Abstract
This paper will discuss the role of critical and creative thinking in preparing new generations to respond to the challenges threatening our societies today and in the future. We have been living in an ever interconnected and changing globalized world. Therefore, climate change, migration, international terrorism, financial meltdowns, poverty, injustices, and inequalities challenge and threaten the global community as a whole. If we want generations to come with new solutions and alternatives to solve these challenges, we must prepare them with critical thinking skills. It will suggest that the Qur'an and Sunnah of the Prophet were sources and driving forces of critical spirit in the classical Muslim legacy and kindled spirit of burning for learning. Therefore, this paper will attempt to define major concepts first and then delineate the significant features of critical and creative thinking in al-Ghazali's exemplary life and teachings.
Highlights
COVID-19 pandemic teaches us how we are interconnected and how our lives are fragile once more in globalized world
When we look at the Prophet Muhammad's life and practice (PBUH) as he embodied the Qur’an's spirit in his personality, there are many creative thinking examples
When we look at the Islamic History of ideas, it is not surprising to see the abundance of scholars traveling from central Asia to Baghdad, Damascus, Madinah, Makkah, Cairo as far as Marrakesh, and Cordoba, in search of wisdom and knowledge
Summary
COVID-19 pandemic teaches us how we are interconnected and how our lives are fragile once more in globalized world. Without a new educational system based on a critical spirit and innovative skills, it would be difficult to understand the dynamics of change underpinning the very fabric of the global world with classical education systems that was built for an economy and a society no longer exists.
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