Tertiary Education in Muslim Countries – The Commodification of Ideas and their Unintended Consequences
Keywords:
Islamic Education, Worldview, Commodification, Maqasid, Business Schools, Tertiary EducationAbstract
Islamic education, from a holistic point of view, is more than just the direct transmission of the pure Islamic science. It encompasses other branches of specialisation and ideally accompanies Muslims, through reflections of the Islamic worldview during their formal and informal education. This paper reflects how, in the contemporary tertiary education in the Islamic world, commodified concepts stemming from a non-Islamic worldview are being proliferated, and what the expectable results are for Muslim students.
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Bouzenita, A. I., & Boulanouar, A. W. (2018). Tertiary Education in Muslim Countries – The Commodification of Ideas and their Unintended Consequences. Journal of Islamic Studies, Prince of Songkla University, 9(2), 29–41. Retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JOIS/article/view/188403
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