Transformation in the 21st Century: How to Launch an Islamic Revival?

“Islamic Teachings transformed ignorant & backwards Bedouin to World Leaders. These teachings launched a magnificent civilization, which enlightened the World for a thousand years! Can we re-create this revolution today? The rise of Islam had an impact on spreading values of mercy, compassion, justice and tolerance, throughout the world. Similarly, the decline of Islam had adverse effects as these enlightened values were replaced by the darkness of ignorance which currently surrounds us. Can Islamic Revival give rise to a great civilization again?”

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1: What the World Lost due to the Decline of Islamic Civilization? Syed Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi 11 Topics

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Preliminaries and Central Questions

Did Islam launch a revolution in World History

The Challenge of Faith

First steps towards solution to the central questions & SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR THIS LESSON

Revolutionary Message of Islam – Evidences

Summary of the book – What the world lost due to decline of Islamic Civilization by Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi ra

Advent of Islam & Era of Muslim Ascendance

Decline of Muslims, Rise of the West & Global Conquest: Colonization of Minds

Revival of Islam & Appeal to Arabs

SUMMARY OF LESSON 1

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2: Developing an Islamic Worldview 9 Topics

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Conflicting Worldview: Islamic & Western (Eurocentric)

Our Dual Heritage: Divides Heart & Head

Islamic Approaches to Resolution of Conflict

Articulating the Western Narrative

Counter-Narrative: Part 1 Tahafatul Falasafa

Counter-Narrative Part 2- Ihya Uloom ud Deen

Central Message of Islam: Just as needed today, as 14 centuries ago!

What we need to do:

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3: Origins of Western Social Sciences 4 Topics

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Islamic Knowledge, WSS & Universal Truth?

ORIGINS OF WSS: Loss of Faith in Europe

Purpose of Life and Nature of Knowledge

Talk is cheap?

4: Islamic Knowledge -Still Revolutionary after 1440 Years

5: Changing Our Development Paradigms

6: Rebuilding Islamic Societies

7: Three Mega-Events Which Have Shaped Our Minds

8-a: The Ghazali Project for the Revival of Deen

8-b: The Ghazali Project for the Revival of Deen

About Instructor

Dr. Asad Zaman

BS Math MIT (1974), Ph.D. Econ Stanford (1978)] has taught at leading universities like Columbia, U. Penn., Johns Hopkins and Cal. Tech. Currently he is Vice Chancellor of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. His textbook Statistical Foundations of Econometric Techniques (Academic Press, NY, 1996) is widely used in advanced graduate courses. His research on Islamic economics is widely cited, and has been highly influential in shaping the field. His publications in top ranked journals like Annals of Statistics, Journal of Econometrics, Econometric Theory, Journal of Labor Economics, etc. have more than a thousand citations as per Google Scholar.

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Transformation in the 21st Century: How to Launch an Islamic Revival?

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