Muslim Religious Leadership Education in the Minority Context
The Role of Naleemiah Institute of Islamic Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22305362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thameem Ushama (International Islamic University Malaysia), THAMEEM USHAMA THAMEEM USHAMA, Mohamed Fouz Mohamed Zacky (0000-0002-5747-6814, International Islamic University Malaysia), MOHAMED FOUZ MOHAMED ZACKY MOHAMED FOUZ MOHAMED ZACKY, MOHAMED RISHAD NAJMUDEEN MOHAMED RISHAD NAJMUDEEN, MOHAMED RISHAD NAJMUDEEN (University of Islamic Studies), Mohamed Ashath Mohamed Ashath, Mohamed Ashath (International Islamic University Malaysia), SULAIMAN LEBBE MOHAMED HASSAN SULAIMAN LEBBE MOHAMED HASSAN, SULAIMAN LEBBE MOHAMED HASSAN (University of Islamic Studies) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hamdard Islamicus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0250-7196 |
| Publisher | Hamdard Foundation Pakistan (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.57144/hi.v46i2.697 |
| OpenAlex | W4384565487 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This paper studies the role of the Naleemiah Institute of Islamic Studies as a mediator in empowering Muslim religious leaders through proper Islamic education in Sri Lanka. Considerable criticism is directed towards traditional Islamic educational institutions for not exhibiting contemporary and contextually designed features regarding regional aspects such as the local social-cultural context. Thus, the paper attempts to elaborate on the role of NIIS in empowering Sri Lankan Muslim religious leadership by adopting proper educational philosophy and objectives. It explores its emerging context, development of its curriculum-making process, academic strategy, and recent trajectories and discourses to realise the objectives. The qualitative methodology uses descriptive and analytical types. The paper’s finding offers that contrary to the prevailing meta-narrative that Islamic religious institutions often resist changes, reform themselves, and evolve, the Institute’s case has proven otherwise. However, it is suggested that the changing contexts and their challenges are an opportunity to broaden the institution's societal role, intellectual commitment, and religious leadership
Criticism · Curriculum · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Islam · Islamic studies · Narrative · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Religious education · Social science · Sociology · Education and Islamic Studies · Engineering · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Islamic Studies and Radicalism · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |