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Critical Issues And Reform In Muslim Higher Education - Softcover
Editor: Rosnani Hashim & Mina Hattori
ISBN: 9789674183813
Publisher: IIUM Press
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 246
Weight: 422 g
Today as we embark into the twenty first century we observe many challenges facing Muslim higher education institutions which has led them to reexamine their position and programmes vis-a-vis others. This examination and review are crucial for the survival of these institutions. Top on the list of the challenges is globalisation and its accompanying effects which are inevitable. It is affecting every state and community throughout the world that has access to information and communication technologies. The presence of the email, the internet, Youtube, blogs, Facebooks, twitters and the latest, Whatsapp has speeded up the pace of the dissemination of information and misinformation. These same media has been partially responsible in mobilisation of the masses such that massive demonstrations that may even lead to revolutions could be galvanised easily as in the case of the Arab Spring and the change of the guard in Thailand. These new technologies and their applications on a massive scale have definitely changed the landscape of the world. This monograph deals with the issue emerging from globalisation and highlights the attempts made by Muslim higher education institutions to deal with these issues. Specifically, the issues discussed are privatisation of education in the Arab world, internationalisation of education, and cultural diversity in Malaysia, Islamic higher education of Muslim minorities in Europe and the United Kingdom, and three different attempts in formulating an integrated higher education in Indonesia and Brunei. In addition to globalisation, there are other critical issues peculiar to the Muslim scholarly tradition. Firstly, the issue of the dichotomy of the traditional Islamic Sciences and the contemporary acquired sciences such as the humanities, social sciences, and the natural sciences that has led to the negligence and decline of the latter in the Muslim World; secondly, the issue of the decline of intellectualism in Muslim higher education, and thirdly, the issue of academic freedom. This book with chapters written by scholars from various parts of the world analyses each of these issues in depth with the hope to enlighten its readers. Awareness of a problem is the first important step towards solving it. This book will be useful to scholars and students of higher Islamic education.