Towards A New Science of Civilization. A Synthetic Study of the Philosophical Views of al-Farabi, Ibn Khaldun, Arnold Toynbee, and Samuel Huntington

This article presents a synthetic study of the philosophical views of al-Farabi and Ibn Khaldun from classical Islam and Arnold Toynbee and Samuel Huntington from the modern West on the subject of civilizational science. On the basis of the Aristotelian idea of a true science, this article argues that al-Farabi…

Islam and the Three Waves of Globalisation: The Southeast Asian Experience

This article is intended to comment on the civilisational history of Islam in Southeast Asia. The history is explained and accounted for in terms of the three major waves of globalisation that have impacted the region since the arrival of Islam as early as the eleventh century. The first wave,…

Islam and the Problem of Cultural Symbiosis

ISLAM AND THE CHALLENGE OF DIVERSITY AND PLURALISM: MUST ISLAM REFORM ITSELF?

This article seeks to present a counter view of the Western critique of contemporary Islam with specifi c reference to its treatment of the problem of diversity and pluralism. The prevailing Western view of Islam’s experience of diversity and pluralism is that it has failed to positively respond to this…

Islam and the Challenge of Diversity and Pluralism: Must Islam Reform Itself?

This article seeks to present a counter view of the Western critique of contemporary Islam with specific reference to its treatment of the problem of diversity and pluralism. The prevailing Western view of Islam’s experience of diversity and pluralism is that it has failed to positively respond to this important…