نحو نظرية إسلامية في التجدد الحضاري : إسهامات بديع الزمان النورسي

Towards an Islamic Theory in Cultural Renewal: Contributions of Badi'zaman Al - Nawras

أهمية المقاربة الحضارية في تفعيل التراث: مداخل توجيهية = Significance of civilisational approach in activating heritage: key guidelines = Kepentingan pendekatan tamadun dalam mengaktifkan warisan: garis panduan utama

This paper addresses the importance of the civilizational approach in activating and renewing Islamic heritage. This vision of heritage is comprehensive, taking into account the various dimensions and factors that affect our understanding of heritage and dealing with it in an organised and authentic way that reflects its spirit and values. The paper clarifies the necessity to develop integrated approaches to dealing with heritage in view of understanding, analysis, criticism, evaluation and utilization provided that it adheres to the supreme reference of revelation and its general purposes. There have appeared readings that deal with various heritage issues, including rejection, acceptance and the integrated moderate. The paper provides major keys of the civilizational approach to heritage. It concluded that the heritage cannot be activated only through unfounded criticism, but with a systematic vision that takes into account its nature and characteristics. The paper suggests the need to work on completing the components of the civilizational approach and its applications and to work on disseminating and teaching them as courses or programs in universities and relevant institutions. Keywords: Civilisational approach, Heritage, Tawhidic Reference, Epistemology Theorisation

Ahmad Domocao Alonto: (1914-2002): his contribution towards Islamic thought in the Philippines

Islamic thought in the Philippines has existed before the coming of Spaniards and has a very strong impact on Philippines sociopolitical affairs; very few studies have been conducted on individuals who have contributed to the Islamic thought in the Philippines. Tendency of giving priority wo well-known Muslim scholars predominates over those who whose works remain hidden and unexplored. To address this limitation, an analysis study is conceived to foreground a Muslim leader and intellectual in Mindanao, as a grand master of Islamic movements in the Philippines. Popularly known among his colleagues in the Philippine Senate in the 1950s as Domi, Ahmad Domocao Alonto, born on August, 1914 in Lanao del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines. He died on December 11th, at the age of 88, but his legacy lives on and his writings and works have survived. Ahmad Domocao Alonto is one of the 100 great Muslim leaders of the 20th century

Integrated model of civilisational development an Islamic perspective = Model bersepadu pembangunan sivil satu perspektif Islam

This article provides an Islamic framework for the study of development and civ-ilization. It proposes an integrated model for balanced development. As such, it ad-dresses the following points: the concept of civilization and civilizational development from an Islamic perspective, mapping the civilizational model for balanced develop-ment and reviving the civilizational vision of Islam as a pre-condition for the revival of the Ummah. In the discussion, leading role of the Islamic view of development and civi-lisation in the progress of society is highlighted; and urgency of a contemporary under-standing of Islam that envisions it as a project for a civilisation of creativity, balance, justice, peace and progress is explained. The methodology applied therein represents analysis of views. The findings show the need for an integrated Islamic model of civili-zational development. The main peculiarities of this model are: value loaded, balanced, comprehensiveness and flexible

Educational Excellence in The Islamic World: Enhancing Global Quality and Strategy Planning

Educational Excellence in The Islamic World: Enhancing Global Quality and Strategy PlanningAbstract This paper addresses the role of both global quality and strategic planning in the process of enhancing educational excellence and creating value and opportunities for sustainable development.The paper posits that global quality aims at creating global value added to serve global stakeholders & customers in line with global standards. Hence, what is required at this stage of development of our institutions of higher education is clear and integrated framework that outlines the various aspects of global quality as an activity and process which aspires towards transforminginstitutions so as to attain the capabilities and strengths needed to bring home global quality as reality, culture, system and practices. For any institution to achieve this status of excellence there are certain critical success factors that need to be addressed such as; global quality teaching & learning, global quality research & innovation, global quality scholarship & human capital, global quality facilities & services, global ICT structures, global information & knowledge capital  and global financial agility & sustainability. The paper concludes that there is a need to bridging local-global talents, benchmarking for value creation, engaging stakeholders, engaging talents & creative minds, engaging global networks and educational alliances, valorizing community service & engagement and creating opportunities for financial & social investment. Besides, for any institutions of higher education to move the value chain of creating global quality, it should address matters related to the system, governance and management namely; strategic thinking, planningactioning& measurement capabilities, governance, leadership & management dynamism, dynamic quality management structure and system, autonomy, accountability & self-value creation & innovation. Keyword: global quality- stakeholders, strategic management- actioning strategy- transformational strategy.