrassah
education in the UK. It hopes to underline some of the contemporary issues that these
seminaries face in the modern western world, highlighting some of the negative
profiling they have been receiving from academic, Islamic scholarly, political and
media scrutiny and what kind of concerns have been raised in light of these criticisms.
The work also hopes to offer an insight into the development of Islamic education,
tracing the evolution of the Islamic educational seminaries through its course in
history and its various changes to the current period in contemporary Britain.
In relation to this, through the undertaking of an ethnographic study it hopes to bring
into perspective how education within these seminaries is deployed to train Muslim
leaders and Scholars for the Muslim community in the current Daru’l Uloom
seminary setting. The work will end by making an evaluation on whether the
education is perceived as satisfactory, or educational reform needs to take place in
order to meet the needs of 21st century Britain.

The Islamic Concept of Education Reconsidered

by Khosrow Bagheri Noaparast

Some authors have analyzed the Islamic concept of education in parallel to the assumed contrast between Islam and the... more Some authors have analyzed the Islamic concept of education in parallel to the assumed contrast between Islam and the liberal tradition. Hence, given the latter’s rationalist tendencies, an almost indoctrinatory essence is assumed for the Islamic concept of education. However, we argue that rationality is involved in all elements of the Islamic concept of education. There might be some differences between the Islamic and liberal conceptions of rationality, but these are not so sharp that the derivative Islamic concept of education can be equated with indoctrination. We suggest an Islamic concept of education that includes three basic elements: knowledge, choice, and action. Then, we show that, according to the Islamic texts, these elements have a background of wisdom.

Zangi-Period Architecture in Iraqi Kurdistan: Medrese Qubahan at Amedi (´Amadíya)

by Karel Nováček

The paper has been just issued in Zeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie 4. Email me for a copy: knovacek@kar.zcu.cz

The architectural and archaeological survey of the Qubahan School near Amêdi enabled a detailed reconstruction of the... more The architectural and archaeological survey of the Qubahan School near Amêdi enabled a detailed reconstruction of the building development beginning with the foundation of the complex in the 12th century AD. The monument is a rather rare exemple of Atabeg-period architecture in this region that has been neglected by scholars so far.

"The Sharp Edge of a Razor": Negotiating Religious Identity in Turkey

by Kim Shively

Analyses of oppositional Islamist movements in Turkey – and in the Middle East in general – have tended to focus on... more Analyses of oppositional Islamist movements in Turkey – and in the Middle East in general – have tended to focus on the doctrines and activities of large, formally organized groups, such as the Gülen movement or the Islamist political parties in Turkey. Based on two years of fieldwork in Sincan, a conservative Ankara suburb, this paper will examine the beliefs and activities of an informal, pietistic women’s groups, with the goal of showing how the women involved try to walk a thin line between the secularizing pressures of the Turkish state and the more radicalized religious organizations active in their neighborhood.

Taming Islam: Studying Religion in Secular Turkey

by Kim Shively

published in Anthropological Quarterly, 2008

In keeping with its laicist policies, the Turkish state has tightly regulated religious education.  Religion... more In keeping with its laicist policies, the Turkish state has tightly regulated religious education.  Religion courses in the public schools and Koran courses at mosques follow state controlled curricula and are taught by civil servants, while independent Koran courses are prohibited by law.  Many conservative, conscientious Muslims find state religious education limited and have established independent “kaçak” (illegal) Koran courses that meet in private homes, away from the gaze of the state.  Based on fieldwork conducted on a “unapproved” Koran course for young women in a famously conservative neighborhood in Ankara, this paper will discuss the participants’ rationale for establishing and participating in the course.  A primary concern of both teachers and students in these courses is that state religious education is inadequate and distorted.  The Turkish state casts Islam as something that is largely a matter of “belief” or “conscience” and individual private activity, whereas many conservative Muslims see non-regulated Islamic activity as belonging also in the public sphere and involved in politics.  This paper will demonstrate how these courses provide a forum through which the participants may articulate their own interpretations of Islam, and serve as platforms for developing alternative religious ideologies that may be broadcast in the rapidly expanding religious media outlets.  Finally, this paper will show how conservative Muslims’ critiques of state religious education cut straight to central conflicts – in Turkey and elsewhere – over the nature of secularism and conceptions of the public sphere.

Islam, Science and Science Education: Conflict or Concord?.

by Seng Loo

Studies in Science Education, 36 (2001) 45-78.

The central focus of this article is on the relationship between science and Islam, in the context of science... more The central focus of this article is on the relationship between science and Islam, in the context of science education. However this issue is part of a wider question, concerned with the relationship between science and religion as a whole. It has received much more attention in the context of Christianity than Islam, and has been judged commonly, though by no means universally, to be one of hostility.

The four horsemen of Islamic science: a critical analysis

by Seng Loo

Int. J. Sci. Educ., 1996, Vol. 18, No. 3, 285-294

This paper critically examines four versions of Islamic science. Of these, only one can be regarded as a viable fusion... more This paper critically examines four versions of Islamic science. Of these, only one can be regarded as a viable fusion between Islam and science. Far from being a threat to civilization, Islamic science addresses concerns that are severely lacking in Western science and thus has much to offer to humanity. In contrast to Western science with its lack of moral fibre and the inordinate emphasis given to reductionism, Islamic science takes upon a more holistic human-centred approach that is grounded in values that promote social justice, public welfare and responsibility towards the environment. The only limitation of Islamic science is that it does not adequately resolve the issue of control in the conduct of science. A truly humanistic science should not be regulated solely by members of the scientific community or the clergy but by all members of society through democratic participation.

Pedagogies of Piety: Shi'i Children's Books, Ethics and the Emergence of the Pious Subject

by Edith Szanto

Symposia: The Graduate Student Journal of the Centre for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto 1 no. 1 (2009): 62-78.

Value Education in The Perspective of Western and Islamic Knowledge

by Dinar Kania

The paper was presented in International Seminar on Islamic Education at Ibn Khaldun University, Bogor, Indonesia. 18-19th May 2011

Toward a Universal Islamic Deposit Insurance System- Part (1)

by Mohammed Khnifer -(MSc,MBA,CSAA,CIFP) محمد الخنيفر

Islamic Business & Finance

The research highlights the types of deposits offered by Islamic banks such as  demand deposits, savings... more The research highlights the types of deposits offered by Islamic banks such as  demand deposits, savings deposits, and general and special investment deposits. Then, it elaborates in details the technicality & mechanism of Islamic Deposit Insurance System & how it can be implemented.

Certificate holders can take default worries off their shoulders with proper asset-backed Sukuk

by Mohammed Khnifer -(MSc,MBA,CSAA,CIFP) محمد الخنيفر

Business Islamicia Magazine

The research explains how lawyers can structure Sukuk that can save certificate-holders from the repercussions of... more The research explains how lawyers can structure Sukuk that can save certificate-holders from the repercussions of what
comes after default.
Asset protection of certificate-holders vis-a-vis their creditors can be achieved by adopting bankruptcy remoteness.

Inside the Meltdown from Islamic Finance Perspective

by Mohammed Khnifer -(MSc,MBA,CSAA,CIFP) محمد الخنيفر

Global Islamic Finance Magazine

In the middle the heat of one of the greatest recorded financial meltdowns, and the breakdown of toxic assets, some... more In the middle the heat of one of the greatest recorded financial meltdowns, and the breakdown of toxic assets, some small niche practitioners deliberated an important question: could this financial crisis have been averted, had the savvy Wall Street investment banks used the principles at the heart of Islamic finance.

This paper differs from the post-financial crisis research articles as it explains the credit crunch in a ‘SIMPLE” manner for those who just joined the investment Banking industry.

Voices of the Unheard - Salvaging the Next Generation of Islamic Bankers

by Mohammed Khnifer -(MSc,MBA,CSAA,CIFP) محمد الخنيفر

Islamic Business & Finance Magazine

The SILENT GENERATION of unemployed Islamic financiers !
The Author warns the Islamic finance industry that it is... more The SILENT GENERATION of unemployed Islamic financiers !
The Author warns the Islamic finance industry that it is about to lose its second generation of bankers
على طريقة رائعة أليخاندرو «الأشجار تموت واقفة».. صناعة المال الإسلامية على وشك أن تخسر جيلا بأكمله من المصرفيين الشباب
الجيل «الصامت» من المصرفيين الإسلاميين العاطلين .. خدعوهم بالتصريحات المنمقة عن مستقبل الصناعة وأداروا ظهورهم لهم بعد التخرج
http://www.al-jazirah.com/20120207/ec6d.htm

The Case of Islamic Finance Graduates against HR: How the industry lost its Young Brave Blood !

by Mohammed Khnifer -(MSc,MBA,CSAA,CIFP) محمد الخنيفر

Islamic Business & Finance Magazine

The Human Remains of Islamic finance (IF)

For the first time, HR executives are being identified as the... more The Human Remains of Islamic finance (IF)

For the first time, HR executives are being identified as the main hurdle for the development & sustainability of the Human intellectual capital of IF

Training imams in Europe. The current statut.

by Jean-Francois Husson