Significance of Social Vision in the Process of Reshaping Islamic Education
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https://doi.org/10.31436/ijes.v3i2.90Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to emphasise the importance of social vision of Islam in formulating Islamic education. It has been assumed that due to the negligence of social dimension of Islam, most of the contemporary Islamic educational institutions are incapable of enabling the younger generation to look at the historical context of their lived reality more critically. Consequently, majority of the Muslims are not bothered about several concrete human social problems such as inequality, economic exploitation and fragmentation of the community into different classes and groups. To solve this issue, the article suggests incorporation of social dimension of Islam in the educational curricula. Since the Quran portrays human being as a social being by highlighting his various responsibilities in this world, one of the guiding principles of Islamic education should be to make Muslims capable of understanding the world for making it more just and better. Only then would Muslims be able to make a link between knowledge and action.
Abstrak:
Kertas kerja ini bertujuan untuk membincangkan kepentingan wawasan sosial Islam dalam membentuk pendidikan Islam. Kita mengandaikan bahawa kebanyakan institusi pendidikan Islam kontemporari tidak berupaya untuk membolehkan golongan muda melihat konteks sejarah realiti kehidupan mereka dengan lebih kritikal kerana pengabaian dimensi sosial Islam. Kesannya, kebanyakan umat Islam tidak peduli tentang beberapa masalah sosial yang konkrit yang dihadapi oleh manusia seperti ketidakseimbangan, eksploitasi ekonomi dan perpecahan masyarakat ke dalam pelbagai kelas dan kumpulan. Untuk menyelesaikan isu ini, artikel ini mencadangkan penubuhan dimensi sosial Islam dalam kurikulum pendidikan. Oleh kerana Al-Quran menggambarkan manusia sebagai satu kewujudan sosial dengan menyerlahkan kepadanya pelbagai tanggungjawab di dunia ini, salah satu daripada prinsip-prinsip pendidikan Islam adalah untuk menjadikan umat Islam mampu memahami dunia supaya menjadikan ia lebih adil dan lebih baik. Hanya selepas itu barulah umat Islam boleh membuat kaitan antara ilmu pengetahuan dan tindakan.
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