DINAMIKA ILMU - Vol. 21 No. 1 - Call for the Return to the Qualities of the Traditional Muslim Mind

Oct 15, 2026

The world today has undergone a dramatic change in values, science, and technology, producing divisions in ideologies and worldviews. Humanity has moved away from co-existence, tolerance, and mutual respect, while wars persist and media and business remain dominated by powerful conglomerates. Muslims are often targeted and falsely labeled as a global threat. The study calls for Muslims to reassess how to respond, build new forms of co-existence, and preserve religion and cultural heritage by reviving the thinking orientation of great Muslim scholars in Islamic civilization’s heydays.

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Abstract

A. Introduction

B. Heydays of the Islamic Civilization

DINAMIKA ILMU Vol. 21 No. 1, 2021 P-ISSN: 1411-3031; E-ISSN: 2442-9651 doi: [http://doi.org/10.21093/di.v21i1.2619](http://doi.org/10.21093/di.v21i1.2619) Call for the Return to the Qualities of the Traditional Muslim Mind Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak [Asst. Prof. at](Asst. Prof. at) the Department of Fundamental & Inter-Disciplinary Studies, IIUM, Malaysia [e-mail: maarji@iium.edu.my](e-mail: maarji@iium.edu.my) Sayed Sikandar Shah Hanif Professor at the Department of Fiqh & Usul Fiqh, IIUM, Malaysia [e-mail: sayedsikandar@iium.edu.my](e-mail: sayedsikandar@iium.edu.my) Muhammad Abdurrahman Assoc. Prof. at Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Keguruan UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh, Indonesia [e-mail: muhammad.ar@ar-raniry.ac.id](e-mail: muhammad.ar@ar-raniry.ac.id) Abstract The world we live today has undergone a dramatic change in values, science and technology. In a world so divided with contending ideologies and worldviews, humanity as a whole has derailed from its philosophy of co-existence, tolerance and mutual respect for one another’s faith and culture. The war that should have ended with the formation of the United Nations is still raging in many parts of the world. News and business are controlled by some powerful conglomerates. The gap between the haves and have not’s still persists. In the wake of the present global condition, Muslims and their religion are targeted and falsely labeled as a global threat. This apparent situation of the world calls for the new generation of Muslims to think andre-evaluate on how to respond to the challenges and criticisms that come from others. Moreover, they have to carve out new ways to co-exist with others and on how topreserve their religion and cultural heritage of the past. Through this paper, the researchers intend to investigate the style of thinking of the great Muslim scholars during the heydays of the Islamic civilization and propose the importance of reviving such an orientation of thinking in the contemporary Muslim world. As a qualitative study, the researchers intend to present some historical evidence on the remarkable Dinamika Ilmu, Volume 21(1), 2021 21 Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak et al. achievement of the Muslim scholars of the bygone centuries. The textual and document analysis methods will be employed in interpreting the relevant data of the study. Pertinent data related to the research will be retrieved from print and electronic media. Keywords: Call, Muslim Mind, Qualities, Return, Traditional A. Introduction Muslims who once built great empires and civilization have now lost their vitality and meshed in their own dilemmas of how to maintain good governance, develop their countries in terms of eradicating poverty, diversifying their economy, maintaining peace and stability, in dealing with modern science and technology, in co-existing with others, etc. Though in the past, many great minds from the intelligentsia community have provided the panacea through their great research works, but the reality today proves that very little progress has been made over the centuries. In view of the present tumultuous condition of the Muslim nations all over the world and for a reason that obscure names were given to them by others, particularly the West, this research is geared towards finding some of the root causes as to why Muslims have never moved from the problem of the past (Bakar, 1991) . Based on the premise that many of the issues in the Muslim world is related to the ways of how they think and respond, via this study, the researchers would like to propose an amicable solution to remedy this pathetic condition of the Muslim Ummah. Furthermore, from the outset of this investigation, the researchers would like to drive home the idea that suggestions put forward by the team are neither intended to further deteriorate the condition in the Muslim World nor to cause a rift between the Muslims and others, particularly those in the West. On the contrary, this mo

FAQs

What problem does the paper highlight about the modern world and Muslims?

It argues that modern divisions in ideologies have weakened co-existence, while Muslims are targeted and falsely labeled as a global threat, contributing to ongoing tensions and misunderstandings.

What does the study aim to investigate and propose?

It intends to investigate the style of thinking of great Muslim scholars during the Islamic civilization’s heydays and proposes reviving that orientation of thinking for contemporary Muslims.

What research method does the paper use?

It uses a qualitative approach, employing textual and document analysis and retrieving pertinent data from print and electronic media.

Oct 15, 2026

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