Kulliyyah

Islamic Revealed Knowledge

and Human Sciences
Department
Department of General Studies
Programme Undergraduate
Course Title The Islamic Worldview
Course Code UNGS !"!
Status Universit# Re$uirement
Credit Hours "
Contact Hours "
Teaching Methodology %ectures& presentation and group
discussion
Method of Evaluation a' (id)term *+amination,
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.' /ourse wor0s,
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1resentation with report
23-
4ssignment
23-
c' 5inal e+amination,
3!-
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Total, 2!!-
Course Obectives This course aims at,
2' 4c$uainting students with meanings&
o.6ectives& necessit#& foundation and
characteristics of Islamic and non)
Islamic worldviews'
' Nurturing students with
understanding of the elements of
Islamic worldview and its implications
on 0nowledge& personalit# and
.ehaviour'
"' *nlightening students7
understanding of challenges&
and .arriers faced .# man and
societ# and their responses from
Islamic perspective'
8' Understanding ethnic relation and
its o.stacles and prospects in multi)
religious and racial societ#'
!earning Outcomes 4t the end of the course& the student
will a.le to,
2' Demonstrate 0nowledge and
understanding of the meanings&
characteristics and elements of .oth
Islamic and non)Islamic worldviews'
' Translate and appl# the various
elements of Islamic worldview in
individual and social conte+ts'
"' Identif# and appraise the
contemporar# challenges& o.stacles
and .arriers faced .# man and
societ# and 9nd out solutions from
Islamic worldview'
8' 5oster health# ethnic relation for
multi)religious and multi)racial living'
Course Synopsis This course focuses on the meanings&
characteristics and 0inds of worldviews
including some selective contemporar#
ideologies& such as materialism&
secularism and post modernism' It also
descri.es overview of Islam and its
main characteristics' The elements
towards understanding the worldviews
are: The concept of al-Tawd&
sunnatullh& prophethood& al-khirah&
and the role of man' The crisis of the
contemporar# man and societ#& ethnic
relation towards an integrated societ#&
glo.ali;ation& li.eralism and e+tremism
are also included'
Course Outlines
"ee#s Topics $eference
%& ' ( ) "orldvie*s+ Meaning&
characteristics and
#inds,
% ) (eaning < characteristics of the
Islamic < other worldviews
Ri;a (ohammed and
Delwar Hossain&
=!!">& chapters'2)
?
' ) Kinds of the worldview
a' The scienti9c worldview
.' The philosophical
worldview
c' The religious worldview
) (utahhari =2@?3>& /hap'
2&
) 4l)4ttas& Sharifah
=2@@A>& ?)B!
- Kamal Hassan .%//01&
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) Selective contemporar#
ideologies,
a' Secularism
.' 1ost modernism
c' (aterialism

) 4l)4ttas& Sharifah
=2@@A>& !)"!
) Naugle =!!>& 33)AB&
A?)2!B& 2!?)28A
0 ( 2 Overvie* of 3slam and 3ts
Main Characteristics
0 - mn, Islm& Taqw and Isn )4l)4ttas =2@@>& all'
- 4.dalati =2@@">& 22")
22?
- Ri;a (ohammed and
Delwar Hossain&
=!!">& chapters'2)?
2 ) The main characteristics of
Islam
a' Al Rabbniyyah =Divinit#>
.' Al-Shuml =/omprehensive>
c' Al-Tawzun=(oderation>
) Cut. =2@@A>&
- (urata =2@@8>& 2)83
4 The Elements of the 3slamic
"orldvie*+
The Concept of al-Tawd .the
unity of 5llah1
) The concept of al-Tawd and
its
Implication for life
- Al-Kur and al-Shirk and their
Implications on life
) 4l)5aru$i =2@@>& 2)"@
- Rahman =2@@8>& 2)"@
6 The Concept of Sunnatullh
and 7atural Phenomenon
) (eaning of Sunnatullh and its
/haracteristics (anifestations
) Gulen =2@@B>& /hap'
) Snoo0s =2@@?>& 2)"?&
2?3)2@"
of
Sunnatullh
8 Prophethood and its
relevance to the Muslim life
) (eaning and necessit# of
1rophethood
- The functions of the 1rophets
) The relevance of 1rophetic
Sunnah to
the contemporar# life'
) (awdudi =2@B">& /hap'
3 and B
) Rahman =2@@8>& /hap' 3
- Gulen .2@@3>& /hap' 8&
3
/ Al-khirah and its implication
on life
) (eaning of al-!khirah
) The impact of .elieving of
Hereafter on
%ife
) Dsman =2@@B>& 23)2?8
) Gulen =2@@B>& /hap' 8
%9 ( %% Man in the Quran and Sunnah

%9 - /reation vs' evolution of man - Khan =2@B?>& ?3)2!3
- Eucaille =2@?@>& 23)83
) The role of man as khalatullh
- 1rimordial nature of man
) 5a;lur =2@@8>& /hap' 2&
%' ( %0 The Crisis of contemporary
man and society
%' 5, Ethnic relation to*ards an
integrated society
i' Easic concept of ethnic
relation
ii' The pluralit# of societies, 4
case stud# of (ala#sia'
) Wolters =2@?!>& 3
%) iii' *thnic relation towards an
integrated societ#, D.stacles and
1rospects
) 4nda#a =!!2>&
) Waters =2@@3>& 8)
%0 :, Challenges facing Muslims
i' Glo.ali;ation and its impact on
life
ii' %i.eralism
iii' *+tremism
- Naser =2@@">& 3")3@
- 4.dul 4;i; < Shamsul
=!!8>
- Caradavi& 2'A3
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CAM ACTIVITIES 2013
MIDTERM EXAMINATION20%
ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW PROJECT20%
DEBATE/PRESENATION.10%
50%
FINAL EXAMINATION..50%
100%
INSTRACTION FOR ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW PROJECT 2013
1. FORMING A GROP !" MEMBERS IN ONE GROP#
2. C$OOSING ONE OF T$E C$APTERS
3. PREPARING A PROPOSAL !INCLDE CONTENTS%
INTRODCTION% CONCLSION AND NAMES OF REFERENCES#
". NOT LESS T$AN 10 PAGES EXCLDING T$E PAGES OF
CONTENTS% INTRODCTION% CONCLSION AND
BIBLIOGRAP$&
5. PROVIDING FOOT NOTES/END NOTE !3 MAR'S#
(. DATE OF SBMISSION 2
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APRIL 2013
). AFTER FINALI*ING T$E C$APTER% &O $AVE TO PREPARE
SOME SLIDES FOR DISCSSION !SMMAR& OF T$E C$APTER
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TEXT BOO'- INTRODCTION TO T$E ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW PBLIS$ED B&
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C$APTER ONE- ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW- MEANINGS% CONCEPTS AND
C$ARACTERISTICS
C$APTER TWO- WESTERN WORLDVIEW- MEANINGS% CONCEPTS AND
C$ARACTERISTICS
C$APTER T$REE- SECLARISM AND MATERIALISM
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C$APTER FOR- AL-S$IR'- CONCEPTS% T&PES AND IMPLICATIONS ON
MAN.S LIFE
C$APTER FIVE- SNNATLLA$- MEANINGS% T&PES AND IMPLICATION ON
VARIOS ASPECTS OF MAN.S LIFE
C$APTER SIX- PROP$ET$OOD- MEANINGS% NECESSIT& AND RELEVENT TO
MAN.S LIFE
C$APTER SEVEN- '$ILAFA$- MEANINGS% T&PES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
C$APTER EIG$T- AL-A'$IRA$- CONCEPTS% SIGNS AND IMPLICATION ON A
MSLIM LIFE
C$APTER NINE- GLOBALI*ATION- MEANINGS% C$ALLENGES AND
PROSPECTS
C$APTER TEN- EXTREMISM- CONCEPT% T&PES/NATRE% CASES AND
REMEDIES
C$APTER ELEVEN- LIBERALISM- CONCEPT% NATRE AND EFFECTS ON
MAN.S LIFE
C$APTER TWELEVE- ET$NIC RELATIONS- C$ALLENGES AND SOLTIONS
FROM RE LIGIOS PERSPECTIVES
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