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070516L - TAJDID & ISLAAH

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Outline of an address to 3000 students of Dar al Uluum Nadwat al Ulama Lucknow India 0n 16th May 2007 by Professor Omar Hasan Kasule Sr. MB ChB (MUK), MPH (Harvard), DrPH (Harvard) Professor of Epidemiology and Islamic Medicine University of Brunei Darussalam



1.0 MANIFESTATIONS OF TAJDID IN THE UMMAH
1.1   Islamic Schools: Indonesia, Brunei, USA, Europe, South Africa
1.2   Islamic Universities: Malaysia, Indonesia
1.3   Islamic Medical Faculties
1.4   Islamic Faculties of Economics
1.5   Islamic Nursing Colleges
1.6   Islamic banks
1.7   Islamic Hospitals
1.8   Halal Food Industry
1.9   Spread of Islam in Europe, America, Africa


2.0 UNITY OF THE UMMAH
2.1   The people are united; the leaders quarrel
2.2   Geographical continuity: From Morocco to Indonesia
2.3   Common language based on Arabic: Urdu, Turkish, Hausa, Swahili, Melayu
2.4   Common culture based on the book of fiqh


3.0 CRISIS OF THE UMMAH
3.1   Dichotomy of education
3.2   Migration from the Qur’an
3.3   Low self confidence


4.0 SOLUTION: RETURN TO THE QUR’AN
4.1   Qur’an based education
4.2   Combine the two readings: Qur’an and nature
4.3   Qur’anic scientific culture: evidence-based knowledge, tafakkur, tadabbur, rejection of taqliid, adab al hiwaar
4.4   Ulama to learn new skills: management, leadership, communication


5.0 SOLUTION: STICK TO SUNNAT


6.0 COMPREHENSIVE VIEW
6.1 Use of the 5 purposes of the law, maqasid al shari’at in solving social problems