Tag: Islamic epistemology
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From Islamisation to Fricativisation: Four Paradigms Transforming Indonesia’s State Islamic Universities
Indonesia’s State Islamic Universities have undergone a profound intellectual transformation. Their development from IAIN into UIN did more than expand institutional structures and academic programmes. It forced Islamic higher education to reconsider the foundations, sources, purposes, and organisation of knowledge itself. This essay examines four major paradigms that have shaped this transformation: the Islamisation of…
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Gnosis in Islam: Philosophy, Theology, and Sufism in the Search for Ma‘rifah
This essay explores the concept of gnosis (ma‘rifah) in Islam, understood as the highest form of knowledge that unites intellect, spirituality, and revelation. From Dhū’n-Nūn al-Miṣrī’s early articulation of mystical knowledge to al-Ghazzālī’s integration of law and Sufism, and from Ibn ‘Arabī’s metaphysics to William Chittick’s insights, the tradition of ma‘rifah shows that true knowledge…