ISLAMISATION OF TOWN PLANNING EDUCATION: A REVIEW ON THE COURSES OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING, INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA
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https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v14i4.159Keywords:
Islamisation, town planning, epistemological, sustainable educationAbstract
The Islamisation of the town planning education in Malaysia especially in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) could successfully be materialized via the smart team-teaching approach where lecturers from the town planning Department collaborate with their counterpart in the Islamic studies Kulliyyah. This paper reports a desk study on the status of Islamic inputs in the current town planning course content. Out of 140 credit hours of town planning core courses and University required courses, it was found that 34% have already embodied Islamic-related topics whilst the remaining 66% were silent. Enhancements via compatible Islamic inputs to strengthen the existing curricula need to be done for the former while for the latter new Islamic inputs need to be incorporated. This paper reiterates that the epistemological and methodological approach combined is the way forward for sustainable education.Downloads
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Accepting, appreciating, acknowledging, affirming, promoting, supporting or perpetuating useful secular - based conventional knowledge, without making serious efforts to develop, integrate or incorporate Islamic worldview into the subject matter.
Undertaking , doing or involving in normal, ordinary quality research, publication, consultancy, public service or social work, in harmony with the worldview of Islam.
Enjoining, encouraging or adopting that which is considered useful in secular - based conventional systems, after undertaking serious and objective analysis of its compatibility with the Islamic worldview/principles.
Improvising or adapting the acceptable or compatible secular - based conventional systems without undermining the principles of Islam (especially when the Islamic solution is not present at the moment in contemporary Muslim societies to serve as better alternatives).
Describing, explaining or analyzing in a scholarly and objective manner any secular - based conventional systems without showing in w hat ways are the Islamic different or more desirable.
Undertaking, doing or involving in useful, or good quality research, publication, consultancy, public service or social work, in harmony with the worldview of Islam.
Correcting, amending, removing or deleting some aspects of secular - based conventional knowledge which have been evaluated from Islamic worldviews and found to be unacceptable as they are.
Comparing or contrasting the secular - based conventional aspects with the Islamic - based counterparts, with the purpose of demonstrating how the Islamic alternatives are better and more desirable.
Presenting, promoting or articulating Islamic perspectives on aspects of human knowledge in various fields which are constructed or based upon the worldview of Islam.
Serious critiquing and/or critical assessment or evaluation of aspects of secular - based conventional human knowledge — in so far they are not in harmony with the worldview of Islam.
Integrating, incorporating or injecting — where necessary — Islamic worldview in to the acceptable aspects of secular - based conventional human knowledge for a better and more correct understanding of the holistic nature of truths of human realities
Refuting, rejecting, prohibiting, discouraging, objecting, countering, repelling or deconstructing all aspects of human knowledge which are opposed to Islamic worldviews/principles.
Defending, protecting, supporting Islamic perspectives vis - Ã - vis the unjust criticisms or attempts to undermine or discredit Islam.
Reorienting aspects of acquired human knowledge after carefully examining and critically identifying the unacceptable or objection able aspects from non - Islamic religious beliefs.
Synthesizing or harmonizing or enriching the positive and acceptable aspects of secular - based conventional knowledge with the relevant Islamic principles.
Undertaking, doing or involving in very useful or high quality standard research with the worldviews, principles, ethics and values of Islam.
Discovering, revitalizing, operationalizing, or reinterpreting in a positive way the useful knowledge from the rich Islamic intellectual and civilizational legacy and making them relevant and applicable to the contemporary period as problems solving tools.
Producing important and highly desirable new inventions in the form of academic or scientific tools which may have high economic potential thus manifesting the creativity and innovativeness of Muslims.
Reconstructing or providing significant alternatives to major or dominant secular - based conventional thoughts based on the Islamic worldviews.
Constructing new and highly significant human knowledge based on the worldview of Islam.
Undertaking and excelling in outstanding or extremely useful or very high quality standard, research, publication, consultancy, etc. with the worldview of Islam.
Re - examining, reassessing, re - evaluating, reintegrating, restoring or reviving of selected classical Islamic thought and works with the aim of highlighting their contemporary relevance, usefulness or otherwise.
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