Author Archive: Infoeditor
On Alternative Thoughts and Models
Paulo Friere did not have to read the abridged children’s version of Les Miserables from his school text books. He was brought up in one of the extremely impoverished neighbourhoods in Recife, Brazil, and poverty was his childhood friend. He belonged to the “wretched of the earth”, in strikingly miserable ways. Unsurprisingly, the fight […]
Towards A Knowledge Society
The portals of the University of Granada bear the following inscription: “The world is supported by four things only: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valour of the brave.” It is significant to note that in this inscription, learning comes first. “Read in the […]
Modern University Challenged
This paper begins by reviewing the history of modern universities, noting their changes in terms of societal demands and the availability of funding and with an eye toward understanding their different roles and new outcomes. Based on this understanding, the paper then raises questions about the relevance of curricula to the needs and concerns of […]
Justice and Islam
This excrept from Sayyid Naquib al-Attas’ Islam, Secularism and the Philosophy of the Future analyses how knowledge in Islam inextricabily linked to justice and what is missing in the western epistemology [Justice in Islam is Primarily a State of Being within Man Himself] “In Islam – because for it religion encompasses life in its entirety […]
Islamization of Knowledge: A Response
The subject addressed here is obviously not new to the readership. It has been discussed, written about and, I think, debated in this journal and elsewhere for some time. My aim in the following pages is to give this subject a perspective based upon my own experiences in both Islamic and Western learning. I. Ilm […]
In search of the Undivided Knowledge
The two quarters that appear to be seriously pondering the philosophy of education are what we can loosely call ‘religious intelligentsia’ on the one hand and the proponents of alternative education on the other. The secular, liberal tradition of knowledge, because of the fact that it is shorn of spiritual or ontological content of education […]
T-Shirt Discourse Against Islamophobia
Humour has become a bold expression in culture to the Islamophic responses the world over. T-shirts with humorous, yet culturally significant, slogans have lately been into the market to dispel the propopganda against Islam. It’s in this context that the works of design moulavi deserves mention. See what design moulavi has to say on this: […]
Quran & the Death of Male Authors
I think there would not be so much disagreement if I say that knowledge production in a society is built on its world view. In a racist society, the race which shows domineering or hegemonic tendency would promote, encourage and circulate knowledge within the race and foreclose the same for the race which the domineering […]
An Intriguing Tale of Faith
Of God and Men, titled Des hommes et des dieux originally in French, is a drama based on a true story. One of the most critically acclaimed movies of 2010, the movie is set in a small picturesque village in the northern mountains of Algeria. The movie narrates the events in the lives of six […]
Grand mosque: History Revisited
The Grand mosque of Paris – An oasis of peace and calm amongst the mad Parisian life out there. The Grand mosque stood up; majestically among the other typical Parisian architecture; symbolic of the colonial past in France and of the religiosity of ever so embarrassed secular Parisians. Irony could not escape my critical eyes. […]
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