Assalamu 'Alaikum,
A lot of angst has been thrown at a Mufti in Malaysia for
saying what is only right about the dressings of a certain victorious Muslimat gymnast in the recent Sea Games. I do not wish to say much except to make the point that
a wrong is a wrong in Islam. Hideous name callings at a respectable Mufti still
does not make a wrong, right.
That is why it is so so important for all of us, Muslims in Malaysia, and Muslims all over the world who has lived in colonised countries, to read the writings of Professor Syed Naguib
AlAttas on "Islam and Secularisation".
Before we dismiss Prof Syed Naguib do take
note that he began life in the Prasantren of Indonesia before being amongst the
best Phds in today's academic world. He is one of the few world class academia,
acknowledged by the world, that hails from this land. Learn and find out about
the man and his thoughts before dismissing him, or we will forever remain
unlearned.
That is why we also need to learn and understand history, how the colonialists came and said to us in Muslim countries, don't worry we will
not convert you to Christianity but we will secularised your religion, Islam, as we did ours.
In the 15th century, Europe was
actually ruled by the Church. Through the excesses of the Church a Europe wide
Secular Movement rose to sack the Church from government. The Secularists of
Europe include Martin Luther from Germany, John Eck from UK and Robespierre
from France to name a few.
They created a new belief
that religion has nothing to do with life it is a personal matter to be
addressed only on Sunday mornings. There must be no religion in life,
education, government, economy, business and sports, of course.
This was also the time the
Godless academic subjects of today's universities were created and where are
still taught to young Muslims in Muslim countries.
Prof Syed Naguib, Prof
Ismail Farouqi and a host of other Muslim intellectuals who formed the
international movement, The Islamisation of Knowledge, realised that our
education system, teaching godless subjects is the seed of our malaise, where
western secular thoughts are still taught to young Muslims today, even though the
colonialists have left a long time ago.
The gist of the matter is
the west turned us into specialist scholars and specialists worldly people, when
the heights of Muslim civilisation was when we were syumul and masters of both
world. That is why we are struggling in all aspects now.
Amongst the effects of Secularisation is that they left secular thoughts in our minds
1) Religion has no place in
our lives.
2) The Quran and religion
are backward.
3) Religion is a personal
matter
4) Law is secular law :
Quran and Sunnah are not law
5) Since Quran is backward
so are its laws.
6) People educated in
Syariah are also backward and must be derided.
If we stop and reflect,
wasn't the Quran given by the Creator?
Wouldn't it then be the best Manual and
the best Law for the Created?
But the secular mind will then dismiss this train
of thought by saying the scholars have misread the Quran.
The question is have they
themselves then studied the Quran to come up with a different interpretation?
In most cases the answer is no. It is therefore not unlike the Physics student
telling the Physics professor that his interpretation is wrong, but when asked
to explain why it is wrong, the student cannot answer because he has not studied
the subject deep enough.
One person who has studied
the Quran and mastered worldly knowledge is Prof AlAttas, and he wrote the book "Islam and Secularisation" which explains the above malady we are in.
Should we then say Prof
AlAttas is wrong to maintain our stand, or do we study what he says, to discover
what might just be the biggest lie we are living in.
Zahid
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