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CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION SYSTEM AND ISLAMIC STATE: REFLECTIONS FROM INDO-PAKISTAN
Corresponding Author(s) : Fazlur Rahman
Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews,
Vol. 9 No. 3 (2021): May
Abstract
Purpose of the study: This paper will discuss the gaps in the current and Islamic education systems, focusing on Indo-Pakistan. Islamic education aims to bring attitudinal changes and build a value system among humans that should transform society by promoting love, peace, equality, purity, integrity, forgiveness, and justice.
Methodology: This is descriptive research where Islamic education and Contemporary education have been analyzed. Emphasis has been placed on Indo-Pakistan, the Western education system, and the Islamization of education in Pakistan and its future.
Principal Findings: As a state, Pakistan comprises politically, geographically, culturally, linguistically, and educationally diverse people. They cannot trace their origins by calling themselves Arabs or Indians. That conflict is reflected in Pakistan's education system – which has lost its identity to be called either religious or contemporary. The moral and ethical standards to bring any positive behavior change are hardly maintained to groom the graduates in the current education system. The Western education left by the British in the Subcontinent, including Pakistan, has its colonial drawbacks, which need to be addressed.
Application of this study: In Pakistan and other Islamic states, it is essential to instill Islamic values within the current education system. One of the viable solutions that could make the Muslim world, including Pakistan, move forward is to accept modern-day learning practices and introduce a hybrid education system. A system that safeguards Islam's values and principles and has rich content of research and development in various fields carried out by the West, irrespective of religious affiliation. This study would benefit researchers and policymakers in framing such an education system.
The novelty of this study: The paper frames some recommendations to tailor the existing education system according to the Islamic education system.
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Geijbels, M. (1979). ‘Pakistan, Islamization and the Christian minority in the Islamic state of Pakistan. Al-Mushir (The Counsellor), 2(21), 41.
Irshad, A., & Ullah, I. (2018). Today's education system and Quaid vision of the first international Conference held in 1947. Proc. 16th International Conference on Statistical Sciences, 32(1), 1-4.
Kamei, S. (2018). Islamization of education at school level in Pakistan and its ramifications: A critical understanding. Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education (JASRAE), 15(8), 13-20. https://doi.org/10.29070/15/57862 DOI: https://doi.org/10.29070/15/57862
Lee, M. (1994). Plato's philosophy of education: Its implication for current education, Dissertations (1962-2010), 1-155.
Metcalf, B. (1978). The Madrasa at Deoband: A model for religious education in modern India. Modern Asian Studies, 12(1), 119. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X00008179 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X00008179
Mukherjee, M. (2009). Into the Labyrinth: The Birth of Justice as a Discourse of Governance, India in the Shadows of Empire: A Legal and Political History (1774–1950). Delhi, India: Oxford Academic. 72-104. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198062509.003.0003 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198062509.003.0003
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Rahman, A., Ali, M., & Kahn, S. (2018). The British Art of Colonialism in India: Subjugation and Division, Peace and Conflict Studies, 25(1), Article 5, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.46743/1082-7307/2018.1439 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46743/1082-7307/2018.1439
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Rehmani, B. M. R. H. (1959). The Educational Movements of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, 1858-1898. Dissertations. SOAS. University of London. 1-488.
Roy, O. (2002). 'Islamic Radicalism in Afghanistan and Pakistan', UNHCR Paris Emergency and Security Service Report, 1(2001), 1-25.
Sahin, A. (2018). Critical issues in Islamic education studies: Rethinking Islamic and Western liberal secular values of education. Religions (Special Issue: Islamic Education in Contemporary World: Traditions, Rearticulations & Transformation), University of Warwick, 335. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel9110335 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel9110335
Sayeed, K. B. (2001). Pakistan: The Formative Phase 1857-1948. Oxford University Press. 223-258.
Shah, S. A. (January 27, 2020). Rethinking Education in Muslim Societies. IIIT (blog)(online). https://iiit.org/en/rethinking-education-in-muslim-societies/ (accessed March 04, 2021).
Shah, J. (2012). Zia-Ul-Haque and the Proliferation of Religion in Pakistan. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 3(21), 310-323.
Singh, P. (2016). Review of The Islamic State in the Post-Modern World: The Political Experience of Pakistan, by Louis D. Hayes. Asian Affairs, 47(3), 510-511. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2016.1225937 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2016.1225937