Dichotomy between high quality education and Islamic cultural literacy among Muslim graduates from the west

Despite Huntington’s claim of clash of civilization and refutation of this claim by many respondents, Muslims countries still admirably adore the quality assurance guaranteed in Western education system without heeding to the dearth of Islamic cultural literacy (ICL). Cultural literacy has taken d...

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Main Author: Zakariyah, Luqman
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
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Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/33700/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33700/1/Mile_Invitation_to_4th_ICIHE_Invitation_Letter_Dr_Luqman_Zakariyah.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33700/2/Itinerary_of_Education_Conference_Agenda_Madinah.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33700/8/MILE_Completed_First_Draft_Paper_submitted_to_St_Iswati.docx.pdf
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description Despite Huntington’s claim of clash of civilization and refutation of this claim by many respondents, Muslims countries still admirably adore the quality assurance guaranteed in Western education system without heeding to the dearth of Islamic cultural literacy (ICL). Cultural literacy has taken different interpretations aftermath Hirsch exposition of the concept in later 1990s. Thus, Islamic cultural literacy in this paper denotes fundamental principles underpinning Islamic ethics in acquiring knowledge. It indicates familiarity of the graduates with the core courses and approaches in studying Islam and Muslims. This paper aims to critically appraise the impact of quality assurance in British higher education on Islamic cultural literacy to the Muslim graduates from those universities. It preliminary asserts that though, Muslim graduates from Western universities might be privileged to be employed due to material inclination of the world order, they are less privileged of Islamic cultural literacy.
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spelling iium-337002014-01-07T07:51:45Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/33700/ Dichotomy between high quality education and Islamic cultural literacy among Muslim graduates from the west Zakariyah, Luqman BP52.5 Muslim in non-Muslim countries L Education (General) LC251 Moral and religious education. Education under church control LC65 Social aspects of education Despite Huntington’s claim of clash of civilization and refutation of this claim by many respondents, Muslims countries still admirably adore the quality assurance guaranteed in Western education system without heeding to the dearth of Islamic cultural literacy (ICL). Cultural literacy has taken different interpretations aftermath Hirsch exposition of the concept in later 1990s. Thus, Islamic cultural literacy in this paper denotes fundamental principles underpinning Islamic ethics in acquiring knowledge. It indicates familiarity of the graduates with the core courses and approaches in studying Islam and Muslims. This paper aims to critically appraise the impact of quality assurance in British higher education on Islamic cultural literacy to the Muslim graduates from those universities. It preliminary asserts that though, Muslim graduates from Western universities might be privileged to be employed due to material inclination of the world order, they are less privileged of Islamic cultural literacy. 2013-09 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33700/1/Mile_Invitation_to_4th_ICIHE_Invitation_Letter_Dr_Luqman_Zakariyah.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33700/2/Itinerary_of_Education_Conference_Agenda_Madinah.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33700/8/MILE_Completed_First_Draft_Paper_submitted_to_St_Iswati.docx.pdf Zakariyah, Luqman (2013) Dichotomy between high quality education and Islamic cultural literacy among Muslim graduates from the west. In: 4th International Conference on Islam and Higher Education (ICIHE), 3-4 Sept 2013, Madina , Kingdom Saudi Arabia. (Unpublished)
spellingShingle BP52.5 Muslim in non-Muslim countries
L Education (General)
LC251 Moral and religious education. Education under church control
LC65 Social aspects of education
Zakariyah, Luqman
Dichotomy between high quality education and Islamic cultural literacy among Muslim graduates from the west
title Dichotomy between high quality education and Islamic cultural literacy among Muslim graduates from the west
title_full Dichotomy between high quality education and Islamic cultural literacy among Muslim graduates from the west
title_fullStr Dichotomy between high quality education and Islamic cultural literacy among Muslim graduates from the west
title_full_unstemmed Dichotomy between high quality education and Islamic cultural literacy among Muslim graduates from the west
title_short Dichotomy between high quality education and Islamic cultural literacy among Muslim graduates from the west
title_sort dichotomy between high quality education and islamic cultural literacy among muslim graduates from the west
topic BP52.5 Muslim in non-Muslim countries
L Education (General)
LC251 Moral and religious education. Education under church control
LC65 Social aspects of education
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/33700/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33700/1/Mile_Invitation_to_4th_ICIHE_Invitation_Letter_Dr_Luqman_Zakariyah.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33700/2/Itinerary_of_Education_Conference_Agenda_Madinah.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33700/8/MILE_Completed_First_Draft_Paper_submitted_to_St_Iswati.docx.pdf