Tag: Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
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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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Metaphysics and the Making of Islam Nusantara | Corbin, Taylor, al-Attas
Islam Nusantara is often discussed as a cultural or sociological phenomenon. This essay approaches it differently— as a metaphysical and intellectual formation shaped by imagination, meaning, and moral order. Through a critical engagement with Henry Corbin, Charles Taylor, and Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, the essay explores how Islam Nusantara negotiates modernity without losing metaphysical depth.…