Formation Of Islam Research Articles

Integration of the Civil Society Development of the Prophet Muhammad

Because it is believed that intellectual intelligence alone is insufficient to make humans more civilized, many community-based educational institutions offer Islamic-based character education. This article introduces the Prophet Muhammad PBUH. as an exemplary figure that we should emulate through the following discussions: knowing the education obtained by Muhammad bin Abdullah prior to being appointed as Prophet and Apostle, and knowing the figure of the Prophet Muhammad. This study is based solely on qualitative library research (library research). Based on a search of numerous literatures pertaining to the formation of Islam during the Mecca period during the time of the Prophet Muhammad, First, the evolution of Islam as practiced by the Prophet Muhammad after he became a prophet and apostle. Second, understanding the evolution of the education development system implemented by the Prophet Muhammad for those who are educated beginning with their immediate family. Third, revealing the fruits of the Prophet Muhammad's education to members of the Arab community and Civil Society who are unfamiliar with Islam. This paper invites educators to revisit and implement the concept of Islamic education that has been exemplified and applied by the Prophet Muhammad in order to alleviate the concern that every teacher or educator in the millennial era has regarding the difficulty of maintaining student discipline in the midst of the rapid advancement of technology.

HUBUNGAN ANTARA PERSEPSI PROFESIONALISME GURU PAI DAN MOTIVASI BELAJAR PAI DENGAN PEMBENTUKAN KEPRIBADIAN PESERTA DIDIK

The study also sought to determine the contribution of students' perceptions about the professionalism of teachers and learning motivation of Islamic religious education to the formation of the Islamic Personality of learners. Together the students' perception of the professionalism of teachers and learning motivation of Islamic religious education related to the establishment of the Islamic Personality. Results of multivariate analysis with multiple regression which has a dominant role and significantly associated with the formation of the Islamic personality, that students' perceptions about the professionalism of teachers and learning motivation of Islamic religious education. Party authorities and teachers are expected to pay attention to these factors either the professionalism of teachers and learning motivation of Islamic religious education, so as to support the achievement of the formation of Islam with a good personality. The results could be implicated to learners in particular to improve the professionalism of teachers and learning motivation of Islamic religious education in order to overcome the obstacles in penguasaaan science of Islamic education in the formation of the Islamic personality.

The Muslim response to the Pentecostal surge in Nigeria: Prayer and the rise of charismatic Islam

AbstractThe paper postulates the emergence of a charismatic form of Islam in Western Nigeria, indexed by new modalities of prayer, modes of worship and proselytizing, organizational features, and repertoires of devotion that closely approximate forms and expressions normally exclusively associated with Pentecostal Christianity. It is argued that this new formation of Islam, while apparently triggered by Pentecostalism’s recent success in a competitive religious field, is not simply mimetic; but also reflects internal discourses and tensions within Islam, which unfold against the backdrop of political competition with Christianity in Nigeria.

Galen as Read and Perceived in Medieval Islamic Medicine

The influence of Galen in Islamic countries is associated with the extensive contribution of Greek scientific knowledge in the pre-Islamic and Islamic periods. Islam as a religion and a political force, competing with Christianity and the Byzantine Empire, was instrumental in spreading the heritage of Greek medicine. It originated in a geographical and cultural sphere close to the Hellenistic civilization, and for its development and distribution «non-Islamic» science and knowledge were needed. It appears that the dominance of Greek medical thought in Islamic culture was possible due to the fact that integration of Greek intellectual heritage was part of the ideological process during the formation of Islam itself. However, Greek medicine as it was perceived by Islam was no longer a body of knowledge that could develop independently: it now needed to be interpreted in a special way – as Islam required it. While theoretical teaching in Hellenistic medicine was based on anatomical observations, which after a period of neglect that lasted from the second half of the third century BC was taken up by Galen in the second century AD, theoretical innovation based on anatomy did not actually occur in Islamic medicine. A lack of clear understanding of the practical relevance of anatomy for the development of medical knowledge led to it becoming exclusively descriptive in medieval Islam. However, an underestimation of the practice by the medical community did not explain why dissection and surgery did not develop in Islamic medicine. Religious and theoretical factors were a more important cause. The author attempts to show how Galen was perceived in the Islamic world and, based on an analysis of Islamic reading of his works, reveals the reasons for the gap between the Christian West and the Islamic East in their approaches to ancient Greek medicine.

Writing the Biography of the Prophet Muhammad: Problems and Solutions

AbstractThis article looks at the different approaches that medieval and modern, Muslim and Western scholars have adopted when attempting to write on the life of Muhammad. It considers the sources for his life and the different methodologies that have been devised for assessing their authenticity. It examines the degree to which Muhammad and the ingredients of the religion that he started were a part of the Late Antique world that he lived in and the way in which religious trends of that era might have impacted upon the formation of Islam. Finally, some suggestions are given for how one might take the study of the biography of Muhammad in different directions in the future.

Review: The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 * Jonathan P. Berkey: The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800

The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600–1800 Jonathan P. Berkey Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003 301 PB£15.99 0–521–58813–8

Reviews of Books:The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the near East, 600-1800 Jonathan P. Berkey

Reviews of Books:The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the near East, 600-1800 Jonathan P. Berkey

The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800

Part I. The Near East before Islam: 1. Introduction 2. The religions of late antiquity 3. Arabia before Islam 4. The early seventh century Part II. The Emergence of Islam, 600-750: 5. Approaches and problems 6. The origins of the Muslim community 7. Early Islam in the Near East 8. The Umayyad period 9. The beginnings of sectarianism 10. The non-Muslims of early Islam 11. The 'Abbasid revolution Part III. The Consolidation of Islam, 750-1000: 12. Issues of Islamic identity 13. Religion and politics 14. Shi'ism 15. The formation of Sunni traditionalism 16. Asceticism and mysticism 17. The non-Muslim communities Part IV. Medieval Islam, 1000-1500: 18. The medieval Islamic Near East 19. A Sunni 'revival'? 20. Common patterns in social and political organization 21. Modes of justice 22. The transmission of religious knowledge 23. Sufism 24. Popular religion Epilogue: 25. From medieval to modern Islam.

The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East 600-1800, by Jonathan P. Berkey

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The Formation of Islam, Religion and Society in the Near East, 600–1800

The Formation of Islam, Religion and Society in the Near East, 600–1800

The formation of Islam: religion and society in the Near East, 600-1800

Jonathan Berkey's 2003 book surveys the religious history of the peoples of the Near East from roughly 600 to 1800 CE. The opening chapter examines the religious scene in the Near East in late antiquity, and the religious traditions which preceded Islam. Subsequent chapters investigate Islam's first century and the beginnings of its own traditions, the 'classical' period from the accession of the Abbasids to the rise of the Buyid amirs, and thereafter the emergence of new forms of Islam in the middle period. Throughout, close attention is paid to the experiences of Jews and Christians, as well as Muslims. The book stresses that Islam did not appear all at once, but emerged slowly, as part of a prolonged process whereby it was differentiated from other religious traditions and, indeed, that much that we take as characteristic of Islam is in fact the product of the medieval period.

The Formation of Islam. Religion and Society in the near East, 600-1800

The Formation of Islam. Religion and Society in the near East, 600-1800

Reflections on the work of John Wansbrough

At least some of the negative reactions to and neglect of Wansbrough's work is due to the breadth of his erudition and the turgidity of his style. However, these do not detract from the intriguing methods and theories that he brings to the study of early Islamic texts. Wansbrough's literary method is as problematic for what he believes it suggests about the development of early Islam as for his assertion about what it cannot tell us. Two of his speculative historical reconstructions produced by this method deserve special note. His theory concerning the relatively late canonization of the Qur¸ān has certainly generated considerable opposition. His argument that Near Eastern monotheism played a much greater role in the formation of Islam accounts for the many affinities between Islam and Judaism and Christianity, but perhaps not for Islam's distinctiveness. These contributions, among others, are of such great significance, that no student of Islamic origins can afford to ignore them.

The making of the last prophet: a reconstruction of the earliest biography of Muhammad

The sacred biography of Muhammad has shaped Muslims' perceptions of the place of Islam in the religious history of the world and located the Islamic founder and prophet as the last of God's messengers. As Muslims established political control over ancient Jewish and Christian communities, they also claimed hegemony over the panorama of biblical prophets and holy men. In the eighth century, the author of the first complete biography of Muhammad set out a plan for a history of the world that culminated with the advent of Muhammad and the religion of Islam. The biography not only gave the details of Muhammad's life but also retold the stories of past prophets from an Islamic perspective. The Making of the Last Prophet is an examination of the reshaping and retelling of the biblical past to form the image of Muhammad as the Seal of the prophets of God. Through a translation of the reconstructed Arabic text, the sources, the form, and uses of the eighth-century biography are examined for the ways in which attitudes toward Muhammad were shaped in early Islam. The work particularly underscores the interplay of Jewish, Christian, and other Near Eastern religious ideals in the formation of Islam's notions of prophethood.