Teaching and Learning Islam in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM): Some Aspects of Relevantization of Islamic Sciences

Abstract

Abstract

This article focuses on the experiment of teaching and learning Islam in the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Although it devoted a considerable space for the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (KIRKHS), yet the experiences of other Kulliyyahs were not completely ignored. It argued that the new ijtihad in teaching and learning Islam, which has been developed in KIRKHS has its impact on other Kulliyyahs. In this regard, the most significant feature has to do with both the definition of the religious phenomenon and the unit of analysis within which it has been evaluated. Obviously this methodic approach has a remarkable effect on the discipline of History of Religions. Because of this new orientation in the study of this discipline, one can say that IIUM’s experiment in teaching and learning religion in general and Islam in particular is refreshingly different. More to the point, it changed significantly the way in which religious phenomenon has been approached in a university set-up 

Keywords: Islamic revealed knowledge, teaching experience, releventization, IIUM.

Abstrak
Kajian ini memberi tumpuan kepada eksperimen pengajaran dan pembelajaran Islam di Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM). Walaupun ia diaplikasikan di Kulliyyah Ilmu Wahyu dan Sains Kemanusiaan (KIRKHS), namun dalam Kuliyyah lain juga tidak diabaikan. Ia berpendapat bahawa ijtihad yang baru dalam membangunkan pengajaran dan pembelajaran Islam di (KIRKHS) mempunyai impak ke atas Kulliyyah lain. Dalam hal ini, ciri paling penting berkaitan dengan kedua-dua takrif fenomena keagamaan dan unit analisis telah dinilai. Pendekatan kaedah ini jelas mempunyai kesan yang luar biasa terhadap pentadbiran sejarah agama. Oleh kerana orientasi baru dalam bidang ini, seseorang itu boleh mengatakan bahawa percubaan UIAM dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran agama amnya dan Islam khususnya memberikan perbezaan. Lebih penting lagi, ia berubah dengan ketara terhadap pendekatan fenomena agama yang diaplikasikan dalam pembangunan sesebuah universiti.

Kata kunci: Ilmu wahyu keislaman, pengalaman mengajar, kerelevanan, UIAM.